Darwiniana: Essays and Reviews Pertaining to DarwinismD. Appleton, 1889 - 396 páginas |
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... effect as far as possible , Darwin's aim and processes are strictly scientific , and his endeavor , whether suc- cessful or futile , must be regarded as a legitimate at- tempt to extend the domain of natural or physical science . For ...
... effect as far as possible , Darwin's aim and processes are strictly scientific , and his endeavor , whether suc- cessful or futile , must be regarded as a legitimate at- tempt to extend the domain of natural or physical science . For ...
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... effect of confinement or cul- tivation upon its functions , he concludes to be more susceptible than any other to the action of changed con- ditions of life . The tendency to vary certainly appears to be much stronger under ...
... effect of confinement or cul- tivation upon its functions , he concludes to be more susceptible than any other to the action of changed con- ditions of life . The tendency to vary certainly appears to be much stronger under ...
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... effect to its direct action . But this is a very false view ; we forget that each species , even where it most abounds , is constantly suffering enormous destruction at some period of its life , from enemies or from competitors for the ...
... effect to its direct action . But this is a very false view ; we forget that each species , even where it most abounds , is constantly suffering enormous destruction at some period of its life , from enemies or from competitors for the ...
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... effects in Nature must necessa- rily have resulted . Now , it is not thought , at least at the present day , that the establishment of the New tonian theory was a step toward atheism or pantheism . Yet the great achievement of Newton ...
... effects in Nature must necessa- rily have resulted . Now , it is not thought , at least at the present day , that the establishment of the New tonian theory was a step toward atheism or pantheism . Yet the great achievement of Newton ...
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... effect , and - with Him to whom to will is to do - in ordaining doing it . Whether profoundly philosophical or not , a view maintained by eminent philosophical physicists and theologians , such as Bab- bage on the one hand and Jowett on ...
... effect , and - with Him to whom to will is to do - in ordaining doing it . Whether profoundly philosophical or not , a view maintained by eminent philosophical physicists and theologians , such as Bab- bage on the one hand and Jowett on ...
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Página 129 - 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.
Página 396 - ON SOUND : A Course of Eight Lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain.
Página 274 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Página 16 - ... of the former and present buds by ramifying branches may well represent the classification of all extinct and living species in groups subordinate to groups. 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.
Página 16 - 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.
Página 102 - 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...
Página 102 - ... been stated that I attribute the modification of species exclusively to natural selection, I may be permitted to remark that in the first edition of this work, and subsequently, I placed in a most conspicuous position — namely, at the close of the Introduction the following words : "I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not the exclusive means of modification.