 This proposition is that the whole world, living and not living, is the result of the mutual interaction, according to definite laws, of the forces (powers) possessed by the molecules of which the primitive nebulosity of the universe was composed.  A Scotch Verdict in Re Evolution - Page 11by Charles Force Deems - 1885 - 108 lehteFull view - About this book
 | George St. Clair - 1873 - 280 lehte
...consider that the Design argument rests on as good a basis as before, and even receives new illustration. The fundamental proposition of Evolution is, that...the result of the mutual interaction, according to laws, of the forces possessed by the molecules of which the primitive nebulosity of the universe was... | |
 | George St. Clair - 1873 - 296 lehte
...that " the whole world, living and not living, is the result of the mutual interaction, according to laws, of the forces possessed by the molecules of which the primitive nebulosity of the universe was composed."3 There is nothing to be afraid of in this ; for it is but the application to suns and planets,... | |
 | Charles Hodge - 1874 - 190 lehte
...doctrine of evolution, but is actually based on the fundamental proposition of evolution. That proposition is, that the whole world, living and not living, is...mutual interaction, according to definite laws, of forces possessed by the molecules of which the primitive . nebulosity of the universe was composed.... | |
 | 1875 - 650 lehte
...of Evolution, but is actually based upon the fundamental proposition of Evolution. That proposition is, that the whole world, living and not living, is...the forces possessed by the molecules, of which the previous nebulosity of the universe was composed. If this be true, it is no less certain that the world... | |
 | Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1895 - 552 lehte
...Evolution from the general to the particular, from the simple to the complex, until it is affirmed "that the whole world, living and not living, is the...mutual interaction, according to definite laws, of the powers possessed by the molecules of which the primitive nebulosity of the universe was composed."... | |
 | Sir Frederick Bateman - 1877 - 262 lehte
...design, but by accident, or the force of circumstances. Its fundamental proposition, according to Huxley, is, that "the whole world, living and not living,...the result of the mutual interaction, according to laws, of the forces possessed by the molecules of which the primitive nebulosity of the universe was... | |
 | Victoria Institute (Great Britain) - 1879 - 488 lehte
...evolutionary theory. Professor Huxley, in his Genealogy of Animals, thus defines evolution : — " The mutual interaction, according to definite laws,...by the molecules of which the primitive nebulosity ot the universe was composed." I will not stay to ask whence the laws or forces come, but only to say... | |
 | 1869 - 282 lehte
...proposition of Evolution," Professor Huxley says (Academy, No. I., October, 1869) : — " That proposition is that the whole World, living and not living, is...the result of the mutual interaction, according to [NO. xxvni.] definite laws, of the forces possessed by the molecules of which the primitive nebulosity... | |
 | Samuel Wainwright - 1881 - 348 lehte
...potentially in the cosmic vapour."2 For "the fundamental proposition of evolution " is, as we have seen, "that the whole world, living and not living, is the...which the primitive nebulosity of the universe was com1 Buchner, ut sup., p. 96. 1 Prof. Huxley, ut sup,, p. 64. posed."1 In a word — and that, the... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1882 - 528 lehte
...as possible. Mr. Huxley says, and he says truly, that it is a fundamental proposition of evolution, "that the whole world, living and not living, is the...the molecules of which the primitive nebulosity of this universe was composed. If this be true, it is no less certain that the existing world lay potentially... | |
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