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Page 51
Whatever may be its defects , that founded on the nature of the skeleton , may
serve the purpose , and at least exhibits remarkable analogies with the
arrangement of Rhizopoda ; Thalassicollida representing naked Rhizopoda , the
horny ...
Whatever may be its defects , that founded on the nature of the skeleton , may
serve the purpose , and at least exhibits remarkable analogies with the
arrangement of Rhizopoda ; Thalassicollida representing naked Rhizopoda , the
horny ...
Page 61
A late able writer has quoted , as an illustration of the doctrine of types , a very
remarkable passage from Psalm cxxxix.:“ ' I will praise Thee , for I am fearfully
and wonderfully made . Marvellous are thy works , And that my soul knoweth right
...
A late able writer has quoted , as an illustration of the doctrine of types , a very
remarkable passage from Psalm cxxxix.:“ ' I will praise Thee , for I am fearfully
and wonderfully made . Marvellous are thy works , And that my soul knoweth right
...
Page 74
... his Lectures at the Government School of Mines ( March , 1858 ) , pointed to
one great natural group , remarkable for the extensive gradations of development
, linking and blending together fishes and reptiles within the limits of such group .
... his Lectures at the Government School of Mines ( March , 1858 ) , pointed to
one great natural group , remarkable for the extensive gradations of development
, linking and blending together fishes and reptiles within the limits of such group .
Page 76
In this structure the old carboriferous Reptile resembled the existing Lepidosiren ,
and afforded further ground for regarding that remarkable existing animal as one
which obliterates the line of demarcation between the fishes and the reptiles .
In this structure the old carboriferous Reptile resembled the existing Lepidosiren ,
and afforded further ground for regarding that remarkable existing animal as one
which obliterates the line of demarcation between the fishes and the reptiles .
Page 78
The relation of these remarkable reptiles to the Saurian order has been
advocated as being one of close and true affinity , chiefly on the character of the
extent of ossification of the skull and of the outward sculpturing of the cranial
bones .
The relation of these remarkable reptiles to the Saurian order has been
advocated as being one of close and true affinity , chiefly on the character of the
extent of ossification of the skull and of the outward sculpturing of the cranial
bones .
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Page 119 - Refrain from: these men* and let them alone : for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought : But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it...
Page 61 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Page 122 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Page 66 - To give a stronger impulse and a more systematic direction to scientific inquiry, — to promote the intercourse of those who cultivate Science in different parts of the British Empire, with one another, and with foreign philosophers, — to obtain a more general attention to the objects of Science, and a removal of any disadvantages of a public kind which impede its progress.
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Page 192 - A sight most horrible and disgusting broke upon us as we ascended a sand dune overhanging the little dell in which the pound was built. Within a circular fence 120 feet broad, constructed of the trunks of trees, laced with withes together, and braced by outside supports, lay tossed in every conceivable position over two hundred dead buffalo. From old bulls to calves of three months old, animals of every age were huddled together in all the forced attitudes of violent death.
Page 119 - ... been led to the conclusion that those powers of nature which give rise to races and permanent varieties in animals and plants, are the same as those which in much longer periods produce species, and in a still longer series of ages give rise to differences of generic rank. He appears to me to have succeeded by his investigations and reasonings in throwing a flood of light on many classes of phenomena connected with the affinities, geographical distribution, and geological succession of organic...
Page 370 - Therefore I should infer from analogy that probably all the organic beings which have ever lived on this earth, have descended from some one primordial form, into which life was first breathed.
Page 193 - ... climb to the top of the fence, and, with the hunters who have followed closely in the rear of the buffalo, spear or shoot with bows and arrows or fire-arms at the bewildered animals, rapidly becoming frantic with rage and terror, within the narrow limits of the pound.