Essays Scientific and PhilosophicalK. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1890 - 268 páginas |
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... less " Beside that strong Rare spirit , fettered to a stubborn body , Endeavouring to subdue it and inform it With its own splendour . " To know him slightly was consistent with being frightened by his sharp cleverness : to know him ...
... less " Beside that strong Rare spirit , fettered to a stubborn body , Endeavouring to subdue it and inform it With its own splendour . " To know him slightly was consistent with being frightened by his sharp cleverness : to know him ...
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... less sharp than we might suppose . For the immor- tal cells , which do not die , can be killed ; and the mortal ... less and less use to the species , and the life potentially immortal would actually WEISMANN'S ESSAYS UPON HEREDITY . 7.
... less sharp than we might suppose . For the immor- tal cells , which do not die , can be killed ; and the mortal ... less and less use to the species , and the life potentially immortal would actually WEISMANN'S ESSAYS UPON HEREDITY . 7.
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... less conscious that we are speaking metaphorically . Yet the fact of heredity , whether in plants or brutes or men , is too obvious to escape notice , and is taken as a matter of course long before any attempt is made to explain it ...
... less conscious that we are speaking metaphorically . Yet the fact of heredity , whether in plants or brutes or men , is too obvious to escape notice , and is taken as a matter of course long before any attempt is made to explain it ...
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... less easy to distinguish between what is innate and what is really acquired : — " The children of accomplished pianists ( as Professor Weismann says ) do not inherit the art of playing on the piano ; they have to learn it in the same ...
... less easy to distinguish between what is innate and what is really acquired : — " The children of accomplished pianists ( as Professor Weismann says ) do not inherit the art of playing on the piano ; they have to learn it in the same ...
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... less than is generally supposed . For the idea that man is in any sense a " special creation " is as clearly rejected by Wallace as by Darwin : - " To any one , " he says , who considers the structure of man's body , even in the most ...
... less than is generally supposed . For the idea that man is in any sense a " special creation " is as clearly rejected by Wallace as by Darwin : - " To any one , " he says , who considers the structure of man's body , even in the most ...
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