| John Hays Gardiner - 1900 - 520 páginas
...said that I speak of ' natural selection,' " he says,a "as an active power or deity, but who is he who objects to an author speaking of the attraction of gravity as ruling the movements of planets ? Every one knows what is meant by such metaphorical expressions and they are always necessary... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1902 - 770 páginas
...an acid cannot strictly be said to elect the base with which it in preference combines. It has been said that I speak of natural selection as an active...Every one knows what is meant and is implied by such meta phorical expressions; and they are almost necessary for brevity. So again it is difficult to avoid... | |
| Walter Warren Seton - 1903 - 168 páginas
...objected to chemists speaking of the elective affinities of the various elements ? . . . It has been said that I speak of natural selection as an active...meant and is implied by such metaphorical expressions, etc.'' 1 Darwin's first and fundamental mistake was to introduce the element of Structure or Form into... | |
| Oliver Joseph Thatcher - 1907 - 494 páginas
...an acid cannot strictly be said to elect the base with which it in preference combines. It has been said that I speak of natural selection as an active...of gravity as ruling the movements of the planets ? Everyone knows what is meant and is implied by such metaphorical expressions; and they are almost... | |
| Joseph Lane Hancock - 1911 - 506 páginas
...he sometimes spoke of natural selection as an intelligent power in the same way as astronomers speak of the attraction of gravity as ruling the movements of the planets. Moreover, he often personified nature, but he adds: "I mean by nature only the aggregate action and... | |
| John Hays Gardiner - 1912 - 312 páginas
...perfectly exact meaning. Darwin has given some account of this process of language : " It has been said that I speak of natural selection as an active...the attraction of gravity as ruling the movements of planets ? Every one knows what is meant by such metaphorical expressions, and they are almost necessary... | |
| 1916 - 388 páginas
...(New York, 1905), I, 361-62. 38 Darwin himself recognised this criticism: "Every one knows," he said, "what is meant and is implied by such metaphorical...expressions; and they are almost necessary for brevity." Origin of Species, as cited, p. 79. The difficulty, which presents itself even in biology, is, however,... | |
| Frederick John Teggart - 1916 - 244 páginas
...(New York, 1905), I, 361-62. 38 Darwin himself recognised this criticism: "Every one knows," he said, "what is meant and is implied by such metaphorical...expressions; and they are almost necessary for brevity." Origin of Species, as cited, p. 79. The difficulty, which presents itself even in biology, is, however,... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1924 - 426 páginas
...and not appreciably longer expression at their disposal. " It has been said," continues Mr. Darwin, " that I speak of natural selection as an active power...to an author speaking of the attraction of gravity ? Everyone knows what is meant and implied by such metaphorical expressions, and they are almost necessary... | |
| Charles Coulston Gillispie - 1960 - 596 páginas
...phenomenon to be analyzed, rather than a mystery to be plumbed. He himself suggests the comparison to "an author speaking of the attraction of gravity as ruling the movements of the planets." And the turn of the discussion bears out the analogy. For the next chapter deals with the laws of variation.... | |
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