Studies in Science and ReligionW. F. Draper, 1882 - Всего страниц: 390 |
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... Facts , 72–73 ; Propriety of Specula- tion upon the Problem , 74–76 ; Darwin's Method of Solu- tion , 76-78 ; Elasticity of Species , 78-81 ; Natural Selection , 81-83 ; The Struggle for Life , 83-89 ; Time as a Factor in the Equation ...
... Facts , 72–73 ; Propriety of Specula- tion upon the Problem , 74–76 ; Darwin's Method of Solu- tion , 76-78 ; Elasticity of Species , 78-81 ; Natural Selection , 81-83 ; The Struggle for Life , 83-89 ; Time as a Factor in the Equation ...
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... facts occurring under the necessary forms with which deduction has to do- facts which depend upon the action of a personal Creator . In this realm no other than inductive , or what is really the same thing , analogical , reasoning is ...
... facts occurring under the necessary forms with which deduction has to do- facts which depend upon the action of a personal Creator . In this realm no other than inductive , or what is really the same thing , analogical , reasoning is ...
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... facts to guide us toward a conclusion . We are not compelled , as some suppose , to evolve the whole conception of nature out of our own consciousness . We are not left to foretell from a priori knowledge what the Creator would do under ...
... facts to guide us toward a conclusion . We are not compelled , as some suppose , to evolve the whole conception of nature out of our own consciousness . We are not left to foretell from a priori knowledge what the Creator would do under ...
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... facts as we find them , it would be difficult for us to say in so plain a case apparently , for instance , as that of the final cause for the ex- istence of our teeth , whether they were chiefly designed to assist the stomach in ...
... facts as we find them , it would be difficult for us to say in so plain a case apparently , for instance , as that of the final cause for the ex- istence of our teeth , whether they were chiefly designed to assist the stomach in ...
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... fact , many deformities of disease which well nigh realize some of the strangest of his visions of bodily deformity in " Inferno " ? And as matter of fact , other peculiarities of anatomical structure , like the appearance of rudi ...
... fact , many deformities of disease which well nigh realize some of the strangest of his visions of bodily deformity in " Inferno " ? And as matter of fact , other peculiarities of anatomical structure , like the appearance of rudi ...
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Стр. 252 - For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek : for the same Lord over all, is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved.
Стр. 171 - A chain composed of an infinite number of links can no more support itself than a chain composed of a finite number of links.
Стр. 40 - It is a truly wonderful fact — the wonder of which we are apt to overlook from familiarity — that all animals and all plants throughout all time and space should be related to each other in groups, subordinate to groups, in the manner which we everywhere behold...
Стр. 152 - But as my conclusions have lately been much misrepresented, and it has been stated that I attribute the modification of species exclusively to natural selection, I may be permitted to remark that in the first edition of this work, and subsequently, I placed in a most conspicuous position — namely, at the close of the Introduction — the following words: "I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not thé exclusive means of modification.
Стр. 374 - Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and...
Стр. 188 - The cause, then, philosophically speaking, is the sum total of the conditions, positive and negative, taken together — the whole of the contingencies of every description, which, being realized, the consequent invariably follows.
Стр. 84 - So, naturalists observe, a flea Has smaller fleas that on him prey; And- these have smaller still to bite 'em, And so proceed ad infinitum.
Стр. 151 - Several writers have misapprehended or objected to the term Natural Selection. Some have even imagined that natural selection induces variability, whereas it implies only the preservation of such variations as arise and are beneficial to the being under its conditions of life.
Стр. 161 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Стр. 151 - Strictly speaking, therefore, Mr. Darwin's theory is not a theory on the Origin of Species at all, but only a theory on the causes which lead to the relative success or failure of such new Forms as may be born into the world.