Studies in Science and ReligionW. F. Draper, 1882 - Всего страниц: 390 |
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... nearly in its present form in the New Englander , October 1871 . The next four chapters appeared at various inter- vals in the Bibliotheca Sacra ; these have , however , been rewritten and enlarged to meet the demands of the present ...
... nearly in its present form in the New Englander , October 1871 . The next four chapters appeared at various inter- vals in the Bibliotheca Sacra ; these have , however , been rewritten and enlarged to meet the demands of the present ...
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... nearly infinite , that it is well nigh absurd for us to speak of the uniformity of its working in material things . Everything changes . There may be a conserva- tion of force , but there are infinite changes of form . This is ...
... nearly infinite , that it is well nigh absurd for us to speak of the uniformity of its working in material things . Everything changes . There may be a conserva- tion of force , but there are infinite changes of form . This is ...
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... nearly that it is consistent with experience to suppose that they may all have sprung from one parent stock , are regarded as belonging to the same species . " Agassiz , however , insists that to bring 1 From De Candolle's Géographie ...
... nearly that it is consistent with experience to suppose that they may all have sprung from one parent stock , are regarded as belonging to the same species . " Agassiz , however , insists that to bring 1 From De Candolle's Géographie ...
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... nearly that it is con- sistent with experience to suppose that they may all have sprung from one parent stock " are inferred to have a common ancestry , because inheritance is , in the case of plants and animals , a cause of resemblance ...
... nearly that it is con- sistent with experience to suppose that they may all have sprung from one parent stock " are inferred to have a common ancestry , because inheritance is , in the case of plants and animals , a cause of resemblance ...
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... nearly four hundred years would be required for one man to arrange and systematically describe them.2 Between four and five hundred closely - printed octavo pages are required for their enumeration of the species of the Leguminous ...
... nearly four hundred years would be required for one man to arrange and systematically describe them.2 Between four and five hundred closely - printed octavo pages are required for their enumeration of the species of the Leguminous ...
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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.