 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1837 - 568 pages
...the possible circumstances in which its descendants are destined to live are foreseen, and that an organization is conferred upon it which will enable...take, for example, any one of the most influential condiVOL. I.— 3 N tions of existence, such as temperature. In some extensive districts near ' the... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie Beverley - Evolution - 1867 - 424 pages
...the possible circumstances in which its descendants are destined to live are foreseen, and that an organization is conferred upon it which will enable...near the equator, the thermometer might never vary through several thousand centuries, for more than 20° Fahrenheit ; so that if a plant or animal be... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie Beverley - Evolution - 1867 - 406 pages
...the possible circumstances in which its ^descendants are destined to live are foreseen, and that an organization is conferred upon it which will enable...circumstances to which it must be inevitably exposed' (ii. 351). Sentiments such as these were in harmony with the opinions which the learned writer entertained... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie Beverley - Evolution - 1867 - 598 pages
...the possible circumstances in which its descendants are destined to live are foreseen, and that an organization is conferred upon it which will enable...species to perpetuate itself, and survive under all tho varying circumstances to which it must be inevitably exposed. Now the range of variation of circumstances... | |
 | Charles Lyell - Science - 1990 - 352 pages
...the possible circumstances in which its descendants are destined to live are foreseen, and that an organization is conferred upon it which will enable...under all the varying circumstances to which it must he inevitably exposed. Now the range of variation of circumstances will differ essentially in almost... | |
 | Trevor Palmer - Nature - 2003 - 560 pages
...the possible circumstances in which its descendants are destined to live are foreseen, and that an organization is conferred upon it which will enable...varying circumstances to which it must be inevitably be exposed'.44 Several chapters later, when discussing the replacement of one species by another, Lyell... | |
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...foreseen, and that an organization is conferred upon it which will enable the species to r*rpetuate itself and survive under all the varying circumstances to which it must be inevitably exposed." The range of variation, Lyell thought, would differ somewhat according to whether the animal had been... | |
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We must suppose that when the author of nature creates an animal or a plant, all the possible circumstances in which its descendants are destined to live are foreseen, and that an organization is conferred upon it which will enable the species to perpetuate... 