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 xi
... perhaps dis- cover what function governed its life and was the aim of its existence ? Did it live to eat , or to move , or to think ? If we cannot tell exactly how it looked , can we tell what it lived for and what it contributed to the ...
... perhaps dis- cover what function governed its life and was the aim of its existence ? Did it live to eat , or to move , or to think ? If we cannot tell exactly how it looked , can we tell what it lived for and what it contributed to the ...
Pagina xviii
... Perhaps . But this much is certain ; it can foretell the future only from the past . Its answer to the question whither must be an inference from its knowledge as to whence we have come . The Bible looks mainly at the present and future ...
... Perhaps . But this much is certain ; it can foretell the future only from the past . Its answer to the question whither must be an inference from its knowledge as to whence we have come . The Bible looks mainly at the present and future ...
Pagina 2
... Perhaps . But this much is certain ; it can foretell the future only from the past . Its answer to the question whither must be an inference from its knowledge as to whence we have come . The Bible looks mainly at the present and future ...
... Perhaps . But this much is certain ; it can foretell the future only from the past . Its answer to the question whither must be an inference from its knowledge as to whence we have come . The Bible looks mainly at the present and future ...
Pagina 10
... perhaps give rise to a variety of the parent species . But it was denied that the variation could go on increasing indefinitely , it seemed soon to reach a limit and stop . Early in the present century Lamarck had attempted to prove ...
... perhaps give rise to a variety of the parent species . But it was denied that the variation could go on increasing indefinitely , it seemed soon to reach a limit and stop . Early in the present century Lamarck had attempted to prove ...
Pagina 33
... Perhaps we might say that it has a mind and will of its own . It is safer to say that it is irritable , that is , it reacts to stimuli too feeble to be regarded as tho cause of its reaction . It engulfs microscopic plants , and digests ...
... Perhaps we might say that it has a mind and will of its own . It is safer to say that it is irritable , that is , it reacts to stimuli too feeble to be regarded as tho cause of its reaction . It engulfs microscopic plants , and digests ...
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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