When we no longer look at an organic being as a savage looks at a ship, as something wholly beyond his comprehension; when we regard every production of nature as one which has had a long history... Life of Charles Darwin - Page 93by George Thomas Bettany - 1887 - 175 pagesFull view - About this book
| Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1867 - 424 pages
...thick fog of error and ignorance ? we might almost suppose he thinks so, by the following words : ' when we no longer look at an organic being as a savage...ship, as at something wholly beyond his comprehension, how far more interesting — I speak from experience — will the study of Natural History become'... | |
| Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1867 - 406 pages
...will the study of Natural History become ' (521). What then ! do naturalists and anatomists of repute look at an organic being as a savage looks at a ship ? can they not explain a large portion of the design of that organization, though they be not adherents... | |
| Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1867 - 598 pages
...will the study of Natural History become' (521). What then ! do naturalists and anatomists of repute look at an organic being as a savage looks at a ship ? can they not explain a large portion of the design of that organization, though they be not adherents... | |
| Henry Allon - 1861 - 580 pages
...is inude to assist in solving the great question of Whence and Whither. As Mr. Darwin writes : — ' When we no longer look at an organic being as a savage...contemplate every complex structure and instinct as the summing-up of many contrivances, each useful to the possessor, nearly in the same way as when we look... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1870 - 468 pages
...rudimentary and abortive qrgana, &c,, will cease to be metaphorical, and will have a plain signification. When we no longer look at an organic being as a savage...contemplate every complex structure and instinct as the primming up of many contrivances, each useful to the possessor, nearly in the same way as when we look... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1875 - 504 pages
...and aborted organs, &c., will cease to be metaphorical, and will have a plain signification. When wo no longer look at an organic being as a savage looks at a ship, as something wholly beyond hia comprehension ; when we regard every production of nature as one which... | |
| 1879 - 614 pages
...cease to be metaphorical, and will have a plain signitieation ? " Do we not indeed begin to feel that " we no longer look at an organic being as a savage looks at a ship, as something wholly beyond his comprehension? And when we regard every production of nature as one which... | |
| Sir Norman Lockyer - 1882 - 722 pages
...cease to be metaphorical, and will have a plain signification?" Do we not indeed begin to feel that "we no longer look at an organic being as a savage looks at a ship, as something wholly beyond his comprehension ; and when we regard every production of nature as one which... | |
| Sir Norman Lockyer - 1882 - 960 pages
...cease to be metaphorical, and will have a plain signification ? " Do we not indeed begin to feel that "we no longer look at an organic being as a savage looks at a ship, as something wholly beyond his comprehension ; and when we regard every production of nature as one which... | |
| Sir Norman Lockyer - 1882 - 674 pages
...every production of nature as one which has had a long history, when we contemplate every complete structure and instinct as the summing up of many contrivances, each useful to the possessor, in the same way as any great mechanical invention is the summing up of the labour, the experience,... | |
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