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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Pagina xv
... certain valid deductions concerning the general character and laws of our environment , to discover the direction in which its forces are urging us , and how man can more completely conform to it . If man is a product of evolution , his ...
... certain valid deductions concerning the general character and laws of our environment , to discover the direction in which its forces are urging us , and how man can more completely conform to it . If man is a product of evolution , his ...
Pagina 2
... certain ; it can foretell the future only from the past . Its answer to the question whither must be an inference from its knowledge as to whence we have come . The Bible looks mainly at the present and future ; Science must at least ...
... certain ; it can foretell the future only from the past . Its answer to the question whither must be an inference from its knowledge as to whence we have come . The Bible looks mainly at the present and future ; Science must at least ...
Pagina 15
... certain great movements or currents of human action or progress moving steadily on through past centuries , we have full confidence that these move- ments will continue in the future . The study of his- tory should make us seers . But ...
... certain great movements or currents of human action or progress moving steadily on through past centuries , we have full confidence that these move- ments will continue in the future . The study of his- tory should make us seers . But ...
Pagina 16
... certain tendencies appear fairly clear . Governments tend to become democratic , if we define democracy as " any form of government in which the will of the people finds sovereign expression . " The tendency of society seems to be ...
... certain tendencies appear fairly clear . Governments tend to become democratic , if we define democracy as " any form of government in which the will of the people finds sovereign expression . " The tendency of society seems to be ...
Pagina 17
... certain , and per- haps far more rapid . In all the struggle of life we shall have the sure hope of success and victory ; if not for ourselves still for those who shall come after us . We are saved by hope . " And we may be confident ...
... certain , and per- haps far more rapid . In all the struggle of life we shall have the sure hope of success and victory ; if not for ourselves still for those who shall come after us . We are saved by hope . " And we may be confident ...
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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