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" Complexity of organization, variety, and amount of power are secondary to the degree in which the whole organism is adapted to the circumstances which surround it, and to the work which it has to do. Ascent in the animal scale is not a passage... "
Principles of Zoölogy: Touching the Structure, Development, Distribution ... - Page 29
by Louis Agassiz, Augustus Addison Gould - 1857 - 250 pages
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The Unity of the Human Races Proved to be the Doctrine of Scripture, Reason ...

Thomas Smyth - Monogenism and polygenism - 1850 - 442 pages
...when completed ; in some this being very simple, in others extremely complicated.^ 4. An animal is more perfect in proportion as its relations with the external world are more varied, in consequence of its more perfect senses and capacity for motion. || 6. Every separate organ is found...
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Outlines of Comparative Physiology, Touching the Structure and Development ...

Louis Agassiz, Augustus Addison Gould - Physiology, Comparative - 1851 - 478 pages
...more or less extended, — its own peculiar office in the economy of nature ; and is perfectly adapted to fulfil all the purposes of its creation, beyond...words, the more numerous its functions are. Thus, a quadruped, or a bird, which has the five senses fully developed, and which has, moreover, the faculty...
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Kidd's Own Journal, Volume 1

Arts - 1852 - 436 pages
...operation; in others, extremely complicated, and capable of exercising a great variety of functions. In this physiological point of view, an animal may...words, the more numerous its functions are. Thus, a quadruped, or a bird, which has the five senses fully developed, and which has, moreover, the faculty...
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Comparative Zoology: Structural and Systematic for Use in Schools and Colleges

James Orton - Zoology - 1877 - 418 pages
...Function is the test of worth. Not mere work, howeverj for we must consider its quality and scope. An animal may be said to be more perfect in proportion as its relations to the external world are more varied, precise, and fitting. Complexity of organization, variety, and...
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Comparative Zoology: Structural and Systematic, for Use in Schools and Colleges

James Orton - Anatomy, Comparative - 1883 - 424 pages
...Function is the test of worth. Not mere work, however; for we must consider its quality and scope. An animal may be said to be more perfect in proportion as its relations to the external world are more varied, precise, and litting. Complexity of organization, variety, and...
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General Zoölogy: Practical, Systematic and Comparative; Being a Revision and ...

James Orton, Charles Wright Dodge - Zoology - 1903 - 550 pages
...Function is the test of worth. Not mere work, however ; for we must consider its quality and scope. An animal may be said to be more perfect in proportion as its relations to the external world are more varied, precise, and fitting. Complexity of organization, variety, and...
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Complete Works of Rev. Thomas Smyth, D. D.

Thomas Smyth - Presbyterian Church - 1910 - 798 pages
...when completed ; in some this being very simple, in others extremely complicated. | | 4. An animal is more perfect in proportion as its relations with the external world are more varied, in consequence of its more perfect senses and' capacity for motion.*f 5. Every separate organ is found...
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