Studies in Science and ReligionW. F. Draper, 1882 - Всего страниц: 390 |
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... miles west of the main - land . They are of volcanic origin , and in their soil , elevation , and climate differ greatly from the neighboring coast . In these natural respects they very much resemble the Cape de Verde Islands , which ...
... miles west of the main - land . They are of volcanic origin , and in their soil , elevation , and climate differ greatly from the neighboring coast . In these natural respects they very much resemble the Cape de Verde Islands , which ...
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... miles of ocean from the main - land , and differed much from it in their geological constitution and climate . Still more surprising was the fact that most of the in- habitants of each separate island in this small archipelago were ...
... miles of ocean from the main - land , and differed much from it in their geological constitution and climate . Still more surprising was the fact that most of the in- habitants of each separate island in this small archipelago were ...
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... miles distant . The Madeira group are to the northwest of the Canaries , and about four hundred miles from Morocco . The Azores are still farther in the same direction , being in the mid - Atlantic , nearly a thousand miles west from ...
... miles distant . The Madeira group are to the northwest of the Canaries , and about four hundred miles from Morocco . The Azores are still farther in the same direction , being in the mid - Atlantic , nearly a thousand miles west from ...
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... miles long , and has walls of rock three thousand to six thousand feet high . The walls are sections of nearly horizontal strata , ranging for the principal part of their extent from the granite to the top of the Carboniferous , and ...
... miles long , and has walls of rock three thousand to six thousand feet high . The walls are sections of nearly horizontal strata , ranging for the principal part of their extent from the granite to the top of the Carboniferous , and ...
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... miles in length , occurs near Cham- bersburg , Pennsylvania , of which the eastern side " must have stood high enough in the air to make a Hindoo Koosh [ at least twenty thousand feet ] ; and all the materials must have been swept into ...
... miles in length , occurs near Cham- bersburg , Pennsylvania , of which the eastern side " must have stood high enough in the air to make a Hindoo Koosh [ at least twenty thousand feet ] ; and all the materials must have been swept into ...
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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.