Darwiniana: Essays and Reviews Pertaining to DarwinismD. Appleton, 1878 - Всего страниц: 396 |
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... forces , etc. , etc. " Mr. Agassiz , however , pronounces that " the connection between the facts is only intel- lectual " —an opinion which the analogy of the inor- 1 1 Op . cit . , p . 131. - One or two Bridgewater Treatises , and ...
... forces , etc. , etc. " Mr. Agassiz , however , pronounces that " the connection between the facts is only intel- lectual " —an opinion which the analogy of the inor- 1 1 Op . cit . , p . 131. - One or two Bridgewater Treatises , and ...
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... forces which coincide in the ordinary case , where the offspring resembles its parent , act in different direc- tions ... force of gravitation - to a long distance from its source , and makes it more subservient to his use or fancy . He ...
... forces which coincide in the ordinary case , where the offspring resembles its parent , act in different direc- tions ... force of gravitation - to a long distance from its source , and makes it more subservient to his use or fancy . He ...
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... force , is brought into play either by separating the stock of a desirable variety so as to prevent mixture , or by selecting for breeders those individuals which most largely partake of the pecularities for which the breed is valued ...
... force , is brought into play either by separating the stock of a desirable variety so as to prevent mixture , or by selecting for breeders those individuals which most largely partake of the pecularities for which the breed is valued ...
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... forces are so nicely balanced that the face of Nature remains uniform for long periods of time , though as- suredly the merest trifle would often give the victory to one organic being over another . Nevertheless , so profound is our Not ...
... forces are so nicely balanced that the face of Nature remains uniform for long periods of time , though as- suredly the merest trifle would often give the victory to one organic being over another . Nevertheless , so profound is our Not ...
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... force . " To command assent we natu- rally require decreasing probability to be overbalanced by an increased weight of evidence . An opponent might plausibly , and perhaps quite fairly , urge that the links in the chain of argument are ...
... force . " To command assent we natu- rally require decreasing probability to be overbalanced by an increased weight of evidence . An opponent might plausibly , and perhaps quite fairly , urge that the links in the chain of argument are ...
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Стр. 131 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
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Стр. 18 - The green and budding twigs may represent existing species; and those produced during each former year may represent the long succession of extinct species. At each period of growth all the growing twigs have tried to branch out on all sides, and to overtop and kill the surrounding twigs and branches, in the same manner as species and groups of species have tried to overmaster other species in the great battle for life.
Стр. 104 - I can entertain no doubt, after the most deliberate study and dispassionate judgment of which I am capable, that the view which most naturalists until recently entertained, and which I formerly entertained, namely, that each species has been independently created, is erroneous. I am fully convinced that species are not immutable...
Стр. 18 - Of the many twigs which flourished when the tree was a mere bush, only two or three, now grown into great branches, yet survive and bear the other branches; so with the species which lived during long-past geological periods, very few have left living and modified descendants.
Стр. 40 - Climate plays an important part in determining the average numbers of a species, and periodical seasons of extreme cold or drought seem to be the most effective of all checks.