The History of Creation Or The Development of the Earth and Its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes: A Popular Exposition of the Doctrine of Evolution in General, and of that of Darwin, Goethe, and Lamarck in Particular. From the 8. German Ed. of Ernst Haeckel ...K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1892 |
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... assuming the " trans- missibility of acquired characters . " Readers who have gained an interest in these questions from the brief state- ments of the present work must , without assuming that Professor Haeckel's judgment is final , go ...
... assuming the " trans- missibility of acquired characters . " Readers who have gained an interest in these questions from the brief state- ments of the present work must , without assuming that Professor Haeckel's judgment is final , go ...
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... assumed dimensions of unparalleled depth and breadth . It is true the scientific theory set forth in that work , which is commonly called briefly Darwinism , is only a small fragment of a far more comprehensive doctrine - a part of the ...
... assumed dimensions of unparalleled depth and breadth . It is true the scientific theory set forth in that work , which is commonly called briefly Darwinism , is only a small fragment of a far more comprehensive doctrine - a part of the ...
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... assuming a new form or combination in conse- quence of changed conditions of existence . But never yet has an instance been observed of even the smallest particle of matter having vanished , or even of an atom being added to the already ...
... assuming a new form or combination in conse- quence of changed conditions of existence . But never yet has an instance been observed of even the smallest particle of matter having vanished , or even of an atom being added to the already ...
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... , postulating the existence of unknown properties or motional phenomena of natural bodies , which properties have not as yet been observed by the experience of the senses . But Darwin's theory does not assume 30 THE HISTORY OF CREATION .
... , postulating the existence of unknown properties or motional phenomena of natural bodies , which properties have not as yet been observed by the experience of the senses . But Darwin's theory does not assume 30 THE HISTORY OF CREATION .
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... assume such unknown conditions ; it is based upon general properties of organisms that have long been recognized , and — as has been remarked - it is the exceedingly ingenious and com- prehensive combination of a number of phenomena ...
... assume such unknown conditions ; it is based upon general properties of organisms that have long been recognized , and — as has been remarked - it is the exceedingly ingenious and com- prehensive combination of a number of phenomena ...
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