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" In the literal sense of the word, no doubt, Natural Selection is a false term; but who ever objected to chemists speaking of the elective affinities of the various elements ? — and yet an acid cannot strictly be said to elect the base with which it... "
Evolution, old and new; or, The theories of Buffon, dr. Erasmus Darwin, and ... - Page 364
by Samuel Butler - 1879 - 384 pages
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On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or, The Preservation ...

Charles Darwin - 1866 - 668 pages
...has even been urged that, as plants have no volition, natural selection is not applicable to them ! In the literal sense of the word, no doubt, natural selection is a misnomer ; but who ever objected to chemists speaking of the elective affinities of the various elements...
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Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or ..., Volume 2

1867 - 510 pages
...has even been urged that, as plants have no volition, natural selection is not applicable to them ! In the literal sense of the word, no doubt, natural selection is a misnomer ; but whoever objected to chemists speaking of the elective affinities of the various elements...
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The Great Problem: The Higher Ministry of Nature Viewed in the Light of ...

John R. Leifchild - 1872 - 578 pages
...be disposed to disown it as an active power or Deity, is uncertain. Truly has the author confessed " in the literal sense of the word, no doubt, natural selection is a false term." One thing, however, is apparent, and that is that Mr. Darwin now materially limits the influence of...
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On the origin of species by means of natural selection ; or, The ...

Charles Darwin - 1875 - 504 pages
...has even been urged that, as plants have no volition, natural selection is not applicable to them! In the literal sense of the word, no doubt, natural selection is a false term ; but who ever objected to chemists speaking of the elective affinities of the various elements ? —...
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Darwinism Stated by Darwin Himself: Characteristic Passages from the ...

Charles Darwin - 1884 - 396 pages
...has even been urged that, as plants have no volition, natural selection is not applicable to them ! In the literal sense of the word, no doubt, natural selection is a false term ; but who ever objected to chemists speaking of the elective affinities of the various elements ? —...
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Charles Darwin's Works: The origin of species by means of natural selection ...

Charles Darwin - 1896 - 408 pages
...has even been urged that, as plants have no volition, natural selection is not applicable to them ! In the literal sense of the word, no doubt, natural selection is a false term ; but who ever objected to chemists speaking of the elective affinities of the various elements ? —...
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The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or, The ..., Volume 1

Charles Darwin - 1896 - 406 pages
...has even been urged that, as plants have no volition, natural selection is not applicable to them ! In the literal sense 'of the word, no doubt, natural selection is a false term ; but who ever objected to chemists speaking of the elective affinities of the various elements ? —and...
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Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern

Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 492 pages
...it has even been urged that as plants have no volition, Natural Selection is not applicable to them! In the literal sense of the word, no doubt, Natural Selection is a false term; but who ever objected to chemists speaking of the elective affinities of the various elements ? —...
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Christian Apologetics: A Series of Addresses Delivered Before the Christian ...

Walter Warren Seton - 1903 - 168 pages
...Others have objected that as plants have no volition, natural selection is not applicable to them ! In the literal sense of the word, no doubt, natural selection is a false term ; but who ever objected to chemists speaking of the elective affinities of the various elements ? ....
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The Library of Original Sources, Volume 9

Oliver Joseph Thatcher - 1907 - 482 pages
...has even been urged that, as plants have no volition, natural selection is not applicable to them! In the literal sense of the word, no doubt, natural selection is a false term; but who ever objected to chemists speaking of the elective affinities of the various elements ?—and...
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