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" If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. "
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of ... - Page 203
by Charles Darwin - 1889
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 131

English literature - 1871 - 608 pages
...she can never take a leap, but must advance by short and slow steps ' (p. 214). Again he says : — ' If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...absolutely break down. But I can find out no such case ' (p. 208). He adds : — ' Every detail of structure in every living creature (making some little...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science ..., Volume 14; Volume 77

American literature - 1871 - 808 pages
...she can never take a leap, but must advance by short and slow steps." (p. 214.) Again he says: — "If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...absolutely break down. But I can find out no such case." (p. 208.) He adds: — " Every detail of structure in every living creature (making some little allowance...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 111

American periodicals - 1871 - 860 pages
...; she can never take a leap, but must advance by short and slow steps" (p. 214). Again he says: — "If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have , .. . i those recently made by Professor Brooa, that in following pas- 1 the ^rlleT editions of my...
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The Churchman's family magazine, Volume 1

696 pages
...of any visual apparatus in the whole kingdom of nature. The originator of this theory admits that, if it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not have been formed by numerous successive slight modifications, his theory " would absolutely break down."...
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Analysis of Darwin, Huxley and Lyell, Being a Critical Examination of the ...

Henry A. DuBois - Human beings - 1866 - 112 pages
...author's fanciful scheme of creation, by the agency of Natural Selection. On page 169, he says : — " If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down." recipe for making an " eye," which we commend to the reader's special attention. It is as follows :...
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Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or ..., Volume 1

Religion and science - 1867 - 524 pages
...might thus be formed as superior to one of glass, as the works of the Creator are to those of man ? " If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...theory would absolutely break down. But I can find no such case. No doubt, many organs exist of which we do not know the transitional grades, more especially...
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Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or ..., Volume 2

Religion and science - 1867 - 510 pages
...hypothesis. " If it could be demonstrated," he says, " that any complex organ existed which could not have been formed by numerous successive slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down." The whole tenor and spirit of all that Darwin writes on this subject may be thus paraphrased : —...
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The Irish ecclesiastical record, Volume 9

Irish ecclesiastical record - 1868 - 596 pages
...developed into a complex organ. The system stands or falls by the minute changes. " If," says Mr. Darwin, " it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed,...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down." To this it may be replied — first, that it is proverbially difficult to prove a negative ; secondly,...
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The American Quarterly Church Review and Ecclesiastical Register, Volume 17

1866 - 694 pages
...author's fanciful scheme of creation, by the agency of Natural Selection. On page 169, he says : — " If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, Blight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down." recipe for making an " eye," which we...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 131

English literature - 1871 - 612 pages
...she can never take a leap, but must advance by short and slow steps ' (p. 214). Again he says : — ' If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...absolutely break down. But I can find out no such case ' (p. 208). He adds: — ' Every detail of structure in every living creature (making some little allowance...
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