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... limited vicissitudes . In expressing our concep- tions of this well - adjusted ' System of Nature ' we employ the term ' Laws ; ' and the more compre- hensive these are , the higher the abstractions which they represent the less do we ...
... limited vicissitudes . In expressing our concep- tions of this well - adjusted ' System of Nature ' we employ the term ' Laws ; ' and the more compre- hensive these are , the higher the abstractions which they represent the less do we ...
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... limited to ' organic ' structures composed of certain sorts , and certain combinations of matter1 . Much of the matter which composes living bodies is capable of assuming the gaseous form , as Carbon , Hydrogen , Oxygen , Nitro- gen ...
... limited to ' organic ' structures composed of certain sorts , and certain combinations of matter1 . Much of the matter which composes living bodies is capable of assuming the gaseous form , as Carbon , Hydrogen , Oxygen , Nitro- gen ...
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... limited occurrences . Regard the eye which in its perfect state , as in man , is destined to feel the presence or absence of light , to dis- tinguish the colours of the several rays , and to per- ceive the forms of the luminous surfaces ...
... limited occurrences . Regard the eye which in its perfect state , as in man , is destined to feel the presence or absence of light , to dis- tinguish the colours of the several rays , and to per- ceive the forms of the luminous surfaces ...
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... Africa , whose residence seems limited by the forests which supply it with food . On the contrary , it is to ancient geological revo- lutions that we must ascribe the detached aspect of the 18 LIFE ON THE EARTH . Provinces of Life ·
... Africa , whose residence seems limited by the forests which supply it with food . On the contrary , it is to ancient geological revo- lutions that we must ascribe the detached aspect of the 18 LIFE ON THE EARTH . Provinces of Life ·
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... The distribution of particular groups of animals is quite as limited as that of plants , and this is true not only for land - animals but for the inhabitants of the sea and the free wanderers of the air . 22 LIFE ON THE EARTH .
... The distribution of particular groups of animals is quite as limited as that of plants , and this is true not only for land - animals but for the inhabitants of the sea and the free wanderers of the air . 22 LIFE ON THE EARTH .
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Page 202 - As all the living forms of life are the lineal descendants of those which lived long before the Cambrian epoch, we may feel certain that the ordinary succession by generation has never once been broken, and that no cataclysm has desolated the whole world.
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Page 202 - Therefore I should infer from analogy that probably all the organic beings which have ever lived on this earth, have descended from some one primordial form, into which life was first breathed.
Page 201 - I formerly entertained, namely, that each species has been independently created, is erroneous. I am fully convinced that species are not immutable; but that those belonging to what are called the same genera are lineal descendants of some other and generally extinct species, in the same manner as the acknowledged varieties of any one species are the descendants of that species. Furthermore, I am convinced that Natural Selection has been the main, but not exclusive, means of modification.
Page 201 - I cannot doubt that the theory of descent with modification embraces all the members of the same great class or kingdom. I believe that animals are descended from at most only four or five progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number.
Page 203 - It is interesting to contemplate an entangled bank, clothed with many plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the bushes, with various insects flitting about, and with worms crawling through the damp earth...
Page 186 - The intermixture of distinct species is guarded against by the aversion of the individuals composing them to sexual union, or by the sterility of the mule offspring. It does not appear that true hybrid races have ever been perpetuated for several generations, even by the assistance of man; for the cases usually cited relate to the crossing of mules with individuals of pure species, and not to the intermixture of hybrid with hybrid.