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
... Sense - perceptions . - Association.— Inference and understanding . - Rational intelligence . - Modes of mental or nervous action.Reflex action , unconscious and comparatively mechanical . -Instinctive action : The actor is conscious ...
... Sense - perceptions . - Association.— Inference and understanding . - Rational intelligence . - Modes of mental or nervous action.Reflex action , unconscious and comparatively mechanical . -Instinctive action : The actor is conscious ...
Pagina xii
... sense - organs have appeared . This sequence of dominant functions , * of physiologi- cal dynasties , would seem therefore to be a fact . And our series of forms described in the second , third , and fourth chapters is merely a concrete ...
... sense - organs have appeared . This sequence of dominant functions , * of physiologi- cal dynasties , would seem therefore to be a fact . And our series of forms described in the second , third , and fourth chapters is merely a concrete ...
Pagina xiv
... sense , in distinc- tion from the narrower sense in which it is now used to include zoology and botany . They form an organic unity in which no one part can be adequately under- stood without reference to the others . You know nothing ...
... sense , in distinc- tion from the narrower sense in which it is now used to include zoology and botany . They form an organic unity in which no one part can be adequately under- stood without reference to the others . You know nothing ...
Pagina 4
... sense . The Creator has placed ever higher forms on the globe . But all the progress lies in the gaps and distances between succes- sive forms , not in any advance made , or victory won , by the species or individual . The most ...
... sense . The Creator has placed ever higher forms on the globe . But all the progress lies in the gaps and distances between succes- sive forms , not in any advance made , or victory won , by the species or individual . The most ...
Pagina 30
... senses of the divine thought and purpose . He studied the words of the ancient Scripture , he found the same words and teachings clearly and concretely embodied in the processes of Nature . The interpretation of the Parable of the Sower ...
... senses of the divine thought and purpose . He studied the words of the ancient Scripture , he found the same words and teachings clearly and concretely embodied in the processes of Nature . The interpretation of the Parable of the Sower ...
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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