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 vii
... gives future supremacy , but often at the cost of present hardship . - Conformity as obedience to the laws of our being . - Environment best understood through the study of the human mind . - Productiveness and prospectiveness of vital ...
... gives future supremacy , but often at the cost of present hardship . - Conformity as obedience to the laws of our being . - Environment best understood through the study of the human mind . - Productiveness and prospectiveness of vital ...
Pagina ix
... that science is now competent to deal with this question ; not that she can give a final and conclusive answer , but that we can reach results which are probably in the main correct . We may grant very cheerfully that INTRODUCTION.
... that science is now competent to deal with this question ; not that she can give a final and conclusive answer , but that we can reach results which are probably in the main correct . We may grant very cheerfully that INTRODUCTION.
Pagina xiv
... give an adequate idea of the human body . Only when we have attained a biological history can we have any satisfactory conception of environment . As we look about us in the world , environment often seems to us to be a chaos of forces ...
... give an adequate idea of the human body . Only when we have attained a biological history can we have any satisfactory conception of environment . As we look about us in the world , environment often seems to us to be a chaos of forces ...
Pagina 2
... gives a clear and emphatic answer . " God created man in his own image , " and then , as if men might refuse to believe so astounding a statement , it is repeated , " in the image of God created he him . " When , and by what mode or ...
... gives a clear and emphatic answer . " God created man in his own image , " and then , as if men might refuse to believe so astounding a statement , it is repeated , " in the image of God created he him . " When , and by what mode or ...
Pagina 3
... give birth to higher species . Of these and their descendants some would continue to advance , others would degenerate . Each theory de- mands equally for its ultimate explanation a creative act ; the second as much as , if not more ...
... give birth to higher species . Of these and their descendants some would continue to advance , others would degenerate . Each theory de- mands equally for its ultimate explanation a creative act ; the second as much as , if not more ...
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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