The Whence and the Whither of Man: A Brief History of His Origin and Development Through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895C. Scribner's son, 1896 - 312 pagine |
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... becomes more un- sparing as we go higher . - Extinction . - Severity of the struggle for life.— Environment one . - But lower animals come into vital relation with but a small part of it . - It consists of a myriad of forces , which ...
... becomes more un- sparing as we go higher . - Extinction . - Severity of the struggle for life.— Environment one . - But lower animals come into vital relation with but a small part of it . - It consists of a myriad of forces , which ...
Pagina 1
... become slaves in the land of Egypt ; and Moses , their heroic deliverer , died in the mountains of Moab in sight of the land which he was forbidden to enter . You may an- swer that it is no injury that the promise is too large , the ...
... become slaves in the land of Egypt ; and Moses , their heroic deliverer , died in the mountains of Moab in sight of the land which he was forbidden to enter . You may an- swer that it is no injury that the promise is too large , the ...
Pagina 5
... become the petals and other organs of the rose or violet . Let us suppose for a moment that every rose and violet required a special act of immediate creation , would the springtime be as wonderful as now ? Would the rose or violet be ...
... become the petals and other organs of the rose or violet . Let us suppose for a moment that every rose and violet required a special act of immediate creation , would the springtime be as wonderful as now ? Would the rose or violet be ...
Pagina 6
... become something higher ? Certainly not , unless I am less a man for having once been a baby . It is only when I am unusually cross and irri- table that I object to being reminded of my infancy . But a young child does not like to be ...
... become something higher ? Certainly not , unless I am less a man for having once been a baby . It is only when I am unusually cross and irri- table that I object to being reminded of my infancy . But a young child does not like to be ...
Pagina 7
... become men , we shall cease to fear the theory of evolution . Now this is not the only , or per- haps the greatest , objection which men feel or speak against the theory . But I must believe that it has more weight with us than we are ...
... become men , we shall cease to fear the theory of evolution . Now this is not the only , or per- haps the greatest , objection which men feel or speak against the theory . But I must believe that it has more weight with us than we are ...
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advance amoeba amphibia anatomical ancestors animal kingdom annelid apes appear appetite archenteron attained become beginning better birds body brain cells cerebrum characteristics conformity to environment conscious degeneration dominant ectoderm embryo embryology entoderm experience eyes fish functions future ganglion gastrula germ-plasm give groups heredity higher animals higher forms highest human hydra important increase individual insect instinct intelligence jaws knowledge laws layer legs living locomotion lower mammals man's marsupial ment mental mind mode modified mollusks moral motives muscles muscular muscular system natural selection nephridia nerve nervous system never notochord nutriment organs oxygen parapodia perception possible primitive probably progress protoplasm protozoa purely reflex action reptiles result schematic worm segments selfish sense-organs sequence shell skeleton species spermatozoa stage structure struggle surface survive swimming theory of evolution tion tissues true truth turbellaria unselfishness variation velopment vertebral column vertebrates volvox young