...Ijeen gaid," he himself remarks,* " that I speak of natural selection as an active power or Deity, but who objects to an author speaking of the attraction...of gravity as ruling the movements of the planets? Everyone knows what is mount and implied by such metaphorical expressions ; and they are almost necessary...

...been gaid," he himself remarks,* " that I speak of natural selection as an active power or Deity, but who objects to an author speaking of the attraction...of gravity as ruling the movements of the planets? Everyone knows what is meant and implied by such metaphorical expressions ; and they are almost necessary...

...stated thus. ' It has been often said that I speak of Natural Selection as an active power or deity, but who objects to an author speaking of the attraction...Nature only the aggregate action and product of many laws, and by laws, the sequence of events as ascertained by us. With a little familiarity such superficial...

...stated thus. ' It has been often said that I speak of Natural Selection as an active power or deity, but who objects to an author speaking of the attraction...Nature only the aggregate action and product of many laws, and by laws, the sequence of events as ascertained by us. With a little familiarity such superficial...

...stated thus. ' It has been often said that I speak of Natural Selection as an active power or deity, but who objects to an author speaking of the attraction...Every one knows what is meant and is implied by such inetap/iorical expressions, and they are almost necessary for brevity. So, again, it is difficult to...

...chapter he remarks, " It has been said that I speak of Natural Selection as an active power or Deity, but who objects to an author speaking of the attraction...aggregate action and product of many natural laws, and by-laws the sequence of events as ascertained by us." So far this is clear enough, and we learn that...

...preference combines. It has been said that I speak of natural selection as an active power or Deity; but who objects to an author speaking of the attraction...aggregate action and product of many natural laws, and by lawa the sequence of events as ascertained by us. With a little familiarity such superficial objections...

...invokes not His aid in the processes of nature ; nor yet does he deify nature, but says this of her : " It is difficult to avoid personifying the word nature...nature, only the aggregate action and product of many laws, and by laws the sequence of events as ascertained by us." It is obvious that the effect of the...

...invokes not His aid in the processes of nature ; nor yet does he deify nature, but says this of her : "It is difficult to avoid personifying the word nature...nature, only the aggregate action and product of many laws, and by laws the sequence of events as ascertained by us." It is obvious that the effect of the...

...expressly excludes this sense of the word, in a sentence which seems to involve a self-contradiction. "I mean by nature only the aggregate action and product of many natural laws, and by law only the ascertained sequence of events3." Law, in this sense, then, is simply the statement of...