The Doctrine of Descent and DarwinismD. Appleton, 1875 - 334 páginas |
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... single prin- ciple those great phenomena which without its aid remain a mass of unintelligible miracles . In a word , it raises the knowledge of organic nature to a science . Even now much of mere professional knowledge is wont to style ...
... single prin- ciple those great phenomena which without its aid remain a mass of unintelligible miracles . In a word , it raises the knowledge of organic nature to a science . Even now much of mere professional knowledge is wont to style ...
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... single occurrences from the dominion of those laws , and place them under the law of a higher will and a higher power . Of this we have many analogies in lower spheres . If my arm hurls a stone into the air , this is contrary to the ...
... single occurrences from the dominion of those laws , and place them under the law of a higher will and a higher power . Of this we have many analogies in lower spheres . If my arm hurls a stone into the air , this is contrary to the ...
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... single formula the motions of the largest heavenly body and of the lightest atom . To such a mind nothing would be uncertain , and the future , like the past , would lie open before it . The human mind in all the perfection which it has ...
... single formula the motions of the largest heavenly body and of the lightest atom . To such a mind nothing would be uncertain , and the future , like the past , would lie open before it . The human mind in all the perfection which it has ...
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... single species of atom . Every manual of physics or physiology will show that , in order to understand and calculate the properties of these atoms and their combinations into the ingre- dients of compound bodies , susceptible of ...
... single species of atom . Every manual of physics or physiology will show that , in order to understand and calculate the properties of these atoms and their combinations into the ingre- dients of compound bodies , susceptible of ...
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... single species , which demand admittance to the system of the Vermes . If we attempt to describe their typical nature in a few words , it must be something like this : The Vermes are more or less elongated , symmetric animals , which ...
... single species , which demand admittance to the system of the Vermes . If we attempt to describe their typical nature in a few words , it must be something like this : The Vermes are more or less elongated , symmetric animals , which ...
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according adaptation already Ammonites Amphibians animal world apes appearance Ascidian birds body bone brain causes Cetacea character characteristics comparative anatomy complete connection continent Darwin dentition derivation diverge doctrine of Descent Echinoderms embryo Eocene exhibit existence external facts families fauna fish formation fossil Gastrula gemmules genera genus geological Goethe grade gradually groups Haeckel heredity higher horse human hypothesis idea individual infer intermediate forms investigation islands lancelet language larva larvæ likewise linguistic lower mammals Marsupials Medusa ment merely metamorphosis modifications morphological mutability natural selection observations Oolite organisms origin ovum peculiar pedigree perfect period phase phenomena placenta plants polypes possess present primordial progenitors races regard relations remains reproduction reptiles Rütimeyer says scarcely scientific separate sexual Silurian skull species strata structure systematic terrestrial animals theory of selection tion transformation true Ungulata Ungulates varieties vertebral column Vertebrata vertebrate animals whole