 | 1872 - Страниц: 848
...selection." That in this I do not misrepresent Mr. Darwin is evident from his own words. He says : — "If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down." * Also : " Every detail of structure in every living creature (making some little allowance for the... | |
 | Lucius Edwin Smith, Henry Griggs Weston - 1873 - Страниц: 522
...creatures, eg, honey-bee, kangaroo ; in all these cases Darwinism fails of explanation, and he says : " If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down." 5. That in some creatures we find forms of life persistent which are harmful to them, eg, the rattles... | |
 | Samuel Wilberforce - 1874 - Страниц: 406
...licence for advancing as true any theory which cannot be demonstrated to be actually impossible : — ' If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. But 1 can find no such case.' Another of these assumptions is not a little remarkable. It suits his argument... | |
 | Samuel Wilberforce - 1874 - Страниц: 412
...demonstrated to be actually impossible : — 'If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive,...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. Bnt 1 can find no such Another of tliesc assumptions is not a little remarkable. It suits his argument... | |
 | St. George Jackson Mivart - 1876 - Страниц: 486
...variations ; she can never take a leap, but must advance by short and slow stages" (p. 214). Again he says: "If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...absolutely break down. But I can find out no such case " (p. 208). He adds : — " Every detail of structure in every living creature (making some little... | |
 | 1876 - Страниц: 898
...continued creation of new organic beings, or of any great and sudden modification in their structure." * " If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down." * The writer in the North British Review already, quoted so freely, speaks of " the Darwinian theory... | |
 | St. George Jackson Mivart - 1876 - Страниц: 488
...selection." That in this Mr. Darwin is not misrepresented is evident from his own words before quoted : " If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down."* Also: " Every detail of stricture in every living creature (making some little allowance for the direct... | |
 | Herbert William Morris - 1876 - Страниц: 736
...sudden modification in their structure." J '•' If it could be demonstrated that any complex organism existed which could not possibly have been, formed...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down." || " Slight fluctuating differences in the individual suffice for the work of Natural Selection." §... | |
 | St. George Jackson Mivart - 1876 - Страниц: 492
...own words before quoted : " If it ccmkl he demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which conld not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive,...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down.''* Also: "Every detail of structure in every living creature (making some little allowance for the direct... | |
 | Joseph Cook - 1877 - Страниц: 370
...slight successive variations ; it can never take a leap, but must advance by short and slow stages. If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down." Compare that extract with this : " I now admit, after reading the essay of Nageli on plants, and the... | |
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If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. 
