The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1 |
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... appearance of individuals far above the average of the human race , Lyell asks if such leaps upwards in the scale of intellect may not " have cleared at one bound the space which separated the highest stage of the unprogressive ...
... appearance of individuals far above the average of the human race , Lyell asks if such leaps upwards in the scale of intellect may not " have cleared at one bound the space which separated the highest stage of the unprogressive ...
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... appeared " by some wholly unknown process . It is mere rubbish , thinking at present of the origin of life ; one might as well think of the origin of matter . C. Darwin to F. D. Hooker . Down , Friday night [ April 17 , 1863 ] . MY DEAR ...
... appeared " by some wholly unknown process . It is mere rubbish , thinking at present of the origin of life ; one might as well think of the origin of matter . C. Darwin to F. D. Hooker . Down , Friday night [ April 17 , 1863 ] . MY DEAR ...
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... appeared . Lyell objected that the mam- malia ( e.g. bats and seals ) which alone have been able to reach oceanic islands ought to have be- come modified into various terres- trial forms fitted to fill various places in their new homes ...
... appeared . Lyell objected that the mam- malia ( e.g. bats and seals ) which alone have been able to reach oceanic islands ought to have be- come modified into various terres- trial forms fitted to fill various places in their new homes ...
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... appeared in that Journal ( May 2nd , 1863 , p . 586 ) , accusing my father of claiming for his views the exclusive merit of " connecting by an in- telligible thread of reasoning " a number of facts in mor- phology , & c . The writer ...
... appeared in that Journal ( May 2nd , 1863 , p . 586 ) , accusing my father of claiming for his views the exclusive merit of " connecting by an in- telligible thread of reasoning " a number of facts in mor- phology , & c . The writer ...
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... appearance , and to a certain extent in reality according to my judgment . But does not the difficulty rest much on our silently assuming that we know more than we do ? I have literally found nothing so difficult as to try and always ...
... appearance , and to a certain extent in reality according to my judgment . But does not the difficulty rest much on our silently assuming that we know more than we do ? I have literally found nothing so difficult as to try and always ...
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