The Story of Creation: A Plain Account of EvolutionLongmans, Green, 1888 - 242 páginas |
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... theory of Evolution , foremost among which ranks Mr. Herbert Spencer's , being in bulky volumes with which few readers have the time or courage to grapple . In attempting to give a clear idea of the mechanism of the universe , I have ...
... theory of Evolution , foremost among which ranks Mr. Herbert Spencer's , being in bulky volumes with which few readers have the time or courage to grapple . In attempting to give a clear idea of the mechanism of the universe , I have ...
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... theory was destined to revolutionise or profoundly modify every department of human thought and every motive to human action . But so it was . The true epoch - maker , never dreaming to what far - reaching and momentous issue his work ...
... theory was destined to revolutionise or profoundly modify every department of human thought and every motive to human action . But so it was . The true epoch - maker , never dreaming to what far - reaching and momentous issue his work ...
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... theory for the benefit of a public which runs so fast that it has little time to read . But that theory deals only with organic evolution , i.e. with the origin of the myriad species of plants and animals ; and the prominence given to ...
... theory for the benefit of a public which runs so fast that it has little time to read . But that theory deals only with organic evolution , i.e. with the origin of the myriad species of plants and animals ; and the prominence given to ...
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... theory explains ; and the first part of this book will therefore describe such matters as the stuff of which all things are made , its combinations , affinities , and distribution ; the relation , likeness , and unlikeness between the ...
... theory explains ; and the first part of this book will therefore describe such matters as the stuff of which all things are made , its combinations , affinities , and distribution ; the relation , likeness , and unlikeness between the ...
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... Faraday's prophecy , that ' in the end there will be found one element with two polarities . ' Many workers followed on the lines laid down by Dalton , notably Prout , who formulated the theory that the atomic 8 THE STORY OF CREATION.
... Faraday's prophecy , that ' in the end there will be found one element with two polarities . ' Many workers followed on the lines laid down by Dalton , notably Prout , who formulated the theory that the atomic 8 THE STORY OF CREATION.
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action adapt algæ 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.
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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 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...