 | 1902 - Страниц: 642
...indolence, and the more highly gifted men would not be more successful in the battle of life than the less gifted. Hence our natural rate of increase, though...customs from succeeding best and rearing the largest number of offspring.' (Lc) It is scarcely necessary to emphasise the fact that the verdict of natural... | |
 | Charles William Grant (col.) - 1872 - Страниц: 98
...authorities. Discussing the subject of the increase of mankind, under the head of sexual selection, he says, " There should be open competition for all men, and...customs from succeeding best, and rearing the largest number of offspring " (vol. ii. p. 403). The Darwinian theory adopts the principle that nothing is... | |
 | Victoria Institute (Great Britain) - 1873 - Страниц: 518
...sure that we hero understand Mr. Darwin ; nor in another passage in the same page in which he says : " There should be open competition for all men ; and...customs from succeeding best, and rearing the largest number of offspring" (ii. p. 403). distinctions between him and the lower animals": we will not weaken... | |
 | George St. Clair - 1873 - Страниц: 296
...marriage whilst the reckless marry, the inferior members of society will tend to supplant the better. There should be open competition for all men ; and...customs from succeeding best, and rearing the largest number of offspring. Eespecting the education of the ignorant, there is good sense in the remarks made... | |
 | Studies - 1874 - Страниц: 374
...multiplication, and if he is to advance still higher he must remain subject to a severe struggle. . . . Hence, there should be -open competition for all men ; and...customs from succeeding best and rearing the] largest number of offspring." (Darwin : " Descent of Man," vol. ii. p. 403.) Regarded as a mere question of... | |
 | 1881 - Страниц: 624
...race.' ' The exact meaning of the following sentence may be dubious, but it has a suspicious ring : ' There should be open competition for all men ; and...customs from succeeding best and rearing the largest number of offspring.' 2 The conclusion of a very lengthy, learned and elaborate inquiry, by another... | |
 | 1881 - Страниц: 626
...race.'' The exact meaning of the following sentence may be dubious, but it has a suspicious ring : ' There should be open competition for all men; and...customs from succeeding best and rearing the largest number of offspring.' 2 The conclusion of a very lengthy, learned and elaborate inquiry, by another... | |
 | Martin Luther Holbrook - 1882 - Страниц: 172
...highlygifted men would not be more successful in the battle of life than the less-gifted. Hence cur nntnral rate of increase, though leading to many and obvious evils, must not be greatly diminis.ied byany means. There should be open competitor for all men ; and the most able should not... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1884 - Страниц: 396
...into indolence, and the more gifted men would not be more successful in the battle of life than the less gifted. Hence our natural rate of increase, though...customs from succeeding best, and rearing the largest number of offspring. Important as the struggle for existence has been, and even still is, yet, as far... | |
 | George Thomas Bettany - 1887 - Страниц: 232
...greatest means of preventing indolence from causing the race to become stagnant or to degenerate. Only, there should be open competition for all men ; and...customs from succeeding best and rearing the largest number of offspring. In summing up on the entire subject, Darwin expresses himself with more than his... | |
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Hence our natural rate of increase, though leading to many and obvious evils, must not be greatly diminished by any means. There should be open competition for all men ; and the most able should not be prevented by laws or customs from succeeding best,... 
