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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Pagina xii
... certain that it leads from meadow and pasture throu to bare rock , and thence over snow and ice to mit ; for each of these forms a zone encir mountain . Very similarly I find that , whatev alogical tree I adopt , one sequence in the do ...
... certain that it leads from meadow and pasture throu to bare rock , and thence over snow and ice to mit ; for each of these forms a zone encir mountain . Very similarly I find that , whatev alogical tree I adopt , one sequence in the do ...
Pagina xv
... certain valid deductions concerning general character and laws of our environment , to discover the direction in which its forces are urging us , and how man can more completely conform to it . the If man is a product of evolution , his ...
... certain valid deductions concerning general character and laws of our environment , to discover the direction in which its forces are urging us , and how man can more completely conform to it . the If man is a product of evolution , his ...
Pagina 2
... certain ; it can foretell t future only from the past . Its answer to the questi whither must be an inference from its knowledge as whence we have come . The Bible looks mainly at th present and future ; Science must at least begin wit ...
... certain ; it can foretell t future only from the past . Its answer to the questi whither must be an inference from its knowledge as whence we have come . The Bible looks mainly at th present and future ; Science must at least begin wit ...
Pagina 15
... certain great movements or currents of human action or progress moving steadily on through past centuries , we have full confidence that these move- ments will continue in the future . The study of his- tory should make us seers . But ...
... certain great movements or currents of human action or progress moving steadily on through past centuries , we have full confidence that these move- ments will continue in the future . The study of his- tory should make us seers . But ...
Pagina 16
... certain tendencies appear fairly clear . Governments tend to become democratic , if we define ' democracy as " any form of government in which the will of the people finds sovereign expression . " The tendency of society seems to be ...
... certain tendencies appear fairly clear . Governments tend to become democratic , if we define ' democracy as " any form of government in which the will of the people finds sovereign expression . " The tendency of society seems to be ...
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