... that we cannot say that any particular grist has been actually ground out under human observation. If it be asked how the asserted principle is proved or made probable, we can here merely say that the proof is wholly inferential. But the inference... Gardeners' Chronicle - Page 161875Full view - About this book
| 1875 - 1140 pages
...such varieties may be expected ultimately to die out ; but " the mills of the gods grind so exceeding slow " that we cannot say that any particular grist...inference is drawn from such a vast array of facts thfct it is well nigh irresistible. It is the legitimate explanation of those arrangements in nature... | |
| 1875 - 822 pages
...expected ultimately to die out ; but "the mills of the gods grind so exceedingly slow," that we can not say that any particular grist has been actually ground out under human observation. . . . How and why the union of two organisms, or generally of two very minute portions of them, should... | |
| Asa Gray - 1877 - 424 pages
...ultimately to die out ; but " the mills of the goda grind м> exceeding blow" that we cannot ьау that any particular grist has been actually ground out under human observation. If it bo asked how tho asserted principio is proved or made probable, wo can here merely say that the proof... | |
| Asa Gray - 1889 - 520 pages
...such varieties may be expected ultimately to die out ; but the mills of the gods grind so exceeding slow that we cannot say that any particular grist...is drawn from such a vast array of facts that it is wellnigh irresistible. It is the legitimate explanation of those arrangements in nature to secure crossfertilization... | |
| 1875 - 514 pages
...who apprehend and receive the principle, that a series of plants propagated by buds only must have weaker hold of life than a series reproduced by seed....explanation of those arrangements in nature to secure cross-fertilization in the species, either constantly or occasionally, which are so general, so varied... | |
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