The Whence and the Whither of Man: A Brief History of His Origin and Development Through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895W. Blackwood and Sons, 1896 - 312 pagine |
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... becomes more un- The reversal of the sequence of functions leads to extermination , degen- sparing as we go higher . - Extinction . - Severity of the struggle for life.- Environment one . - But lower animals come into vital relation ...
... becomes more un- The reversal of the sequence of functions leads to extermination , degen- sparing as we go higher . - Extinction . - Severity of the struggle for life.- Environment one . - But lower animals come into vital relation ...
Pagina 1
... become slaves in the land of Egypt ; and Moses , their heroie deliverer , died in the mountains of Moab in sight of the land which he was forbidden to enter . You may an- swer that it is no injury that the promise is too large , the ...
... become slaves in the land of Egypt ; and Moses , their heroie deliverer , died in the mountains of Moab in sight of the land which he was forbidden to enter . You may an- swer that it is no injury that the promise is too large , the ...
Pagina 5
... become the petals and other organs of the rose or violet . Let us suppose for a moment that every rose and violet required a special act of immediate creation , would the springtime be as wonderful as now ? Would the rose or violet be ...
... become the petals and other organs of the rose or violet . Let us suppose for a moment that every rose and violet required a special act of immediate creation , would the springtime be as wonderful as now ? Would the rose or violet be ...
Pagina 6
... become something higher ? Certa not , unless I am less a man for having once bee baby . It is only when I am unusually cross and i table that I object to being reminded of my infan But a young child does not like to be reminded of He is ...
... become something higher ? Certa not , unless I am less a man for having once bee baby . It is only when I am unusually cross and i table that I object to being reminded of my infan But a young child does not like to be reminded of He is ...
Pagina 7
... become men , we shall cease to fear the theory of evolution . Now this is not the only , or per- haps the greatest , objection which men feel or speak against the theory . But I must believe that it has more weight with us than we are ...
... become men , we shall cease to fear the theory of evolution . Now this is not the only , or per- haps the greatest , objection which men feel or speak against the theory . But I must believe that it has more weight with us than we are ...
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