Studies in Science and ReligionW. F. Draper, 1882 - Всего страниц: 390 |
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... Period in Europe , 278-283 ; Prehistoric Man in California , 283-292 ; Palaeolithic Man in Trenton , N. J. , 292–296 ; Relative Age of the Trenton Gravel , 296 , 297 ; The Trenton Gravel and the Glacial Period , 298-308 ; Terraces , 309 ...
... Period in Europe , 278-283 ; Prehistoric Man in California , 283-292 ; Palaeolithic Man in Trenton , N. J. , 292–296 ; Relative Age of the Trenton Gravel , 296 , 297 ; The Trenton Gravel and the Glacial Period , 298-308 ; Terraces , 309 ...
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... periods about as uniform from year to year as anything that appears in the purely physical world . Here is uniformity without sameness of substance , in the ordinary ac- ceptance of that word , and such as to afford a basis for ...
... periods about as uniform from year to year as anything that appears in the purely physical world . Here is uniformity without sameness of substance , in the ordinary ac- ceptance of that word , and such as to afford a basis for ...
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... period . Mr. Darwin , on the other hand , holds the orthodox view of the descent of all the individuals of a species , not only from a local birth - place , but from a single ancestor or pair ; and that each species has extended and ...
... period . Mr. Darwin , on the other hand , holds the orthodox view of the descent of all the individuals of a species , not only from a local birth - place , but from a single ancestor or pair ; and that each species has extended and ...
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... period a warm climate extended far up towards the pole . Fossil animals and plants , like those which now can endure noth- ing colder than a warm temperate climate , are found in Greenland and adjacent lands . Thus it is plain that ...
... period a warm climate extended far up towards the pole . Fossil animals and plants , like those which now can endure noth- ing colder than a warm temperate climate , are found in Greenland and adjacent lands . Thus it is plain that ...
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... period , joined to Africa , and that several islands , now submerged , existed in the direction of India ; and the forms of life in Madagascar have affinities with those in India only in the case of such species as could migrate from ...
... period , joined to Africa , and that several islands , now submerged , existed in the direction of India ; and the forms of life in Madagascar have affinities with those in India only in the case of such species as could migrate from ...
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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.