 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1888 - 478 pages
...encounter in their studies. Darwin has distinctly said in his first edition of the "Origin of Species," "I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not the exciusive means of modification ;" and in his sixth edition of the same work, in quoting these words,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1889 - 928 pages
...placed in a most conspicuous position — namely, at the close of the Introduction — the following words : — ' I am convinced that natural selection...main, but not the exclusive, means of modification.' This has been of no avail. Great is the power of steady misrepresentation ; but the history of science... | |
 | 1890 - 524 pages
..."natural selection," neu ddewisiad naturiol, y priodolai Darwin y cwbl. Ei ciriau ef ei hun ydynt : — " I am convinced that natural selection has been the...main but not the exclusive means of- modification." Cyfyiigodd Darwin ei hun yn ei ymchwiliadau i un diriogaeth neillduol — Bywydeg (Biology) ; ond dygodd... | |
 | Charles Frederick Holder - 1891 - 374 pages
...as the acknowledged varieties of any one species are the descendants of that species. Furthermore, I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification." It will be seen, then, that the various forms of nature, animal or... | |
 | George John Romanes - Evolution - 1892 - 498 pages
...next volume, where I hope to give abundant proof of the soundness of Darwin's judgment as conveyed in the words:—" I am convinced that natural selection...main, but not the exclusive, means of modification." CHAPTER X. THE THEORY OF SEXUAL SELECTION, AND CONCLUDING REMARKS. ALTHOUGH the explanatory value of... | |
 | Natural history - 1894 - 528 pages
...the end of the introduction to the first edition of the " Origin of Species," Darwin wrote : — " I am convinced that Natural Selection has been the...main but not the exclusive means of modification." At different times after the publication of the " Origin," as may be seen in the different editions... | |
 | Henry Fairfield Osborn - Evolution - 1894 - 284 pages
...publication, for in the first edition of the Origin of Species, which appeared in the same year, he said : " I am convinced that / Natural Selection has been the main, but not the I exclusive, means of modification." In the use of 'chance,' Darwin recalls to mind the 1 His meaning... | |
 | George John Romanes - Evolution - 1895 - 370 pages
...placed in a most conspicuous position — namely, at the close of the Introduction — the following words : ' I am convinced that natural selection has...main, but not the exclusive means of modification.' This has been of no avail. Great is the power of steady misrepresentation ; but the history of science... | |
 | George John Romanes - Evolution (Biology) - 1895 - 60 pages
...placed in a most conspicuous position — namely, at the close of the Introduction — the following words : ' I am convinced that natural selection has...main, but not the exclusive means of modification.' This has been of no avail. Great is the power of steady misrepresentation ; but the history of science... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Science - 1896 - 360 pages
...placed in a most conspicuous position — namely, at the close of the Introduction — the following words : " I am convinced that natural selection has...main but not the exclusive means of modification." This has been of no avail. Great is the power of steady misrepresentation ; but the history of science... | |
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... that I attribute the modification of species exclusively to natural selection, I may be permitted to remark that in the first edition of this work, and subsequently, I placed in a most conspicuous position — namely, at the close of the Introduction... 
