Vestiges of the natural history of creation [by R. Chambers]. |
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... passes before our eyes , and in which we ourselves have a place . He had heard of the hypothesis of Lamarck ; but it seemed to him to proceed upon a vicious circle , and he dismissed it as wholly inadequate to account for the existence ...
... passes before our eyes , and in which we ourselves have a place . He had heard of the hypothesis of Lamarck ; but it seemed to him to proceed upon a vicious circle , and he dismissed it as wholly inadequate to account for the existence ...
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... passing affairs by a fixed rule , to which we apply the term natural law , he was much impressed on finding reason to believe that the physical arrangements of the universe had been originated in the same manner , as it seemed to him to ...
... passing affairs by a fixed rule , to which we apply the term natural law , he was much impressed on finding reason to believe that the physical arrangements of the universe had been originated in the same manner , as it seemed to him to ...
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... passes before our eyes , and in which we ourselves have a place . He had heard of the hypothesis of Lamarck ; but it seemed to him to proceed upon a vicious circle , and he dismissed it as wholly inadequate to account for the existence ...
... passes before our eyes , and in which we ourselves have a place . He had heard of the hypothesis of Lamarck ; but it seemed to him to proceed upon a vicious circle , and he dismissed it as wholly inadequate to account for the existence ...
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... passing from one part of its orbit to another exactly opposite ; it being previously understood that if , upon this base of nearly two hundred millions of miles , an angle of so much as one second , or the 3600th part of a degree ...
... passing from one part of its orbit to another exactly opposite ; it being previously understood that if , upon this base of nearly two hundred millions of miles , an angle of so much as one second , or the 3600th part of a degree ...
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... pass our meridian , and the predicted time was correct within half a second . Since Newton stated the laws of gravity and of the planetary motions , there have been some important additions to his phi- losophy . It has been shown , that ...
... pass our meridian , and the predicted time was correct within half a second . Since Newton stated the laws of gravity and of the planetary motions , there have been some important additions to his phi- losophy . It has been shown , that ...
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admitted advance affinity Agassiz America amongst animal kingdom Annelides appear aquatic belemnites birds bivalve body brachiopods brain called carboniferous carnivorous cephalopoda character civilization cloth connexion creation cretaceous Crinoidea crustacea Devonian dicotyledons DISEASES distinct earth eocene example existence external fact faculties favour Fcap feet fishes formation fossils gasteropods genera genus geological globe grade habits herbivorous higher human hypothesis Ichthyosaur idea Illustrations inferior Infusoria insects instances invertebrate kind land language larvæ living mammæ mammalia manner marine matter Medical mental mind mode mollusks naturalists nature observed oolite organic origin peculiar phenomena plants portion Post 8vo present principle produced Professor race regard regions remarkable reptiles resemblance respect rocks saurian says Second Edition Sedgwick seen shells species stirps strata structure superior supposed surface tertiary thecodonts tion trace tribes Trilobites vegetable vertebrata vertebrate whole
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Page lx - Thus, the production of new forms, as shewn in the pages of the geological record, has never been anything more than a new stage of progress in gestation, an event as simply natural, and attended as little by any circumstances of a wonderful or startling kind, as the silent advance of an ordinary mother from one week to another of her pregnancy.
Page 329 - A law presupposes an agent, for it is only the mode according to which an agent proceeds: it implies a power, for it is the order according to which that power acts. Without this agent, without this power, which are both distinct from itself, the law does nothing, is nothing. The expression, "the law of metallic nature...