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
... higher motives , is finally to be dominated by unselfishness and love of truth and righteousness . - These rouse the only inappeasable hunger , and are capable of indefinite development . -Strength of these motives.— Their complete ...
... higher motives , is finally to be dominated by unselfishness and love of truth and righteousness . - These rouse the only inappeasable hunger , and are capable of indefinite development . -Strength of these motives.— Their complete ...
Pagina vii
... higher and the lower in man . - As a religious being . — As hero . He has not yet attained . - Future man . He will utilize all his powers , duly subordinating the lower to the higher . - The triumph of the common people . CHAPTER IX ...
... higher and the lower in man . - As a religious being . — As hero . He has not yet attained . - Future man . He will utilize all his powers , duly subordinating the lower to the higher . - The triumph of the common people . CHAPTER IX ...
Pagina xii
... little light on the details of its anatomy . * See condensed Chart of Development , etc , p . 309 . If we can be satisfied that ever higher functions have xii INTRODUCTION CHART SHOWING SEQUENCE OF ATTAINMENTS OF DOMINANT FUNCTIONS 309.
... little light on the details of its anatomy . * See condensed Chart of Development , etc , p . 309 . If we can be satisfied that ever higher functions have xii INTRODUCTION CHART SHOWING SEQUENCE OF ATTAINMENTS OF DOMINANT FUNCTIONS 309.
Pagina xiii
... higher functions have risen to dominance in the successive stages of animal and human development , if we can further be convinced that the sequence is irreversible , we shall be convinced that future man will be more and more com ...
... higher functions have risen to dominance in the successive stages of animal and human development , if we can further be convinced that the sequence is irreversible , we shall be convinced that future man will be more and more com ...
Pagina xv
... higher forms are more completely conformed to their environment than lower ; and man has attained the most complete conformity of all . Our biological history is therefore a record of the results of successive efforts , each attaining a ...
... higher forms are more completely conformed to their environment than lower ; and man has attained the most complete conformity of all . Our biological history is therefore a record of the results of successive efforts , each attaining a ...
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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