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
... 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 capital . - Faith . CHAPTER VIII MAN . · 210 ...
... 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 capital . - Faith . CHAPTER VIII MAN . · 210 ...
Pagina viii
... PRESENT ASPECTS OF THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION . 278 The struggle for existence . - Natural selection . - Correlation of organs.- Fortuitous variation . - Origin of the fittest . - Nägeli's theory : Initial ten- dency supreme . - Weismann ...
... PRESENT ASPECTS OF THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION . 278 The struggle for existence . - Natural selection . - Correlation of organs.- Fortuitous variation . - Origin of the fittest . - Nägeli's theory : Initial ten- dency supreme . - Weismann ...
Pagina xiii
... present . Hence - pardon the reiteration - if we can once trace this sequence of dominant functions , whose evolution has filled past ages , we can safely foretell something at least of man's future development . The argument and method ...
... present . Hence - pardon the reiteration - if we can once trace this sequence of dominant functions , whose evolution has filled past ages , we can safely foretell something at least of man's future development . The argument and method ...
Pagina 2
... present and future occupy all the rest of the book . Whence we came is important only in so far as it teaches us humility and yet assures us that we may be Godlike because we are His handi- work and children , " heirs of God and joint ...
... present and future occupy all the rest of the book . Whence we came is important only in so far as it teaches us humility and yet assures us that we may be Godlike because we are His handi- work and children , " heirs of God and joint ...
Pagina 3
... present existing , species are only mediately the result of a creative act . The first living germ , whenever and however created , was in- fused with power to give birth to higher species . Of these and their descendants some would ...
... present existing , species are only mediately the result of a creative act . The first living germ , whenever and however created , was in- fused with power to give birth to higher species . Of these and their descendants some would ...
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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