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 vi
... higher motives , is finally to be dominated by unselfishness and love of truth and righteousness . These rouse the only inappeasable hunger , and are capable of indefinite development . - Strength of these motives.— Their complete ...
... higher motives , is finally to be dominated by unselfishness and love of truth and righteousness . These rouse the only inappeasable hunger , and are capable of indefinite development . - Strength of these motives.— Their complete ...
Pagina vii
... higher and the lower in man . - As a religious being . — As hero . He has not yet attained . - Future man . He will utilize all his powers , duly subordinating the lower to the higher . - The triumph of the common people . CHAPTER IX ...
... higher and the lower in man . - As a religious being . — As hero . He has not yet attained . - Future man . He will utilize all his powers , duly subordinating the lower to the higher . - The triumph of the common people . CHAPTER IX ...
Pagina xii
... And the dominant function of a group throws no little light on the details of its anatomy . * See condensed Chart of Development , etc. , p . 309 . If we can be satisfied that ever higher functions have xii INTRODUCTION.
... And the dominant function of a group throws no little light on the details of its anatomy . * See condensed Chart of Development , etc. , p . 309 . If we can be satisfied that ever higher functions have xii INTRODUCTION.
Pagina xiii
... higher functions have risen to dominance in the successive stages of animal and human development , if we can further be convinced that the sequence is irreversible , we shall be convinced that future man will be more and more com ...
... higher functions have risen to dominance in the successive stages of animal and human development , if we can further be convinced that the sequence is irreversible , we shall be convinced that future man will be more and more com ...
Pagina xiv
... or destroy- ing good and bad , fit and unfit , alike . But our history of animal and human progress shows us successive stages , each a little higher than the pre- ceding , and surviving , for a time at least xiv INTRODUCTION PAGE.
... or destroy- ing good and bad , fit and unfit , alike . But our history of animal and human progress shows us successive stages , each a little higher than the pre- ceding , and surviving , for a time at least xiv INTRODUCTION PAGE.
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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