Darwiniana: Essays and Reviews Pertaining to DarwinismD. Appleton, 1878 - Всего страниц: 396 |
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... reviewer has not the presumption to undertake such a task . Having no prepossession in favor of naturalistic theo- ries , but struck with the eminent ability of Mr. Dar- win's work , and charmed with its fairness , our hum- bler duty ...
... reviewer has not the presumption to undertake such a task . Having no prepossession in favor of naturalistic theo- ries , but struck with the eminent ability of Mr. Dar- win's work , and charmed with its fairness , our hum- bler duty ...
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... of these opposed reviews especially invite examination . We propose , accordingly , to conclude our task with an article upon " Darwin and his Reviewers . " III . THE origin of species , like all origination 128 DARWINIANA .
... of these opposed reviews especially invite examination . We propose , accordingly , to conclude our task with an article upon " Darwin and his Reviewers . " III . THE origin of species , like all origination 128 DARWINIANA .
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... world . But the small minority has al- ready prevailed : the emission theory has gone out ; the undulatory or wave theory , after some fluctuation , has reached high tide , and is now the pervading DARWIN AND HIS REVIEWERS . 131.
... world . But the small minority has al- ready prevailed : the emission theory has gone out ; the undulatory or wave theory , after some fluctuation , has reached high tide , and is now the pervading DARWIN AND HIS REVIEWERS . 131.
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... right to set forth the doctrine as fairly and as favorably as we could . There are plenty to decry it , and the whole theory is widely exposed to attack . For the arguments on the other side DARWIN AND HIS REVIEWERS . 133.
... right to set forth the doctrine as fairly and as favorably as we could . There are plenty to decry it , and the whole theory is widely exposed to attack . For the arguments on the other side DARWIN AND HIS REVIEWERS . 133.
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... theory , we have been most impressed with a sense of their great inequality . Some strike us as excellent and perhaps unanswerable ; some , as incongruous with • other views of the same writers ; others , DARWIN AND HIS REVIEWERS . 135.
... theory , we have been most impressed with a sense of their great inequality . Some strike us as excellent and perhaps unanswerable ; some , as incongruous with • other views of the same writers ; others , DARWIN AND HIS REVIEWERS . 135.
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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.
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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.