 | Charles Darwin - 1882 - 492 páginas
...the wishes and efforts of man ! how short his time ! and consequently how poor will be his results, compared with those accumulated by Nature during whole...periods ! Can we wonder, then, that Nature's productions shculd be far " truer" in character than man's productions ; that they should be infinitely better... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1883 - 494 páginas
...prominent enough to catch the eye or to be plainly useful to him. Under nature, the slightest differences of structure or constitution may well turn the nicely-balanced...man ! how short his time ! and consequently how poor will be his results, compared with those accumulated by Nature during whole geological periods ! Can... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1884 - 396 páginas
...prominent enough to catch the eye or to be plainly useful to him. Under nature, the slightest differences of structure or constitution may well turn the nicely-balanced...man ! how short his time ! and consequently how poor will be his results, compared with those accumulated by Nature during whole geological periods ! Can... | |
 | George Thomas Bettany - 1887 - 228 páginas
...character is fully exercised by her ; and the being is placed under well-suited conditions of life. . . . Under nature, the slightest difference of structure...man ! how short his time ! and consequently how poor will his products be, compared with those accumulated by nature during whole geological periods. Can... | |
 | Edward Clodd - 1888 - 302 páginas
...Under Nature the slightest differences of structure or constitution may well turn the nicely balanced scale in the struggle for life, and so be preserved....! how short his time ! and, consequently, how poor will be his results, compared with those accumulated byNature during whole geological periods ! Can... | |
 | James Platt - 1890 - 220 páginas
...differences of structure or constitution may well turn the nicely-balanced scale in the struggle of life, and so be preserved. How fleeting are the wishes...man ! how short his time ! and consequently how poor will be his results, compared with those accumulated by Nature during whole geological periods ! Can... | |
 | W. T. B. Martin, T. E. S. T. - 1894 - 536 páginas
...said : " Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave." Even Dr. Darwin said : " How fleeting are the wishes and efforts of Man ! how short his time ! " * And so also the Persian Poet, by Mr. Lang's translation : — " When you and I behind the veil are passed,... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1896 - 408 páginas
...prominent enough to catch the eye or to be plainly useful to him. Under nature, the slightest differences of structure or constitution may well turn the nicely-balanced...man ! how short his time ! and consequently how poor will be his results, compared with those accumulated by Nature during whole geological periods ! Can... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1896 - 406 páginas
...prominent enough to catch the eye or to be plainly useful to him. Under nature, the slightest differences of structure or constitution may well turn the nicely-balanced...man ! how short his time ! and consequently how poor will be his results, compared with those accumulated by Nature during whole geological periods! Can... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 494 páginas
...Under Nature, the slightest differences of structure or constitution may well turn the nicely balanced scale in the struggle for life, and so be preserved....man ! How short his time, and consequently how poor will be his results, compared with those accuimilated by Nature during whole geological periods! Can... | |
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... compared with those accumulated by Nature during whole geological periods! Can we wonder, then, that Nature's productions should be far " truer " in character than man's productions; that they should be infinitely Better adapted to the most complex... 
