A New Theory of the Origin of SpeciesFowler & Wells, 1883 - 272 pages |
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... CAUSE- General View - Theories Examined - Pain and Suffer- ing not Inconsistent with Design - Evidences of Design in Nature - Universality of Belief in a Personal Deity ... 194-221 CHAPTER X. - THE ORDER OF CREATION - From Lowest Form ...
... CAUSE- General View - Theories Examined - Pain and Suffer- ing not Inconsistent with Design - Evidences of Design in Nature - Universality of Belief in a Personal Deity ... 194-221 CHAPTER X. - THE ORDER OF CREATION - From Lowest Form ...
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... causes , from the action of prior incandescent gases , which contain- ed the elements of all that followed . We then come to the great question : What is the origin of the vast numbers of the species of plants and animals upon the earth ...
... causes , from the action of prior incandescent gases , which contain- ed the elements of all that followed . We then come to the great question : What is the origin of the vast numbers of the species of plants and animals upon the earth ...
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... cause to the effect to be produced . The creation of the gigantic ferns and other vegetable growths of the carboniferous era , were steps in the production of coal deposits , so necessary to modern civilization -- the creation of the ...
... cause to the effect to be produced . The creation of the gigantic ferns and other vegetable growths of the carboniferous era , were steps in the production of coal deposits , so necessary to modern civilization -- the creation of the ...
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... Cause , and the evidences of de- sign , while the other ignores both . Heretofore the controversy has been between Theology and Science ; but since there is no dispute about the controlling facts , it must hereafter be carried on ...
... Cause , and the evidences of de- sign , while the other ignores both . Heretofore the controversy has been between Theology and Science ; but since there is no dispute about the controlling facts , it must hereafter be carried on ...
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... causing two or more tentacula ; and this is claimed to have happened to the whole gasteropod race . So an herbivorous animal , pressed for forage , stretches its neck to reach the lower branches of trees , and becomes a giraffe . A ...
... causing two or more tentacula ; and this is claimed to have happened to the whole gasteropod race . So an herbivorous animal , pressed for forage , stretches its neck to reach the lower branches of trees , and becomes a giraffe . A ...
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Page 27 - ... and which I formerly entertained, namely, that each species has been independently created, is erroneous. I am fully convinced that species are not immutable; but that those belonging to what are called the same genera are lineal descendants of some other and generally extinct species, in the same manner as the acknowledged varieties of any one species are the descendants of that species. Furthermore, I am convinced that Natural Selection has been the main, but not exclusive, means of modification.
Page 215 - The Principles of Physiology, applied to the Preservation of Health, and to the Improvement of Physical and Mental Education.
Page 206 - There can be no doubt that the difference between the mind of the lowest man and that of the highest animal is immense. An anthropomorphous ape, if he could take a dispassionate view of his own case, would admit that though he could form an artful plan to plunder a garden — though he could use stones for fighting or for breaking open nuts, yet that the thought of fashioning a stone into a tool was quite beyond his scope. Still less, as he would admit, could he follow out a train of metaphysical...
Page 209 - It is generally acknowledged that all organic beings have been formed on two great laws — Unity of Type, and the Conditions of Existence. By unity of type is meant that fundamental agreement in structure which we see in organic beings of the same class, and which is quite independent of their habits of life.
Page 10 - From these remarks it will be seen that I look at the term species, as one arbitrarily given for the sake of convenience to a set of individuals closely resembling each other, and that it does not essentially differ from the term variety, which is given to less distinct and more fluctuating forms.
Page 26 - Although much remains obscure, and will long remain obscure, I can entertain no doubt, after the most deliberate study and dispassionate judgment of which I am capable, that the view which most naturalists until recently entertained, and which I formerly entertained, namely, that each species has been independently created, is erroneous. I am fully convinced that species are not immutable...
Page 215 - TREATISE ON FOOD AND DIET: With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen suited for Disordered States of the Digestive Organs ; and an Account of the Dietaries of some of the principal Metropolitan and other Establishments for Paupers, Lunatics, Criminals, Children, the Sick, &c. By JON. PEREIRA, MDFRS & LS Author of
Page 195 - The reply is not doubtful for a moment, and has not been doubtful any time these thirty years. Without question, the mode of origin and the early stages of the development of man are identical with those of the animals immediately below him in the scale : — without a doubt, in these respects, he is far nearer the Apes, than the Apes are to the Dog.
Page 47 - I had not formerly sufficiently considered the existence of many structures which appear to be, as far as we can judge, neither beneficial nor injurious ; and this I believe to be one of the greatest oversights as yet detected in my work.
Page 68 - If such do occur, can we doubt (remembering that many more individuals are born than can possibly survive) that individuals having any advantage, however slight, over others, would have the best chance of surviving and of procreating their kind? On the other hand, we may feel sure that any variation in the least degree injurious would be rigidly destroyed. This preservation of favourable individual differences and variations, and the destruction of those which are injurious, I have called Natural...