The Relations of Science and Religion: The Morse Lecture, 1880, Connected with the Union Theological Seminary, New YorkR. Carter, 1881 - Всего страниц: 323 |
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... Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection - Characteristics of life - The prominent features of Mr. Darwin's theory - Power of adaptability to environment inherent in organism - His- tory of the steps by which the author was led ...
... Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection - Characteristics of life - The prominent features of Mr. Darwin's theory - Power of adaptability to environment inherent in organism - His- tory of the steps by which the author was led ...
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... ( DARWIN'S “ THEORY OF EVOLUTION . " ) IN prosecuting our inquiry as to the most recent advances in science , we pass now from inorganic to organic existence ; from the testimony of physicists , to that of zoologists . This transition in ...
... ( DARWIN'S “ THEORY OF EVOLUTION . " ) IN prosecuting our inquiry as to the most recent advances in science , we pass now from inorganic to organic existence ; from the testimony of physicists , to that of zoologists . This transition in ...
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... Darwinism , or nat- ural selection , unless the principle of selection be extended to the inorganic world of mat- ter . " Mr. Darwin himself does not suggest any such extension , and his theory of species is not chargeable with it . It ...
... Darwinism , or nat- ural selection , unless the principle of selection be extended to the inorganic world of mat- ter . " Mr. Darwin himself does not suggest any such extension , and his theory of species is not chargeable with it . It ...
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... Darwin , keeping , however , steadily in view the range of problem with which the theory has to deal . As already remarked the origin of life is a problem quite distinct , and the theory of se- lection does not entangle itself by ...
... Darwin , keeping , however , steadily in view the range of problem with which the theory has to deal . As already remarked the origin of life is a problem quite distinct , and the theory of se- lection does not entangle itself by ...
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... Darwin's suggestion , largely supported by evidence from many quarters , and now commanding a very general support is , that all this diversity may be regarded as the product of a long process of development . This theory takes the ...
... Darwin's suggestion , largely supported by evidence from many quarters , and now commanding a very general support is , that all this diversity may be regarded as the product of a long process of development . This theory takes the ...
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Стр. 137 - These facts, as will be seen in the latter chapters of this volume, seemed to throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by one of our greatest philosophers.
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Стр. 141 - It may metaphorically be said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinizing, throughout the world, the slightest variations; rejecting those that are bad, preserving and adding up all that are good; silently and insensibly working, whenever and wherever opportunity offers, at the improvement of each organic being in relation to its organic and inorganic conditions of life.
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Стр. 140 - ... that allied species were descended from a common ancestor. But during several years I could not conceive how each form could have been modified so as to become admirably adapted to its place in nature. I began therefore to study domesticated animals and cultivated plants, and after a time perceived that man's power of selecting and breeding from certain individuals was the most powerful of all means in the production of new races. Having attended to the habits of animals and their relations to...
Стр. 141 - I began, therefore, to study domesticated animals and cultivated plants, and after a time perceived that man's power of selecting and breeding from certain individuals was the most powerful of all means in the production of new races. Having attended to the habits of animals and their relations to the surrounding conditions, I was able to realize the severe struggle for existence to which all organisms are subjected ; and my geological observations had allowed me to appreciate to a certain extent...
Стр. 323 - Duty ! Wondrous thought, that workest neither by fond insinuation, flattery, nor by any threat, but merely by holding up thy naked law in the soul, and so extorting for thyself always reverence, if not always obedience; before whom all appetites are dumb, however secretly they rebel ; whence thy original...