Animal Life and IntelligenceGinn, 1891 - 512 páginas |
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... term , then , with this meaning , we may say , without quali- fication , that all animals are more or less sensitive to external influences . 8. They are made of " flesh and blood . " Here we have allusion to the materials of which the ...
... term , then , with this meaning , we may say , without quali- fication , that all animals are more or less sensitive to external influences . 8. They are made of " flesh and blood . " Here we have allusion to the materials of which the ...
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... term the process of life - a little more fully and closely . The substance that exhibits these life - processes is protoplasm , which exists in minute separate masses termed cells . It seems probable , however , that these cells ...
... term the process of life - a little more fully and closely . The substance that exhibits these life - processes is protoplasm , which exists in minute separate masses termed cells . It seems probable , however , that these cells ...
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... term the former process selection , the latter elimination . Suppose that a gardener is dealing with a bed of geraniums . He may either pick out first the best , then the second best , then the third , and so on , until he has selected ...
... term the former process selection , the latter elimination . Suppose that a gardener is dealing with a bed of geraniums . He may either pick out first the best , then the second best , then the third , and so on , until he has selected ...
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... term hasty and ill - advised attempts at progress . And at the same time , it favours repeated new experiments in the combination of variations , occasionally , we may suppose , with happy results . But it does more than this . It tends ...
... term hasty and ill - advised attempts at progress . And at the same time , it favours repeated new experiments in the combination of variations , occasionally , we may suppose , with happy results . But it does more than this . It tends ...
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... terms merely imply a play of molecular forces analogous to that which causes the broken crystal of alum to become recompleted in suitable solution . The inherent molecular processes in the nuclei in the one case enable the cells to ...
... terms merely imply a play of molecular forces analogous to that which causes the broken crystal of alum to become recompleted in suitable solution . The inherent molecular processes in the nuclei in the one case enable the cells to ...
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Términos y frases comunes
action æsthetic Animal Intelligence animals antennæ associated auditory beauty bees believe birds body characters colour complex conceptual cones consciousness constructs Darwin developed differentiation direct disuse divergence effects eggs elimination emotions experience fact factor faculty favourable feelings female fertilized gemmules germ germ-plasm germinal cells give rise habits heredity human hydra hypothesis individual inference influence inherited insects instinctive activities intelligence intercrossing isolation kinesis kinetic larvæ male mating matter Max Müller Mental Evolution metakinetic metazoa millimetre mind mode modified natural selection nerves neurosis normal object observations offspring organism origin ovum pain pangenesis parent perception phenomena physiological pleasure probably produced Professor Weismann protoplasmic protozoa question regard reproduction resemblance result retina Romanes seems seen semicircular canals sensations sense sexual sexual selection similar Sir John Lubbock smell species sperm stimulation suggested suppose taste tendency term tion tissues variations vibrations words
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Página 166 - The impression that all this evidence leaves on the mind is one of some wonder whether nurture can do anything at all, beyond giving instruction and professional training.
Página 90 - The flowers of two distinct individuals of the same species would thus get crossed; and the act of crossing, as can be fully proved, gives rise to vigorous seedlings, which consequently would have the best chance of flourishing and surviving.
Página 387 - But pain or suffering of any kind, if long continued, causes depression and lessens the power of action, yet is well adapted to make a creature guard itself against any great or sudden evil. Pleasurable sensations, on the other hand, may be long continued without any depressing effect ; on the contrary, they stimulate the whole system to increased action.
Página 386 - ... beings have been developed through natural selection, or the survival of the fittest, together with use or habit, will admit that these organs have been formed so that their possessors may compete successfully with other beings, and thus increase in number. Now an animal may be led to pursue that course of action which is most beneficial to the species by suffering, such as pain, hunger, thirst, and fear ; or by pleasure, as in eating and drinking, and in the propagation of the species, &c. ;...
Página 74 - Can it, then, be thought improbable, seeing that variations useful to man have undoubtedly occurred, that other variations useful in some way to each being in the great and complex battle of life, should sometimes occur in the course of thousands of generations...
Página 387 - We see this in the pleasure from exertion, even occasionally from great exertion of the body or mind, — in the pleasure of our daily meals, and especially in the pleasure derived from sociability, and from loving our families. The sum of such pleasures as these, which are habitual or frequently recurrent, give, as I can hardly doubt, to most sentient beings an excess of happiness over misery, although many occasionally suffer much.
Página 381 - Under this powerful emotion the action of the heart is much accelerated, or it may be much disturbed. The face reddens, or it becomes purple from the impeded return of the blood, or may turn deadly pale. The respiration is laboured, the chest heaves, and the dilated nostrils quiver. The whole body often trembles. The voice is affected. The teeth are clenched or ground together, and the muscular system is commonly stimulated to violent, almost frantic action. But the gestures of a man in this state...
Página 147 - It is quite conceivable that every species tends to produce varieties of a limited number and kind, and that the effect of natural selection is to favour the development of some of these, while it opposes the development of others along their predetermined lines of modification.
Página 399 - Dogs show what may be fairly called a sense of humour, as distinct from mere play ; if a bit of stick or other such object be thrown to one, he will often carry it away for a short distance ; and then squatting down with it on the ground close before him, will wait until his master comes quite close to take it away. The dog will then seize it and rush away in triumph, repeating the same manoeuvre, and evidently enjoying the practical joke.
Página 202 - While man has only tilled a few level plains, a few great river valleys, a few peninsular mountain slopes, leaving the vast mass of earth untouched by his hand, the insect has spread himself over every land in a thousand shapes, and has made the whole flowering creation subservient to his daily wants. His buttercup, his dandelion, and his meadow-sweet grow thick in every English field. His thyme clothes the hillside; his heather purples the bleak gray moorland.