 As all the living forms of life are the lineal descendants of those which lived long before the Cambrian epoch, we may feel certain that the ordinary succession by generation has never once been broken, and that no cataclysm has desolated the whole world.  Life on the Earth: Its Origin and Succession - Стр. 202авторы: John Phillips - 1860 - Страниц: 224Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Royal institution of Great Britain - 1882 - Страниц: 840
...of descent,"* And, in view of the facts of geology, it follows that all living animals and plants " are the lineal descendants of those which lived long before the Silurian epoch." t It is an obvious consequence of this theory of descent with modification, as it is sometimes called,... | |
 | Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1895 - Страниц: 692
...those which lived long before the Cambrian epoch, we may feel certain that the ordinary succession of generation has never once been broken, and that no cataclysm has desolated the whole world " (Origin of Species, p. 428). Like all great discoveries, the grandeur of Mr Darwin's conception lay... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1860 - Страниц: 638
...which lived long before the first bed of the Silurian system was deposited, and to conclude thence that (as all the living forms of life are the lineal descendants...succession by generation has never once been broken, that no catacîysm has desolated the whole world, and that we may look with some confidence to a secure... | |
 | 1860 - Страниц: 966
...of each mental power and capacity by gradation. Light will be thrown on the origin of man* and his " As all the living forms of life are the lineal descendants...the ordinary succession by generation has never once Wn broken, and that no cataclysm has desolated the whole world. Hence we may look with some confidence... | |
 | 1860 - Страниц: 390
...change would be "millions of millions of ages." And he adds, in his concluding chapter, That " as all forms of life are the lineal descendants of those...that the ordinary succession by generation has never been once broken, and that no cataclysm has desolated the whole world. Hence we may look forward with... | |
 | 1861 - Страниц: 562
...infer that not one living species will transmit its unaltered likeness to distant futurity. * * * * * As all the living forms of life are the lineal descendants...epoch, we may feel certain that the ordinary succession of generation has never once been broken, and that no cataclysm has desolated the whole world. Hence... | |
 | John Henry Pepper - 1861 - Страниц: 522
...complex action of natural selection, entailing extinction and divergence of character. . . . As all living forms of life are the lineal descendants of...Silurian epoch, we may feel certain that the ordinary succes• by generation has never even been broken, and that no cataclysm \ge] has desolated the whole... | |
 | John Henry Pepper - 1861 - Страниц: 516
...complex action of natural selection, entailing extinction and divergence of character. . . . As all living forms of life are the lineal descendants of...that the ordinary succession by generation has never even been broken, and that no cataclysm [deluge] has desolated the whole world." THE DRIFT THEORY.... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1879 - Страниц: 26
...of descent.2 And, in view of the facts of geology, it follows that all living animals and plants ' ' are the lineal descendants of those which lived long before the Silurian epoch. ' '3 It is an obvious consequence of this theory of Descent with Modification, as it is sometimes called,... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1864 - Страниц: 472
...the larger and dominant groups, which will ultimately prevail and procreate new and dominant species. As all the living forms of life are the lineal descendants...has never once been broken, and that no cataclysm las desolated the whole world. Hence we may look with eome confidence to a secure future of equally... | |
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