 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1863 - 186 pages
...of organic matter, which we have called ATAVISM and VARIABILITY, with the CONDITIONS OF EXISTENCE ; or, in other words,—given the existence of organic...the Present and of the Past conditions of ORGANIC NATURE. Such is the hypothesis as I understand it. Now let us see how it will stand the various tests... | |
 | James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - 1863 - 656 pages
...we have called Atavism and Variability, with the Conditions of Existence ; or, in other words, given the existence of organic matter, its tendency to transmit...conditions of existence by which organic matter is surrounded ; that these put together are the cause» of the present and past conditions of organic... | |
 | James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - 1863 - 666 pages
...we have called Atavism and Variability, with the Conditions of Existence; or, in other words, given the existence of organic matter, its tendency to transmit...conditions of existence by which organic matter is surrounded ; that these put together are the causes of the present and past conditions of organic nature."... | |
 | 1863 - 972 pages
...this manner—the variation might be perpetuated, as far as we can see, indefinitely," p. 106. " Given the existence of organic matter, its tendency to transmit...conditions of existence by which organic matter is surrounded—these pnt together are the causes of the present and of the past conditions of organic... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1863 - 170 pages
...VARIABILITY, with the CONDITIONS OP or, in other words,—gi\e\v We THE PHENOMENA OF ORGANIC NATURE. 137 organic matter, its tendency to transmit its properties,...and its tendency occasionally to vary ; and, lastly, giveu the conditions of existence by which organic matter is surrounded—that these put together are... | |
 | 1866 - 638 pages
...it,— called atavism and variability, with the condition of existence ; or, in other words, given the existence of organic matter, its tendency to transmit...the present and of the past conditions of organic nature." But we ask Mr. Darwin, when he speaks of life breathed into one primordial form, his own question,... | |
 | Victoria Institute (Great Britain) - 1868 - 548 pages
...proposition is very plainly put by Professor Huxley in expounding the development theory :—" Given the existence of organic matter, its tendency to transmit...properties, and its tendency occasionally to vary; and given the conditions of existence by which organic matter is surrounded; that these, put together,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1869 - 134 pages
...Given the existence of organic matter, its tendency to transmit properties, and itstendency accordingly to vary ; and, lastly, given the conditions of existence by which organic matter is surrounded,—these put together are the causesof the present and the past conditions of organic nature.'... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1869 - 438 pages
...the existence of organic matter, its tendency to transmit properties, and its tendency accordingly to vary ; and, lastly, given the conditions of existence by which organic matter is surrounded, — these put together are the causes of the present and the past conditions of organic... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1869 - 412 pages
...the existence of organic matter, i v ts tendency to transmit properties, and its tendency accordingly to vary; and, lastly, given the conditions of existence by which organic matter is surrounded, — these put together are the causes of the present and the past conditions of organic... | |
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or in other words,—given the existence of organic matter, its tendency to transmit its properties, and its tendency occasionally to vary; and, lastly, given the conditions of existence by which organic matter is surrounded—that these put together... 
