 | 1861 - 716 lehte
...of individuals of many kinds, and may we not believe that a living optical instrument might thus be formed as superior to one of glass as the works of .the Creator are to those of man?— P. 169. Let any one who has been able to bring his mind to adopt this explanation try how much harder... | |
 | 1861 - 1148 lehte
...of individuals of many kinds ; and may we not believe that a living optical instrument might thus be formed as superior to one of glass, as the works of the Creator are to those of man ? "* This reference to the Creator seems a complementary allusion rather than a necessity of the author's logic,... | |
 | 1860 - 794 lehte
...passage about the eye * — equivocal or unfortunate though some of the language be — does not imjily ordaining and directing intelligence, then he refutes...instrument was made and perfected under (which is the .«ame thing as by) an intelligent First Cause, or that it was not. If it was, then theism is asserted... | |
 | 1860 - 890 lehte
...cf individuals of many kinds, and may we not believe that a living optical instrument might thus be formed, as superior to one of glass as the works of the Creator are to those of man ? " (pp. 188, 189.) This picture of a Creator experimenting and trying the effect of his work, reminds... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1861 - 470 lehte
...of individuals of many kinds ; and may we not believe that a living optical instrument might thus be formed as superior to one of glass, as the works of the Creator are to those of man ? If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed... | |
 | 1861 - 716 lehte
...of individuals of many kinds, and may we not believe that a living optical instrument might thus be formed as superior to one of glass as the works of the Creator are to those of man? — P. 169. Let any one who has been able to bring his mind to adopt this explanation try how much... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1864 - 472 lehte
...of individuals of many kinds ; and may we not believe that a living optical instrument might thus be formed as superior to one of glass, as the works of the Creator are to those of man? If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1866 - 668 lehte
...of many kinds ; and may we not believe that a living optical instrument might thus be formed as L 2 superior to one of glass, as the works of the Creator are to those of man ? Modes of Transition. If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1867 - 406 lehte
...of individuals of many kinds, and may we not believe that a living optical instrument might thus be formed as superior to one of glass as the works of the Creator are to those of man?' (208). This portentous statement, which, for its wildness, almost defies criticism, must, nevertheless,... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1867 - 424 lehte
...of individuals of many kinds, and may we not believe that a living optical instrument might thus be formed as superior to one of glass as the works of the Creator are to those of man?' (208). This portentous statement, which, for its wildness, almost defies criticism, must, nevertheless,... | |
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Let this process go on for millions of years; and during each year on millions of individuals of many kinds; and may we not believe that a living optical instrument might thus be formed as superior to one of glass, as the works of the Creator are to those... 
