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 ix
... tion of the principles of electro - magnetism to teleg- raphy , gave the sum of ten thousand dollars to Union Theological Seminary to found a lectureship in mem- ory of his father , the Rev. Jedediah Morse , D.D. , theo- logian ...
... tion of the principles of electro - magnetism to teleg- raphy , gave the sum of ten thousand dollars to Union Theological Seminary to found a lectureship in mem- ory of his father , the Rev. Jedediah Morse , D.D. , theo- logian ...
Pagina xi
... tion for history or argument . But the history of the development of anatomical details , however important and desirable , is not the only history which can be written , nor is it essential . It would be interesting to know the size of ...
... tion for history or argument . But the history of the development of anatomical details , however important and desirable , is not the only history which can be written , nor is it essential . It would be interesting to know the size of ...
Pagina xiii
... tion will not invalidate the facts of history . The subject of our history is the development , not of a single human race nor of the movements of a cen- tury , but the development of animal life through ages . And even if our attempts ...
... tion will not invalidate the facts of history . The subject of our history is the development , not of a single human race nor of the movements of a cen- tury , but the development of animal life through ages . And even if our attempts ...
Pagina xiv
... tion from the narrower sense in which it is now used include zoölogy and botany . They form an orga unity in which no one part can be adequately und stood without reference to the others . You kn nothing of even a constellation , if you ...
... tion from the narrower sense in which it is now used include zoölogy and botany . They form an orga unity in which no one part can be adequately und stood without reference to the others . You kn nothing of even a constellation , if you ...
Pagina 7
... tion is new and very likely to be as short - lived as many another theory which has for a time fascinated men only to be forgotten or ridiculed . But the idea of evolution is as old as Hindu philoso- phy . The old Ionic natural ...
... tion is new and very likely to be as short - lived as many another theory which has for a time fascinated men only to be forgotten or ridiculed . But the idea of evolution is as old as Hindu philoso- phy . The old Ionic natural ...
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