 | 1872 - 794 lehte
...Him, is by no means necessary to its existence, or full vigour. Still he acknowledges that, among " the more civilized races, the conviction of the existence...all-seeing Deity has had a potent influence on the advancement of morality." He leaves it quite uncertain, however, as to whether this conception of God... | |
 | William Page Roberts - 1874 - 198 lehte
...progression, but from such an authority they have a singular value. He says ' that with the more civilised races the conviction of the existence of an all-seeing Deity has had a potent influence on the advancement of morality.' But morality ultimately means the highest welfare of the individual, of the... | |
 | Rudolf Schmid - 1882 - 428 lehte
.../ impulse w^hich morality has from religion, when he says ( (^Descent of Man," Vol. II, page 347): "With the \ more civilized races, the conviction of...had a potent influence on the advance of morality." From these and all his other deductions, we see that Darwin in no way intends to modify the maxims... | |
 | New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives - 1885 - 1018 lehte
...omnipresent." Charles Darwun, towards the conclusion of his work " The Descent of Man," says, — " With the more civilized races the conviction of the...all-seeing Deity has had a potent influence on the advancement of morality. Ultimately, man no longer accepts the praise or blame of his fellows as his... | |
 | Paul Carus - 1928 - 838 lehte
...of the noblest part of our nature in the base principle of selfishness." He even throws in the hope, "it is not improbable that after long practice virtuous tendencies may be inherited." In any event, the abandonment of the old Pentateuchal idea of "the fall of man" seems to him a distinct... | |
 | John Vietch Shoemaker - 1890 - 512 lehte
...consequently of a just public opinion, but especially from his sympathies having been rendered more tender ami widely diffused through the effects of habit, example,...morality. Ultimately man does not accept the praise and blame of bis fellows as his sole guide, though few escape this influence ; but his habitual convictions,... | |
 | William Platt Ball - 1890 - 78 lehte
...could hardly have given us such cautious, half-hearted encouragement of good habits as the following: " It is not improbable that after long practice virtuous tendencies may be inherited." " Habits, moreover, followed during many generations probably tend to be inherited-'" This is probable,... | |
 | William Platt Ball - 1890 - 182 lehte
...have given us such cautious, half-hearted encouragement of good habits as the following : — " It H is not improbable that after long practice virtuous tendencies may be inherited." " Habits, moreover followed during many generations probably tend to be inherited." * This is probable,... | |
 | John Veitch Shoemaker - 1890 - 510 lehte
...consequently of a just public opinion, but especially from his sympathies having been rendered more tender and widely diffused through the effects of habit, example, Instruction, and reflection. It la not Improbable that after long practice virtuous tendencies may be inherited. With the more civilized... | |
 | William Ward McLane - 1892 - 280 lehte
...sustain to each other and upon a correct correspondence in their relations. He himself says, also, " With the more civilized races, the conviction of the...all-seeing Deity has had a potent influence on the advancement of morality." 2 This scientific doctrine of correspondence, of natural selection, and of... | |
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... rendered more tender and widely diffused through the effects of habit, example, instruction, and reflection. It is not improbable that after long practice virtuous tendencies may be inherited. 
