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
... knowledge of this personality may be valid , even though very incomplete . - Religion . - Conformity to the spiritual in or behind environment is likeness to God . - The conservative tendency in evolution . eousness , CHAPTER VII ...
... knowledge of this personality may be valid , even though very incomplete . - Religion . - Conformity to the spiritual in or behind environment is likeness to God . - The conservative tendency in evolution . eousness , CHAPTER VII ...
Pagina x
... knowledge to justify such an attempt ? Before the history of any period can be written its events must have been accurately chronicled . Biolog- ical history can be written only when the successive stages of development and the ...
... knowledge to justify such an attempt ? Before the history of any period can be written its events must have been accurately chronicled . Biolog- ical history can be written only when the successive stages of development and the ...
Pagina xiv
... knowledge of any history demands more than the study of its last page . The zoologist has been remiss in not claiming his birthright , and in this re- spect has sadly failed to follow the path pointed out by Mr. Darwin . For ...
... knowledge of any history demands more than the study of its last page . The zoologist has been remiss in not claiming his birthright , and in this re- spect has sadly failed to follow the path pointed out by Mr. Darwin . For ...
Pagina 2
... 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 begin with the study of the past . The deciphering of man's 2 THE WHENCE AND THE WHITHER OF MAN.
... 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 begin with the study of the past . The deciphering of man's 2 THE WHENCE AND THE WHITHER OF MAN.
Pagina 15
... knowledge governs our daily lives , whatever be our theories , or even our ignorance , of the laws of heat and respiration . Now human history is the embodi- ment of the experience of the race ; and we study it in the full confidence ...
... knowledge governs our daily lives , whatever be our theories , or even our ignorance , of the laws of heat and respiration . Now human history is the embodi- ment of the experience of the race ; and we study it in the full confidence ...
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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