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, 1899 - 312 pagine |
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Pagina vii
... increasing intelligence and training conscience . - Mental and moral heredity . - Personal magnetism . - Man's search for a king.— The essence of Christianity . - Conformity to environment gives future supremacy , but often at the cost ...
... increasing intelligence and training conscience . - Mental and moral heredity . - Personal magnetism . - Man's search for a king.— The essence of Christianity . - Conformity to environment gives future supremacy , but often at the cost ...
Pagina 10
... increasing indefinitely , it seemed soon to reach a limit and stop . Early in the present century Lamarck had attempted to prove that by the use and disuse of organs through a ... increase in number very 10 THE WHENCE AND THE WHITHER OF MAN.
... increasing indefinitely , it seemed soon to reach a limit and stop . Early in the present century Lamarck had attempted to prove that by the use and disuse of organs through a ... increase in number very 10 THE WHENCE AND THE WHITHER OF MAN.
Pagina 11
... increase in number very slowly , if at all . Now and then some in- sect or weed escapes from its enemies , comes under favorable food conditions , and multiplies with such rapidity that it threatens to ravage the country . But as it ...
... increase in number very slowly , if at all . Now and then some in- sect or weed escapes from its enemies , comes under favorable food conditions , and multiplies with such rapidity that it threatens to ravage the country . But as it ...
Pagina 12
... increase and become more marked from generation to generation . Now it has always been known that breeders could produce a race of markedly peculiar form or character- istics by selecting the individuals possessing this qual- ity in the ...
... increase and become more marked from generation to generation . Now it has always been known that breeders could produce a race of markedly peculiar form or character- istics by selecting the individuals possessing this qual- ity in the ...
Pagina 13
... increased the finish will be ever closer until finally but an atom more wind or muscle or pluck would make all the difference between winning and losing the prize . Similarly the million or more young of any species of insect in a given ...
... increased the finish will be ever closer until finally but an atom more wind or muscle or pluck would make all the difference between winning and losing the prize . Similarly the million or more young of any species of insect in a given ...
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The Whence and the Whither of Man: A Brief History of His Origin and ... John Mason Tyler Visualizzazione completa - 1896 |
The Whence and the Whither of Man: A Brief History of His Origin and ... John Mason Tyler Visualizzazione completa - 1896 |
The Whence and the Whither of Man: A Brief History of His Origin and ... John Mason Tyler Visualizzazione completa - 1897 |
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advance amoeba amphibia anatomical ancestors animal kingdom annelid apes appear appetite archenteron attained become beginning better birds body brain cells cerebrum characteristics conformity to environment conscious degeneration digestion and reproduction dominant embryo embryology entoderm existence experience eyes fish functions future ganglion gastrula germ-plasm give groups higher forms highest human hydra important increase individual insect instinct intelligence jaws knowledge laws layer legs living locomotion lower mammals man's marsupial ment mental mind mode modified mollusks moral motives muscles muscular muscular system natural selection nephridia nerve nervous system never notochord nutriment organs oxygen parapodia perception 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 tion tissues true truth turbellaria unselfishness variation velopment vertebral column vertebrates volvox young