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 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 to include zoology and botany . They form an organic unity in which no one part can be adequately under- stood without reference to the others . You know nothing of even a ...
... tion from the narrower sense in which it is now used to include zoology and botany . They form an organic unity in which no one part can be adequately under- stood without reference to the others . You know nothing of even a ...
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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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