The Story of Creation: A Plain Account of EvolutionLongmans, Green, 1888 - 242 páginas |
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... give a clear idea of the mechanism of the universe , I have felt the difficulty expressed years ago by such authorities as Sir W. R. Grove and Professor Tyndall , arising from the lack of precision in standard books on physics in the ...
... give a clear idea of the mechanism of the universe , I have felt the difficulty expressed years ago by such authorities as Sir W. R. Grove and Professor Tyndall , arising from the lack of precision in standard books on physics in the ...
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... give in clear and , as far as possible , simple words . Before attempting this it is desirable to outline the phenomena which that theory explains ; and the first part of this book will therefore describe such matters as the stuff of ...
... give in clear and , as far as possible , simple words . Before attempting this it is desirable to outline the phenomena which that theory explains ; and the first part of this book will therefore describe such matters as the stuff of ...
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... give them a false importance , and , moreover , confuse things proved with obsolete speculations . Still more does this apply when the mechanical explanation of the general and simple phenomena of the lifeless is extended to the special ...
... give them a false importance , and , moreover , confuse things proved with obsolete speculations . Still more does this apply when the mechanical explanation of the general and simple phenomena of the lifeless is extended to the special ...
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... give . We have now reached a point when the grounds for the assumptions made concerning the nature of matter throughout space , whether in masses , large or small ; in molecules , atoms , or in the tenuous ether , must be stated . If ...
... give . We have now reached a point when the grounds for the assumptions made concerning the nature of matter throughout space , whether in masses , large or small ; in molecules , atoms , or in the tenuous ether , must be stated . If ...
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... give the key to their relative place . Then , on their upheaval above the sea , the eroding agents have begun their slowly levelling work , and the débris of lands , where life - forms have flourished and perished , have returned to the ...
... give the key to their relative place . Then , on their upheaval above the sea , the eroding agents have begun their slowly levelling work , and the débris of lands , where life - forms have flourished and perished , have returned to the ...
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action adapt algć alike allied amoeba ancestors ancient Annulosa apes ascidian atoms birds bodies bones brain called causes cavity cells changes chlorophyll civilised colour common complex creatures Crown 8vo crust crustacea cycads Darwin deposits descent Devonian digestive earliest earth Edition elements embryo energy Eocene Eozoon Canadense epoch ethereal medium evolution existing fertilisation fish flowers force forms fossils function ganoids Grant Allen groups heat higher highest inorganic insects instinct lancelet land layer less life-forms limbs living things lowest mammals man's marsupials mass matter mode modification molecules moneron monotremes motion natural selection nervous system notochord nucleus ocean organs Origin of Species ovum oxygen plants and animals pollen primitive protoplasm Protozoa races remains reptiles result rocks rotifers savage sea-squirt seeds Silurian skeleton skin sponges stage stamens stars strata structure sub-kingdom theory tion types variations variety vegetation vertebrates vols
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Página 169 - There is no exception to the rule that every organic being naturally increases at so high a rate, that, if not destroyed, the earth would soon be covered by the progeny of a single pair.
Página 156 - But expectation is permissible where belief is not ; and if it were given me to look beyond the abyss of geologically recorded time to the still more remote period when the earth was passing through physical and chemical conditions, which it can no more see again than a man can recall his infancy, I should expect to be a witness of the evolution of living protoplasm from not living matter.
Página 233 - Epochs of Ancient History. Edited by the Rev. Sir GW Cox, Bart. MA & C. SANKEY, MA Beesly's Gracchi, Marius & Sulla, 2s.6d. Capes's Age of the Antonines, 2s.
Página 216 - Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument About it and about: but evermore Came out by the same door where in I went.
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Página 2 - In July opened first note-book on Transmutation of Species. Had been greatly struck from about the month of previous March on character of South American fossils, and species on Galapagos Archipelago. These facts (especially latter), origin of all my views...
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Página 232 - THE TRANSITS of VENUS ; a Popular Account of Past and Coming Transits, from the first observed by Horrocks AD 1639 to the Transit of AD 2012. By RA PROCTOR, BA Second Edition, with 20 Plates (12 coloured) and 38 Woodcuts. Crown 8vo. 8s. 6d. The UNIVERSE and the COMING TRANSITS...
Página 76 - Born into life — man grows Forth from his parents' stem, And blends their bloods, as those Of theirs are blent in them; So each new man strikes root into a far fore-time.
Página 169 - Nature's productions should be far " truer " in character than man's productions ; that they should be infinitely better adapted to the most complex conditions of life, and should plainly bear the stamp of far higher workmanship...