The Doctrine of Descent and DarwinismD. Appleton, 1875 - 334 páginas |
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... whole may find a welcome . With the exception of the Ecclesiastico - political question , no sphere of thought agitates the educated classes of our day so profoundly as the doctrine of de- scent . On both subjects the cry is , " Avow ...
... whole may find a welcome . With the exception of the Ecclesiastico - political question , no sphere of thought agitates the educated classes of our day so profoundly as the doctrine of de- scent . On both subjects the cry is , " Avow ...
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... whole theory of life . Here too that has happened to many , which so often happens in ques- tions the difficulties of which are veiled by an apparent general familiarity . Every one thinks himself capable of deciding about life , and ...
... whole theory of life . Here too that has happened to many , which so often happens in ques- tions the difficulties of which are veiled by an apparent general familiarity . Every one thinks himself capable of deciding about life , and ...
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... whole ramified and complicated problem of the doctrine of Descent , and its foundation by Darwin , and to enable him to understand its cardinal points . But we must first dispose of a preliminary question of uni- versal importance and ...
... whole ramified and complicated problem of the doctrine of Descent , and its foundation by Darwin , and to enable him to understand its cardinal points . But we must first dispose of a preliminary question of uni- versal importance and ...
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... whole , it does as much as any other ingenious theory has done ; it interprets by a 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 ...
... whole , it does as much as any other ingenious theory has done ; it interprets by a 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 ...
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... whole intestinal canal , incited the glandular cells and the muscular fibres to their offices , and glided along the nerves , now scarcely knows where to breed disturbance . Thus the investigation of nature does not shrink from ...
... whole intestinal canal , incited the glandular cells and the muscular fibres to their offices , and glided along the nerves , now scarcely knows where to breed disturbance . Thus the investigation of nature does not shrink from ...
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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