Science from an Easy ChairMacmillan, 1911 - 423 էջ |
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... result of the combination of the skill of the engineer with the foresight and absolute domination of his human agents of a military genius . For this magnificent work the highest credit is due to the United States chief sanitary officer ...
... result of the combination of the skill of the engineer with the foresight and absolute domination of his human agents of a military genius . For this magnificent work the highest credit is due to the United States chief sanitary officer ...
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... results of the investigations of the in- defatigable naturalists , Mr. Charles Darwin and Mr. Alfred Wallace . " Such loyalty and regard to each other as Darwin and Wallace showed then and ever after form a delightful feature in the ...
... results of the investigations of the in- defatigable naturalists , Mr. Charles Darwin and Mr. Alfred Wallace . " Such loyalty and regard to each other as Darwin and Wallace showed then and ever after form a delightful feature in the ...
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... results is the inevitable one that man himself has come from animal ancestors , in the same way , and— ( this is the greatest and most far - reaching conclusion of all ) that he is still subject to those natural processes of change and ...
... results is the inevitable one that man himself has come from animal ancestors , in the same way , and— ( this is the greatest and most far - reaching conclusion of all ) that he is still subject to those natural processes of change and ...
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... results in the way of " explaining " all forms , colours , habits , and occurrences of living things -as has that of Charles Darwin - simply holds the field against all comers . When Lamarck's theory has been shown to be consistent with ...
... results in the way of " explaining " all forms , colours , habits , and occurrences of living things -as has that of Charles Darwin - simply holds the field against all comers . When Lamarck's theory has been shown to be consistent with ...
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... result of the regular process of variation presented in larger volume or emphasised in character in some individuals of subsequent generations , and by continued " natural selec- tion " it may become more and more a prominent or ...
... result of the regular process of variation presented in larger volume or emphasised in character in some individuals of subsequent generations , and by continued " natural selec- tion " it may become more and more a prominent or ...
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Էջ 156 - How many thousand of my poorest subjects Are at this hour asleep ! O Sleep, O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness ! Why, rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs. Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber ; Than in the perfumed chambers of the great...
Էջ 155 - Methought I heard a voice cry "Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep," the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast, — Lady M.
Էջ 28 - There is no exception to the rule that every organic being naturally increases at so high a rate that, if not destroyed, the earth would soon be covered by the progeny of a single pair.
Էջ 156 - Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, Upon uneasy pallets stretching thee, And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sound of sweetest melody ? O, thou dull god ! why liest thou with the vile, In loathsome beds...
Էջ 228 - Unterrified, and like a comet burn'd, That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge In the arctic sky, and from his horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war.
Էջ 28 - ... probable minimum rate of natural increase ; it will be safest to assume that it begins breeding when thirty years old, and goes on breeding till ninety years old, bringing forth six young in the interval, and surviving till one hundred years old ; if this be so, after a period of from 740 to 750 years there would be nearly nineteen million elephants alive, descended from the first pair.
Էջ 37 - As for myself, I believe that I have acted rightly in steadily following, and devoting my life to Science. I feel no remorse from having committed any great sin, but have often and often regretted that I have not done more direct good to my fellow creatures.
Էջ 228 - The sweepy crest hung floating in the wind: Like the red star, that from his flaming hair Shakes down diseases, pestilence, and war; So stream'd the golden honours from his head, Trembled the sparkling plumes, and the loose glories shed.
Էջ 188 - A molecule of water consists of two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen.
Էջ 220 - There is a size at which dignity begins," he exclaimed; "further on there is a size at which grandeur begins; further on there is a size at which solemnity begins; further on, a size at which awfulness begins; further on, a size at which ghastliness begins.