The Whence and the Whither of Man: A Brief History of His Origin and Development Through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895C. Scribner's Sons, 1897 - 312 pagine |
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Pagina vi
... experience or observation . — The will stimulated by motives . — Appe- tites . - Fear and other prudential considerations . - Care for young and love of mates . - The dawn of unselfishness . - Motives furnished by the rational ...
... experience or observation . — The will stimulated by motives . — Appe- tites . - Fear and other prudential considerations . - Care for young and love of mates . - The dawn of unselfishness . - Motives furnished by the rational ...
Pagina 15
... experience of the race ; and we study it in the full confidence that , if we can deduce its laws , we can rely on racial experience certainly as safely as on that of the individual . Furthermore , if we can dis- cover certain great ...
... experience of the race ; and we study it in the full confidence that , if we can deduce its laws , we can rely on racial experience certainly as safely as on that of the individual . Furthermore , if we can dis- cover certain great ...
Pagina 17
... experience which they record , and to the time during which these laws can be proven to have held good . If I can make it even fairly probable that these laws , on obedience to which human progress and suc- cess seem to depend , are ...
... experience which they record , and to the time during which these laws can be proven to have held good . If I can make it even fairly probable that these laws , on obedience to which human progress and suc- cess seem to depend , are ...
Pagina 30
... experience in life many a desperate struggle , many a hard fall . There is at such times nothing in the world so strengthening , healing , and life - giving as the thoughts and encouragements which Nature pours into the hearts and minds ...
... experience in life many a desperate struggle , many a hard fall . There is at such times nothing in the world so strengthening , healing , and life - giving as the thoughts and encouragements which Nature pours into the hearts and minds ...
Pagina 71
... experience and observation . The A , B , C of thinking was prob- ably learned long before the insect's time , and the bee shows a fair amount of intelligence . The line of development which the insect followed was comparatively easy and ...
... experience and observation . The A , B , C of thinking was prob- ably learned long before the insect's time , and the bee shows a fair amount of intelligence . The line of development which the insect followed was comparatively easy and ...
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advance amoeba amphibia anatomical ancestors animal kingdom annelid apes appear appetite archenteron attained become better birds body brain cells conformity to environment conscious degeneration dominant ectoderm embryo embryology existence experience eyes fish functions future ganglion gastrula gills give groups higher animals higher forms highest human hydra important increase individual insect instinct intelligence jaws knowledge laws layer legs living locomotion lower mammals man's marsupial membrane ment mental mind mode modified mollusks moral mouth muscles muscular muscular system mutability of species natural selection nephridia nerve nervous system never notochord nutriment organs oxygen parapodia perception perivisceral cavity possible primitive probably progress protoplasm protozoa purely race reflex action reptiles result schematic worm segments selfish sense-organs sequence shell skeleton species spermatozoa stage structure struggle surface survive swimming theory of evolution tion tissues true truth turbellaria unselfishness variation velopment vertebrates volvox young