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 xv
... had so marked an influence on modern thought that we cannot afford to neglect their theories . We will briefly notice these in the closing chapter . CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM : THE MODE OF ITS SOLUTION INTRODUCTION CHAPTER.
... had so marked an influence on modern thought that we cannot afford to neglect their theories . We will briefly notice these in the closing chapter . CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM : THE MODE OF ITS SOLUTION INTRODUCTION CHAPTER.
Pagina 6
... take him for a ba still . And the snob is always desperately afraid th some one will fail to notice what a high - born gentl man he is . Now man can relapse into something lower than brute ; the only genuine brute is a degenerate man.
... take him for a ba still . And the snob is always desperately afraid th some one will fail to notice what a high - born gentl man he is . Now man can relapse into something lower than brute ; the only genuine brute is a degenerate man.
Pagina 45
... notice how closely the gastrula corresponds to a hydra , and many facts lead us to believe that the still earlier ancestor of the hydra was free swimming , and that the tentacles are a later development correlated with its adult sessile ...
... notice how closely the gastrula corresponds to a hydra , and many facts lead us to believe that the still earlier ancestor of the hydra was free swimming , and that the tentacles are a later development correlated with its adult sessile ...
Pagina 51
... notice certain general considera- tions . We found that reproduction in the amoeba could be defined as growth beyond the limit normal to the individual . This form of growth benefits espe- cially the species . The needs and expenses of ...
... notice certain general considera- tions . We found that reproduction in the amoeba could be defined as growth beyond the limit normal to the individual . This form of growth benefits espe- cially the species . The needs and expenses of ...
Pagina 54
... notice ; but it is the promise of an infinite future . The atom of nervous power shall increase until it subdues and dom- inates the whole mass . CHAPTER III WORMS TO VERTEBRATES : SKELETON AND HEAD IN 54 THE WHENCE AND THE WHITHER OF MAN.
... notice ; but it is the promise of an infinite future . The atom of nervous power shall increase until it subdues and dom- inates the whole mass . CHAPTER III WORMS TO VERTEBRATES : SKELETON AND HEAD IN 54 THE WHENCE AND THE WHITHER OF MAN.
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