| 1871
...stands up clear and firm when these groups of facts are considered in connection with others, such as mutual affinities of the members of the same group,...and present times, and their geological succession ; ' and again, ' He who is not content to look like a savage at the phenomena of nature as disconnected,... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1871 - 432 pages
...arguments derived from the nature of the affinities which connect together whole groups of organisms — their geographical distribution in past and present times, and their geological succession. The homological structure, embryological development, and rudimentary organs" of a species, whether... | |
| Charles William Grant (col.) - 1872 - 98 pages
...wilfully close our eyes we may, with our present knowledge, approximately recognise our parentage ; " " It is incredible that all these facts should speak...phenomena of nature as disconnected, cannot any longer Relieve that man is the work of a separate creation ; " " The grounds upon which this conclusion rests... | |
| Missions - 1872 - 794 pages
...up " clear and firm," that he hesitates not to pcmr utmost scorn upon any one who may question it. " He who is not content to look, like a savage, at the phenomena of nature," " cannot any longer believe that man is the work of a separate act of creation." His conclusion is,... | |
| Sir Charles Lyell - Evolution - 1873 - 606 pages
...meaning is unmistakeable. The great principle of evolution stands up clear and firm, when these groups of facts are considered in connection with others, such...and present times, and their geological succession. . . We are forced to admit that the close resemblance of the embryo of man to that, for instance, of... | |
| Armand de Quatrefages - Anthropology - 1875 - 190 pages
...considered in connection with the classification of organized beings, their geographical distribution and geological succession. It is incredible that all these facts should speak falsely. A careful study of the phenomena of Nature, in their connections, forces us to admit that the close... | |
| Jesse Burgess Thomas - Relgion and science - 1877 - 240 pages
...mildness and ingenuousness have been often and justly signalized, ventures to say that " none but a man content to look like a savage at the phenomena of nature as disconnected, can any longer believe that man is the work of a separate act of creation," and that "any hypothesis... | |
| Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1884 - 396 pages
...is unmistakable. The great principle of evolu, tion stands up clear and firm, when these groups of facts are considered in connection with others, such...savage, at the phenomena of nature as disconnected, can not any longer believe that man is the work of a separate act of creation. He will be forced to... | |
| Irish ecclesiastical record - 1884 - 840 pages
...much more cautious in his assertions than any of his disciples, says: "He who is not content to lot >k like a savage at the phenomena of nature as disconnected, cannot any longer believe that man, is tho work of a separate act of creation." (" Descent of Man," second edition, p. 607). Huxley says "... | |
| Abraham Coles - 1884 - 958 pages
...studies and investigation ; and yet Mr. Darwin has the effrontery to declare that " none but a man content to look like a savage at the phenomena of nature as disconnected, can any longer believe that man is the work of a separate act of creation." And again, " Any hypothesis... | |
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