It is a truly wonderful fact — the wonder of which we are apt to overlook from familiarity — that all animals and all plants throughout all time and space should be related to each other in groups, subordinate to groups, in the manner which we everywhere... Studies in Science and Religion - Page 40by George Frederick Wright - 1882 - 390 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Henry Lewes - 1860 - 166 pages
...some common type, it would be difficult to explain their remarkable affinities. As Mr. Darwin says, " It is a truly wonderful fact — the wonder of which...time and space should be related to each other in group subordinate to group, in the manner which we every where behold, namely, varieties of the same... | |
| 1860 - 982 pages
...main ideas of Darwin's theory the following extract from the summary of the fourth chapter shows. " It is a truly wonderful fact, — the wonder of which...overlook from familiarity — that all animals and nil plants thronghout all time and space should be related to each other in group subordinate to group,... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1861 - 470 pages
...beings in each class throughout the world, as well as the nature of their affinities, may be explained. It is a truly wonderful fact — the Wonder of which...time and space should be related to each other in group subordinate to group, in the manner which we everywhere behold — namely, varieties of the same... | |
| 1861 - 388 pages
...theories already promulgated, and more or less adopted. One of these is the fact that all animals and plants, throughout all time and space, should be related to each other in group subordinate to group, another not less formidable fact is the existence of the same homological... | |
| 1861 - 734 pages
...theories already promulgated, and more or less adopted. One of these is the fact that all animals and plants, throughout all time and space, should be related to each other in them to the great law of hereditary descent is a very natural suggestion, and for a moment some minds... | |
| Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1862 - 684 pages
...upon various other theories already promulgated, and more or less adopted. One of these is the fact, that all animals, and all plants, throughout all time and space, should bo related to each other in group subordinate to group. Another not less formidable fact is the existence... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1864 - 472 pages
...beings in each class throughout the world, as well as the nature of their affinities, may be explained. It is a truly wonderful fact — the wonder of which...time and space should be related to each other in group subordinate to group, in the manner which we everywhere behold — namely, varieties of the same... | |
| 1876 - 828 pages
...themselves to the contemplation of the individuals. But species do not have a Imp-hazard esisttence ; they fall into a hierarchy of orders. " It is a truly...wonderful fact, the wonder of which we are apt to overtook from familiarity, that all animals and all plants throughout all time and space, should be... | |
| John Henry Pepper - 1859 - 522 pages
...descendants of any one species become, the better will be their chance of succeeding in the battle of life. It is a truly wonderful fact — the wonder of which...time and space, should be related to each other, in group subordinate to group in the manner which we everywhere behold — namely, varieties of the same... | |
| John Lucas Tupper, Outis - 1869 - 328 pages
...originating faculty? and, as you do not argue, from their relatedness and graduated resemblance, that his * " It is a truly wonderful fact — the wonder of which...time and space should be related to each other in group subordinate to- group, in the manner which we everywhere behold — namely, varieties of the... | |
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