 | Charles Darwin - 1866 - 668 pages
...and yet an acid cannot strictly be said to elect the base with which it will in preference combine. It has been said that I speak of natural selection...meant and is implied by such metaphorical expressions ; and they are almost necessary for brevity. So again it is difficult to avoid personifying the word... | |
 | 1866 - 736 pages
...attributes too much to " Nature," and too little to trod. li It has Ijeen gaid," he himself remarks,* " that I speak of natural selection as an active power...of gravity as ruling the movements of the planets? Everyone knows what is mount and implied by such metaphorical expressions ; and they are almost necessary... | |
 | 1866 - 658 pages
...attributes too much to " Nature," and too little to God. " It has been gaid," he himself remarks,* " that I speak of natural selection as an active power...of gravity as ruling the movements of the planets? Everyone knows what is meant and implied by such metaphorical expressions ; and they are almost necessary... | |
 | 1867 - 510 pages
...And yet an acid cannot strictly be said to elect the base with which it will in preference combine. It has been said that I speak of natural selection...meant and is implied by such metaphorical expressions, and they are almost necessary for brevity. So, again, it is difficult to avoid personifying the word... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1867 - 424 pages
...enlarged on as an established fact. In the fourth chapter, the case is stated thus. ' It has been often said that I speak of Natural Selection as an active...meant and is implied by such metaphorical expressions, and they are almost necessary for brevity. So, again, it is difficult to avoid personifying the word... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1867 - 406 pages
...enlarged on as an established fact. In the fourth chapter, the case is stated thus. ' It has been often said that I speak of Natural Selection as an active...meant and is implied by such metaphorical expressions, and they are almost necessary for brevity. So, again, it is difficult to avoid personifying the word... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1867 - 598 pages
...enlarged on as an established fact. In the fourth chapter, the case is stated thus. ' It has been often said that I speak of Natural Selection as an active...Every one knows what is meant and is implied by such inetap/iorical expressions, and they are almost necessary for brevity. So, again, it is difficult to... | |
 | John R. Leifchild - 1872 - 578 pages
...in another page this is called " Nature's power of selection." In the fourth chapter he remarks, " It has been said that I speak of Natural Selection...meant and is implied by such metaphorical expressions, and they are almost necessary for brevity. So, again, it is difficult to avoid personifying the word... | |
 | Charles Hodge - 1874 - 190 pages
...etc. In answer to this objection, he says : " It has been said, that I speak of natural selection as a power or deity ; but who objects to an author speaking...attraction of gravity as ruling the movements of the planet?" He admits that in the literal sense of the words, natural selection is a false term ; but... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1875 - 504 pages
...— and yet an acid cannot strictly bo said to elect the base with which it in preference combines. It has been said that I speak of natural selection as an active power or Deity ; bat who objects to an author speaking of the attraction of gravity as ruling the movements of the... | |
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It has been said that I speak of natural selection as an active power or Deity; but who objects to an author speaking of the attraction of gravity as ruling the movements of the planets? Every one knows what is meant and is implied by such metaphorical... 
