Essays on DarwinismLongmans, Green, 1871 - 184 páginas |
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... its supe- riority . So ran the Pagan legend that Providence had compacted man's moral nature out of particles taken from each of the lower animals , giving him the wisdom of the serpent and the fiery courage of the lion1 B 2.
... its supe- riority . So ran the Pagan legend that Providence had compacted man's moral nature out of particles taken from each of the lower animals , giving him the wisdom of the serpent and the fiery courage of the lion1 B 2.
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... during its develop- ment , each higher organism passes through stages in which it resembles the adult forms of lower organisms - that the embryo of a man is at oxe Now , if the simplest embryonic forms of life were C 2 DARWINISM . 19.
... during its develop- ment , each higher organism passes through stages in which it resembles the adult forms of lower organisms - that the embryo of a man is at oxe Now , if the simplest embryonic forms of life were C 2 DARWINISM . 19.
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... lower leaves within the general reach were exhausted , the famine still con- tinuing , those animals alone would survive which , by some peculiarity , could reach the higher leaves . In this way , those that could spring best , those ...
... lower leaves within the general reach were exhausted , the famine still con- tinuing , those animals alone would survive which , by some peculiarity , could reach the higher leaves . In this way , those that could spring best , those ...
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... lower animals we call them instinctive ; but there are processes employed for these self - same objects by vegetables as well as by men . For plants , in one sense stationary , travel towards water by their roots , towards light by ...
... lower animals we call them instinctive ; but there are processes employed for these self - same objects by vegetables as well as by men . For plants , in one sense stationary , travel towards water by their roots , towards light by ...
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... lower animals , and so supply that origin of species by variation for which 1 ' Genesis of the Earth and of Man , ' p . 117 ; quoted in Sir J. Lub- bock's Prehistoric Times , ' p . 314 . " Mr. Darwin contends ? Would not the obvious ...
... lower animals , and so supply that origin of species by variation for which 1 ' Genesis of the Earth and of Man , ' p . 117 ; quoted in Sir J. Lub- bock's Prehistoric Times , ' p . 314 . " Mr. Darwin contends ? Would not the obvious ...
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