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 xiii
... things had to be so . But all such digressions are of small account compared with the fact that things were or are thus and so . And a mistaken explana- tion will not invalidate the facts of history . The subject of our history is the ...
... things had to be so . But all such digressions are of small account compared with the fact that things were or are thus and so . And a mistaken explana- tion will not invalidate the facts of history . The subject of our history is the ...
Pagina 2
... thing but ultimate failure await the race ? 1 history to prove a story told by an idiot , o ' signify " something ? Is the great march of ity , which Carlyle so vividly depicts , " from t to the inane , or from God to God ? " man , This ...
... thing but ultimate failure await the race ? 1 history to prove a story told by an idiot , o ' signify " something ? Is the great march of ity , which Carlyle so vividly depicts , " from t to the inane , or from God to God ? " man , This ...
Pagina 7
... things , says : " Chaos was and Night , and Erebus black , and wide Tartarus . No earth , nor air nor sky was yet ... thing antecedent , not merely as a cause but as its seed , 8 THE WHENCE AND THE WHITHER O embryo or principium THE ...
... things , says : " Chaos was and Night , and Erebus black , and wide Tartarus . No earth , nor air nor sky was yet ... thing antecedent , not merely as a cause but as its seed , 8 THE WHENCE AND THE WHITHER O embryo or principium THE ...
Pagina 8
... thing , a natural production . " Furthermore , to the ancient writers of the idea of origin by birth from some anteceden and this is the essential idea of evolution- fectly natural . They speak of the " generation heavens and the earth ...
... thing , a natural production . " Furthermore , to the ancient writers of the idea of origin by birth from some anteceden and this is the essential idea of evolution- fectly natural . They speak of the " generation heavens and the earth ...
Pagina 28
... thing more and grander than they . You will catch glimpses of the divinity of Nature . Most of us travel threescore years and ten stone - blind in a world of marvellous beauty . Why does the artist see so much more in every fence ...
... thing more and grander than they . You will catch glimpses of the divinity of Nature . Most of us travel threescore years and ten stone - blind in a world of marvellous beauty . Why does the artist see so much more in every fence ...
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