 I formerly entertained, namely, that each species has been independently created, is erroneous. I am fully convinced that species are not immutable; but that those belonging to what are called the same genera are lineal descendants of some other and generally...  The North British review - Page 4591860Full view - About this book
 | Geology - 1861 - 376 pages
...assumption regarding Darwin's object, for in the introductory chapters to his work, we find him stating, " that natural selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification" (Darwin's Origin of Species, p. 6, 5th 1000). Then, again, with reference to the controlling power... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1861 - 716 pages
...same genera are lineal descendants of some other and generally extinct species, in the same manner as the acknowledged varieties of any one species are the descendants of that species." (Page 13.) This is quite a moderate statement of the theory ; and in reading the book we are led to... | |
 | 1875 - 828 pages
...that each species has been independently created, is erroneous." He then goes on to state that he is fully convinced that species are not immutable, but...any one species are the descendants of that species. • Dr. Hodge. As regards the mode in which all this has heen effected, he says, "I am convinced that... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1888 - 476 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 exclusive means of modification;" and in his sixth edition of the same work, in quoting these words,... | |
 | 1860 - 800 pages
...same genera are lineal descendants of some other and generally extinct species, in the same manner as the acknowledged varieties of any one species are...the main, but not exclusive means of modification." This is the kernel of the new theory, the Darwinian creed, as recited at the close of the introduction... | |
 | John Phillips - Life - 1860 - 280 pages
...immutable; but that those belonging to what are called the same genera 1 Darwin, Origin of Species, 1859. are lineal descendants of some other and generally...convinced that natural selection has been the main but not the exclusive means of modification.' If asked how far he extends the doctrine of the mutability of... | |
 | American essays - 1860 - 794 pages
...same genera are lineal descendants of some other and generally extinct species, in the same manner as the acknowledged varieties of any one species are...the main, but not exclusive means of modification." This is the kernel of the new theory, the Darwinian creed, as recited at the close of the introduction... | |
 | Crosthwaite and co - 1860 - 622 pages
...same genera are lineal descendants of some other and generally extinct species, in the same manner as the acknowledged varieties of any one species are...the main but not exclusive means of modification." These convictions, we shall find, have been arrived at from an analysis of the circumstances and rules... | |
 | 1860 - 966 pages
...generally extinct species, in the same manner as the acknowledged varieties of any one species arc the descendants of that species. Furthermore, I am...the main, but not exclusive means of modification." Thus we perceive that there are three essential elements in this theory — variability, struggle for... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - Literature - 1860 - 786 pages
...some other, and, generally, extinct species, in the same manner as the acknowledged varieties of any species are the descendants of that species. Furthermore,...that Natural Selection has been the main, but not the exclusive means of modification." As may be expected from these brave words, Mr. Darwin goes forward... | |
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