 | 1860 - 566 pages
...useful variations, given to him by the hand of Nature. But Natural Selection, as we shall hereafter see, is a power incessantly ready for action, and is as...to man's feeble efforts, as the works of Nature are to those of Art.' (P. 61.) The scientific world has looked forward with great interest to the facts... | |
 | 1864 - 822 pages
...it. Now it should be quite easy to prove this, for natural selection, Mr. Darwin tells us (p. 61), "is a power incessantly ready for action, and is as immeasurably superior to man's feeble etforts as the works of nature are to those of art." Yet he entirely fails to shew that any changes... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1860 - 638 pages
...ases, through the accumulation of slight but useful variations given to him by the hand of Nature. But Natural Selection is a power incessantly ready for...to man's feeble efforts, as the works of Nature are to those of Art. Natural Selection, therefore, according to Mr. Darwin — not independent creations... | |
 | 1860 - 894 pages
...useful variations, given to him by the hand of Nature. But Natural Selection, as wo shall hereafter sec, is a power incessantly ready for action, and is as...superior to man's feeble efforts, as the works of Nature aro to those of Art."— P. Gl. The scientific world has looked forward •with great interest to the... | |
 | David Thomas Ansted - 1860 - 344 pages
...survive."* This is the principle of natural selection — a power incessantly ready for action, and as immeasurably superior to man's feeble efforts as the works of nature are to those of art. The struggle for existence — the battle of life — is the great guiding cause of... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1861 - 470 pages
...useful variations, given to him by the hand of Nature. But Natural Selection, as we shall hereafter see, is a power incessantly ready for action, and is as...to man's feeble efforts, as the works of Nature are to those of Art. We will now discuss a little more in detail the struggle for existence. In my future... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1864 - 472 pages
...useful variations, given to him by the hand of Nature. But Natural Selection, as we shall hereafter see, is a power incessantly ready for action, and is as...to man's feeble efforts, as the works of Nature are to those of Art. "We will now discuss a little more in detail the struggle for existence. In my future... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1867 - 598 pages
...this beyond any other writer we shall presently see ; indeed, he comprehensively informs us that ' Natural Selection is a power incessantly ready for...to man's feeble efforts, as the works of nature are to those of art ' (65). This, however, is not a very fortunate illustration ; for, as Mr Darwin makes... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1867 - 424 pages
...Sequence of Events as ascertained by us' (224). And again : ' The Sequence of Events as ascertained by us, is a power incessantly ready for action ; and is as...to man's feeble efforts, as the works of Nature are to those of Art ' (65). meaning of the terra, ' the Sequence of Events as ascertained by us,' and it... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1867 - 406 pages
...Sequence of Events as ascertained by us' (224). And again : ' The Sequence of Events as ascertained by us, is a power incessantly ready for action ; and is as...superior to man's feeble efforts, as the works of Nature ore to those of Art ' (65). meaning of the term, ' the Sequence of Events as ascertained by us,' and... | |
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We have seen that man by selection can certainly produce great results, and can adapt organic beings to his own uses, through the accumulation of slight but useful variations given to him by the hand of Nature. But Natural Selection, as we shall hereafter... 
