 ... would it be too bold to imagine, that all warmblooded animals have arisen from one living filament, which THE GREAT FIRST CAUSE endued with animality, with the power of acquiring new parts, attended with new propensities, directed by irritations,...  A Primer of Darwinism and Organic Evolution - Page 226by Joseph Young Bergen, Fanny Dickerson Bergen - 1890 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert J. Richards - History - 2002 - 626 pages
...the earth began to exist, . . . that all warm-blooded animals have arisen from one living filament, which THE GREAT FIRST CAUSE endued with animality, with the power of acquiring new parts, directed by irritations, sensations, volitions, and associations; and thus possessing the faculty of... | |
 | Hans Schwarz - Religion - 2002 - 270 pages
...grandfather, Erasmus Darwin 11731-1802), a renowned poet and physician, had already suggested that "perhaps millions of ages before the commencement of the history of mankind i. . . all warm-blooded animals have arisen from one living filament, which thegrear first Caa;e endued... | |
 | Rebecca Stott - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 344 pages
...into rhetorical questions: Would it be too bold to imagine, that in the great length of time since the earth began to exist, perhaps millions of ages before...too bold to imagine, that all warmblooded animals had arisen from one living filament, which THE GREAT FIRST CAUSE endowed with animality, with the power... | |
 | Trevor Palmer - Nature - 2003 - 560 pages
...elder Darwin wondered, 'Would it be too bold to imagine, that in the great length of time since the earth began to exist, perhaps millions of ages before the commencement of the history of mankind . . . that all warm-blooded animals have arisen from one living filament'. In the same book, he wrote,... | |
 | Royal Historical Society - Business & Economics - 2003 - 516 pages
...summation of his myriad ideas, Darwin developed the first comprehensive theory of biological evolution: 'would it be too bold to imagine, that all warm-blooded animals have arisen from one living filament, which THE GREAT FIRST CAUSE endued with animality?' The endless mutual competition of burgeoning... | |
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