What is Darwinism?Scribner, Armstrong,, 1874 - Всего страниц: 178 |
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... considered satisfactory or not . It would certainly be irrational to refuse to believe that the eye was made for the purpose of vision , because we cannot tell why a man has mam- mæ . A man might as well refuse to admit that there is ...
... considered satisfactory or not . It would certainly be irrational to refuse to believe that the eye was made for the purpose of vision , because we cannot tell why a man has mam- mæ . A man might as well refuse to admit that there is ...
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... considered as sufficient for the development of the varied forms of life which certainly existed toward the close of the Cam- brian period . " ( p . 379 ) . Years in this con- nection have no meaning . We might as well try to give the ...
... considered as sufficient for the development of the varied forms of life which certainly existed toward the close of the Cam- brian period . " ( p . 379 ) . Years in this con- nection have no meaning . We might as well try to give the ...
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... considered irreligious . Her- bert Spencer says , that his doctrine of an in- scrutable , unintelligent , unknown force , as the cause of all things , is a much more religious doctrine than that of a personal , intelligent , and ...
... considered irreligious . Her- bert Spencer says , that his doctrine of an in- scrutable , unintelligent , unknown force , as the cause of all things , is a much more religious doctrine than that of a personal , intelligent , and ...
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... considered as the products of a creative agency , working with a definite design . In looking on an organism , the conviction seems unavoidable that so skilfully constructed a machine , such a complicated working apparatus , as an ...
... considered as the products of a creative agency , working with a definite design . In looking on an organism , the conviction seems unavoidable that so skilfully constructed a machine , such a complicated working apparatus , as an ...
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... considered separately . It is conceded that a man may be an evolu- tionist and yet not be an atheist and may admit of design in nature . But we cannot see how the theory of evolution can be reconciled with the declarations of the ...
... considered separately . It is conceded that a man may be an evolu- tionist and yet not be an atheist and may admit of design in nature . But we cannot see how the theory of evolution can be reconciled with the declarations of the ...
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Стр. 31 - I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term Natural Selection, in order to mark its relation to man's power of selection.
Стр. 3 - God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.
Стр. 46 - If then God so clothe the grass, which is to-day in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith ? And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
Стр. 37 - In the distant future I see open fields for far more important researches. Psychology will be based on a new foundation, that of the necessary acquirement of each mental power and capacity by gradation. Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history.
Стр. 54 - It is interesting to contemplate a tangled bank, clothed with many plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the bushes, with various insects flitting about, and with worms crawling through the damp earth, and to reflect that these elaborately constructed forms, so different from each other and dependent upon each other in so complex a manner, have all been produced by laws acting around us.
Стр. 136 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Стр. 58 - It is scarcely possible to avoid comparing the eye to a telescope. We know that this instrument has been perfected by the long-continued efforts of the highest human intellects ; and we naturally infer that the eye has been formed by a somewhat analogous process. But may not this inference be presumptuous? Have we any right to assume that the Creator works by intellectual powers like those of man...
Стр. 31 - Owing to this struggle, variations, however slight and from whatever cause proceeding, if they be in any degree profitable to the individuals of a species, in their infinitely complex relations to other organic beings and to their physical conditions of life, will tend to the preservation of such individuals, and will generally be inherited by the offspring.
Стр. 46 - Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.