It is only our natural prejudice, and that arrogance which made our forefathers declare that they were descended from demigods, which leads us to demur to this conclusion. Essays and Criticisms - Стр. 26авторы: St. George Jackson Mivart - 1892Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| 1877 - Страниц: 506
...name of religion and common sense, we refuse to surrender. Mr; Darwin says, page 25 of his book, " It is only our natural prejudice, and that arrogance...demi-gods, which leads us to demur to this conclusion." Cool and modest that, isn't it ? Looking at Man as he is now, it is impossible not to see that he is... | |
| 1872 - Страниц: 882
...paragraph (vol. i. pp. 31, 32), he says, of the doctrine of the descent of man from the brutes : " It is only our natural prejudice and that arrogance which...declare that they were descended from demi-gods which lead us to demur to this conclusion." Surely, Mr. Darwin cannot believe that the many who reject his... | |
| 1871 - Страниц: 808
...reason (of another kind) to justify a belief in such other mode of origin. Mr. Darwin says : — "It is only our natural prejudice, and that arrogance...forefathers declare that they were descended from demi gods, which leads us to demur to this conclusion." (vol. ip 32.) But this is not the case ; for... | |
| Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1895 - Страниц: 692
...own structure, and that of all the animals around us, is a mere snare laid to entrap our judgment It is only our natural prejudice, and that arrogance...demigods, which leads us to demur to this conclusion. But the time will before long come when it will be thought wonderful that naturalists, who were well... | |
| 1872 - Страниц: 832
...paragraph (vol. i. pp. 31, 32), he says, of the doctrine of the descent of man from the brutes : " It is only our natural prejudice and that arrogance which...declare that they were descended from demi-gods which lead us to demur to this conclusion." Surely, Mr. Darwin cannot believe that the many who reject his... | |
| 1872 - Страниц: 822
...paragraph (vol. i. pp. 31, 32), he says, of the doctrine of the descent of man from the brutes : " It is only our natural prejudice and that arrogance which...forefathers declare that they were descended from dcmi-gods which lead us to demur to this conclusion." Surely, Mr. Darwin cannot believe that the many... | |
| 1871 - Страниц: 678
...their affinities or classification, their geographical distribution) and geological succession. It is only our natural prejudice, and that arrogance...declare that they were descended from demi-gods, which lead us to demur to this conclusion. But the time will before long come when it will be thought wonderful... | |
| 1871 - Страниц: 650
...reason (of another kind) to justify a belief in such other mode of origin. Mr. Darwin says : — ' It is only our natural prejudice, and that arrogance...view would be to contradict other truths which to thorn are far more evident He also makes the startling assertion that to take any other view than his... | |
| 1871 - Страниц: 606
...reason (of another kind) to justify a belief in such other mode of origin. Mr. Darwin says : — •' It is only our natural prejudice, and that arrogance...conclusion' (vol. ip 32). But this is not the case ; for manv demur to his conclusion because they believe that to accept his view would be to contradict other... | |
| Edward Everett Hale - 1871 - Страниц: 780
...structure, and that of all the animals around us, is a mere snare laid to entrap our judgment. ... It is only our natural prejudice, and that arrogance...demi-gods, which leads us to demur to this conclusion." Inheritance explains it all, — explains even our reluctance to admit the foregone conclusion. Mr.... | |
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