 | Methodist Church - 1861 - 716 pages
...animals to the grouping of the stars ; the stem and branches of a tree better illustrate Darwin's idea. The green and budding twigs may represent existing .species ; and those produced during each former year may represent the long succession of extinct species. At each period of growth all... | |
 | 1860 - 594 pages
...summary of the fourth chapter, which we cannot resist quoting, if only for the sake of its language. " The affinities of all the beings of the same class...represent existing species ; and those produced during each former year may represent the long succession of extinct species. At each period of growth all... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1861 - 470 pages
...explanation of this great fact in the classification of all organic beings ; but, to the best of my judgment, it is explained through inheritance and the complex...represent existing species ; and those produced during each former year may represent the long succession of extinct species. At each period of growth, all... | |
 | Asa Gray - Evolution (Biology) - 1877 - 418 pages
...explanation of this great fact in the classification of all organic beings; but, to tbe best of my judgment, it is explained through inheritance and the complex...represent existing species; and those produced during each former year may represent the long succession of extinct species. At each period of growth all... | |
 | Samuel Butler - Evolution - 1879 - 402 pages
...* This has been well extended by Mr. Darwin in a passage which begins : — " The affinities of all beings of the same class have sometimes been represented by a great tree. I believe that this simile largely speaks the truth." t " What, then," continues Lamarck, " can be the cause... | |
 | George Thomas Bettany - Evolution - 1887 - 224 pages
...best examples of Darwin's style is in the passage comparing all members of the same class of beings to a great tree. " I believe this simile largely speaks...represent existing species ; and those produced during each former year may represent the long succession of extinct species. At each period of growth all... | |
 | John Hays Gardiner - English language - 1901 - 534 pages
...which I print from the " Origin of Species," shows the closeness of this analogy, page 198 : — • " The affinities of all the beings of the same class have sometimes been represented by a large tree. ... As buds give rise by growth to fresh buds, and these, if vigorous, branch out and overtop... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1903 - 888 pages
...being, evolved. (Conclusion of Origin e>f Sffcies.) The Tree of Life. The affinities of all the l>eings f ... As buds give rise by growth to fresh buds, and these, if vigorous, branch out and overtop on all... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1861 - 712 pages
...animals to the grouping of the stars ; the stem and branches of a tree better illustrate Darwin's idea. The green and budding twigs may represent existing species ; and those produced during each former year may represent the long succession of extinct species. At each period of growth all... | |
 | Samuel Butler - Epic poetry, Greek - 1924 - 426 pages
...step." * This has been well extended by Mr. Darwin in a passage which begins : " The affinities of all beings of the same class have sometimes been represented by a great tree. I believe that this simile largely speaks the truth."8 " What, then," continues Lamarck, " can be the cause of... | |
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The affinities of all the beings of the same class have sometimes been represented by a great tree. I believe this simile largely speaks the truth. The green and budding twigs may represent existing species ; and those produced during each former year... 
