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. The Fortnightly Review - Стр. 8251866 - Страниц: 28Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| Eva Jablonka, Marion J. Lamb - 1995 - Страниц: 364
...chromosomes (see Chapter 7). Heredity and the origin of species . . . the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by one of our greatest philosophers. Darwin, Introduction to The origin of species Ever since Darwin wrote On the origin of species by means... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1996 - Страниц: 382
...certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts seemed to me to throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries, as it has... | |
| Michael Wheeler - 1999 - Страниц: 330
...in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts . . . seemed to throw some light on the origin of species . . . 8 The crucial issue, however, was the... | |
| Gordon Miller - 2000 - Страниц: 266
...in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent....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. On... | |
| Bruce S. Lieberman - 2000 - Страниц: 230
...beings inhahiting South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhebitants of that continent. These facts. as will be seen in...volume, seemed to throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called. (Darwin, 1872, p. 27) Acknowledgments... | |
| Bagehot - 2001 - Страниц: 300
...in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent....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. On... | |
| Susan L. Mizruchi - 2001 - Страниц: 300
...introduced his subject in On the Origin of Species in the same terms: "the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by one of our greatest philosophers."38 Like Darwin, Morgan was also concerned with how to understand creation, Divine and... | |
| Leslie Alan Horvitz - 2001 - Страниц: 356
...certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts seemed to me to throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries, as it has... | |
| William E. Phipps - 2002 - Страниц: 234
...by announcing his detectivelike determination "to throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by one of our greatest philosophers." He was alluding to John Herschel's expression of wonder in a letter to Charles Lyell, "That mystery... | |
| Govindan Parayil - 2002 - Страниц: 224
...certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts seemed to me to throw some light on the origin of species— that mystery of mysteries, as it has been... | |
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