The past and present life of the globe, a sketch of the world's life-system1861 |
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... variety attain their maximum intensity ; in the temperate zones this intensity gradually declines ; while in the arctic regions vegetable life dwarfs and diminishes till . it ultimately disappears and gives place to utter sterility . As ...
... variety attain their maximum intensity ; in the temperate zones this intensity gradually declines ; while in the arctic regions vegetable life dwarfs and diminishes till . it ultimately disappears and gives place to utter sterility . As ...
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... variety and complexity ; and to unravel this complexity , to arrange these various plants according to their kind and character , to classify them , in accordance with the divine design , into species and genera and orders , and to ...
... variety and complexity ; and to unravel this complexity , to arrange these various plants according to their kind and character , to classify them , in accordance with the divine design , into species and genera and orders , and to ...
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... variety from the co - adaptation of a few simple elements , and complexity of design by the elimination of a few primal patterns . As innumerable hues can be produced from a few primitive colours , as endless strains of music flow from ...
... variety from the co - adaptation of a few simple elements , and complexity of design by the elimination of a few primal patterns . As innumerable hues can be produced from a few primitive colours , as endless strains of music flow from ...
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... variety of tissues , which is increased by leaf - growth , and whose reproduction is pro- vided for by a complicated process of flowering and fructifi- Aware of these distinctions , and knowing the per- sistency of nature in her modes ...
... variety of tissues , which is increased by leaf - growth , and whose reproduction is pro- vided for by a complicated process of flowering and fructifi- Aware of these distinctions , and knowing the per- sistency of nature in her modes ...
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... variety , both in form , habitat , and function . Tropical and tempe- rate , but unfitted for the extremes of climate , they assume more diversified areas of localisation , and become more and more fitted for the sustenance of a varied ...
... variety , both in form , habitat , and function . Tropical and tempe- rate , but unfitted for the extremes of climate , they assume more diversified areas of localisation , and become more and more fitted for the sustenance of a varied ...
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Стр. 211 - There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.
Стр. 210 - It is interesting to contemplate a tangled bank clothed with many plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the bushes, with various insects flitting about, and with worms crawling through the damp earth, and to reflect that these elaborately constructed forms, so different from each other, and dependent on each other in so Complex a manner, have all been produced by laws acting around us.
Стр. 54 - That, chang'd thro' all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth, as in th' ethereal frame ; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze; Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the 'trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Стр. 210 - These laws, taken in the largest sense, being Growth with Reproduction ; Inheritance which is almost implied by Reproduction ; Variability from the indirect and direct action of the conditions of life, and from use and disuse...