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 xiii
... least of man's future development . The argument and method is therefore purely his- torical . Here and there we will try to find why and how things had to be so . But all such digressions are of small account compared with the fact ...
... least of man's future development . The argument and method is therefore purely his- torical . Here and there we will try to find why and how things had to be so . But all such digressions are of small account compared with the fact ...
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.
Pagina xv
... least , because more completely conformed to environment . If this be true , and it must be true unless our theory of evolution be false , higher forms are more completely conformed to their environment than lower ; and man has attained ...
... least , because more completely conformed to environment . If this be true , and it must be true unless our theory of evolution be false , higher forms are more completely conformed to their environment than lower ; and man has attained ...
Pagina 2
... 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.
... 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 5
... least is glorified by the power to give rise to such beauty . And is not the creation of the seed of a vio- let or rose something infinitely grander than the deck- ing of a flowerless plant with newly created roses ? The attainment of ...
... least is glorified by the power to give rise to such beauty . And is not the creation of the seed of a vio- let or rose something infinitely grander than the deck- ing of a flowerless plant with newly created roses ? The attainment of ...
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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