Darwiniana: Essays and Reviews Pertaining to DarwinismD. Appleton, 1878 - 396 páginas |
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... remains for fixing upon this or that degree as specific , at least no natural standard , by which the opinions of different naturalists may be correlated . Species upon this view are enduring , but subjective and ideal . Any three or ...
... remains for fixing upon this or that degree as specific , at least no natural standard , by which the opinions of different naturalists may be correlated . Species upon this view are enduring , but subjective and ideal . Any three or ...
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... not , it is quite possible that variation may be accounted for , while the great primary law of inheritance remains a mysterious fact . The common proposition is , that species reproduce their like THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES . 29.
... not , it is quite possible that variation may be accounted for , while the great primary law of inheritance remains a mysterious fact . The common proposition is , that species reproduce their like THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES . 29.
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... remains uniform for long periods of time , though as- suredly the merest trifle would often give the victory to one organic being over another . Nevertheless , so profound is our Not that in Battle within ignorance , and so high our ...
... remains uniform for long periods of time , though as- suredly the merest trifle would often give the victory to one organic being over another . Nevertheless , so profound is our Not that in Battle within ignorance , and so high our ...
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... remains from the several stages of the chalk formation , though the species are distinct at each stage . This fact alone , from its gen- erality , seems to have shaken Prof. Pictet in his firm belief in the immutability of species " ( p ...
... remains from the several stages of the chalk formation , though the species are distinct at each stage . This fact alone , from its gen- erality , seems to have shaken Prof. Pictet in his firm belief in the immutability of species " ( p ...
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... remains still best adapted to a particular pur- pose or condition - as , for instance , the old Newcomen engine for pumping out coal - pits . If there's a Divin- ity that shapes these ends , the whole is intelligible and reasonable ...
... remains still best adapted to a particular pur- pose or condition - as , for instance , the old Newcomen engine for pumping out coal - pits . If there's a Divin- ity that shapes these ends , the whole is intelligible and reasonable ...
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Página 131 - 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 3 - II. Physics and Politics ; or, Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of "Natural Selection " and " Inheritance
Página 38 - There is no exception to the rule that every organic being naturally increases at so high a rate, that if not destroyed, the earth would soon be covered by the progeny of a single pair.
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Página 276 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Página 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.
Página 104 - 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 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.
Página 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.