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 vi
... highest apes . - Recapitulation of the history of man's origin and development . The sequence of dominant functions . CHAPTER V THE HISTORY OF MENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND ITS SEQUENCE OF FUNCTIONS • . . 113 Mode of investigation ...
... highest apes . - Recapitulation of the history of man's origin and development . The sequence of dominant functions . CHAPTER V THE HISTORY OF MENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND ITS SEQUENCE OF FUNCTIONS • . . 113 Mode of investigation ...
Pagina xiii
... highest powers or aims to which this sequence points . Otherwise we must disbelieve the continuity of history . But the germs of the future are always concealed in the history of the present . Hence - pardon the reiteration — if we can ...
... highest powers or aims to which this sequence points . Otherwise we must disbelieve the continuity of history . But the germs of the future are always concealed in the history of the present . Hence - pardon the reiteration — if we can ...
Pagina 5
... highest proof of the wisdom and skill of the Creator . It elevates our views of the living beings , must it not give a higher conception of Him who formed them ? The plant in its first stages shows no trace of flowers , but of leaves ...
... highest proof of the wisdom and skill of the Creator . It elevates our views of the living beings , must it not give a higher conception of Him who formed them ? The plant in its first stages shows no trace of flowers , but of leaves ...
Pagina 6
... highest honor to dom and power of the Creator . What if the kingdom is continually blossoming in ever forms ? Does not the same reasoning hold tru with added force ? I firmly believe that we sho unhesitatingly answer , yes , could we ...
... highest honor to dom and power of the Creator . What if the kingdom is continually blossoming in ever forms ? Does not the same reasoning hold tru with added force ? I firmly believe that we sho unhesitatingly answer , yes , could we ...
Pagina 12
... highest degree and breeding only from these . selection of the individuals from which to breed . Sim- The breeder depends upon heredity , variation , and his ilarly in nature new species have arisen through hered- ity , variation , and ...
... highest degree and breeding only from these . selection of the individuals from which to breed . Sim- The breeder depends upon heredity , variation , and his ilarly in nature new species have arisen through hered- ity , variation , and ...
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