 As air and water are supplied to animals in sufficient profusion, the three great objects of desire, which have changed the forms of many animals by their exertions to gratify them, are those of lust, hunger and security.  The Study of Animal Life - Page 289by John Arthur Thomson - 1892 - 375 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Erasmus Darwin - Evolution - 1801 - 602 pages
...As air and water are fupplied.to animals in fufficient profufion, the three great objects of defire, which have changed the forms of many animals by their exertions to gratify them, are thofe of luft, hunger, and fecurity. A great want of one part of the animal world, has confifted in... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - Evolution - 1803 - 622 pages
...As air and water are fupplied to animals in fufficient profuCon, the three great objects of defire, which have changed the forms of many animals by their exertions to gratify them, arc thofe of luft, hunger, and fecuriry. A great *want of one part of the animal world has confilted... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin - 1818 - 616 pages
...many of these acquired forms or propensities are transmitted to their posterity. See Sect. XXXI. 1. As air and water are supplied to animals in sufficient...gratify them, are those of lust, hunger, and security. A great want of one part of the animal world has consisted in the desire of the exclusive possession... | |
 | Ernst Krause - Biologists - 1879 - 224 pages
...associations; " and many of these acquired forms or " propensities are transmitted to their pos" terity. "As air and water are supplied to animals " in sufficient...gratify " them, are those of lust, hunger, and security. " A great want of one part of the animal " world has consisted in the desire of the " exclusive possession... | |
 | Ernst Ludwig Krause - 1879 - 230 pages
...associations; " and many of these acquired forms or " propensities are transmitted to their pos" terity. "As air and water are supplied to animals " in sufficient...gratify " them, are those of lust, hunger, and security. " A great want of one part of the animal " world has consisted in the desire of the " exclusive possession... | |
 | Samuel Butler - Evolution - 1879 - 402 pages
...of these acquired forms or propensities are transmitted to their posterity. " As air and watef"are supplied to animals in sufficient profusion, the three...which have changed the forms of many animals by their desires to gratify them are those of lust, hunger, and security. A great want of one part of the animal... | |
 | Henry Alleyne Nicholson - Natural history - 1886 - 344 pages
...in consequence of their desires and aversions, of their pleasures and their pains, or of imitations, or of associations ; and many of these acquired forms...animals by their exertions to gratify them, are those of love, hunger, and security. A great want of one part of the animal world has consisted in the desire... | |
 | John Arthur Thomson - Zoology - 1917 - 504 pages
...termed a new animal, but is in truth a branch or elongation of the parent, since a part of the embryon animal is, or was, a part of the parent, and therefore...given rise to the beautiful hieroglyphic figure of the irpuTov iftai, or first egg, produced by night, that is, whose origin is involved in obscurity, and... | |
 | Samuel Butler - Epic poetry, Greek - 1924 - 426 pages
...associations ; and many oj these acquired forms or propensities are transmitted to their po .(ferity. 199 " As air and water are supplied to animals in sufficient...which have changed the forms of many animals by their desires to gratify them are those of luSt, hunger, and security. A great want of one part of the animal... | |
 | C. Leon Harris - Science - 1981 - 360 pages
...many of these acquired forms or propensities are transmitted to their posterity. See Sect. XXXl. 1. As air and water are supplied to animals in sufficient...gratify them, are those of lust, hunger, and security. A great want of one part of the animal world has consisted in the desire of the exclusive possession... | |
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