There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning... The American Journal of Science and Arts - Page 531869Full view - About this book
| 1871 - 792 pages
...might be urged to Mr. Darwin's own conception of the beginning of things as unscientific — viz., of "life with its several powers having been originally...breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one."* We must have a beginning. But science is incapable of showing what it was. It can only trace the phenomena... | |
| 1860 - 694 pages
...of the higher animals, directly follows. There is grandeur in this.view of life , with its sevcral powers having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one ; and that whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the flxed law of gravity from so simple... | |
| 1860 - 890 pages
...conceiving, namely, thn production of the higher animals, directly follows. There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been...breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into ONE ; and that whilst this planct has gone cycling on, according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple... | |
| Crosthwaite and co - 1860 - 622 pages
...Mr. Darwin observes, " There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having Seen originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one ; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed laws of gravity, from so... | |
| 1864 - 668 pages
...is of opinion (as expressed in th« concluding words of his volume) that " there is grandeur in this view of life with its several powers, having been...breathed by the Creator into a few forms, or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple... | |
| Edward Dillon Mapother - 1864 - 578 pages
...conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows. There is grandeur in this view of life with its several powers having been originally...breathed by the Creator into a few forms, or into one ; and that whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple... | |
| John Laws Milton - 1864 - 668 pages
...operation of a simple law, is something grand. " There is grandeur in this view of life," Mr. Darwin says, "with its several powers having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or one." No doubt there is grandeur, but incomparably more grandeur will there be in it when men have... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1866 - 668 pages
...conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows. There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been...breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one ; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple... | |
| Richard Owen - 1868 - 1046 pages
...relation of power to the appreciation. ' Natural Selection ' acknowledges that if ornament or beauty, in itself, should be a purpose in creation, it would...calling into life many forms, by conversion of physical aud chemical into vital modes of force, under as many diversified conditions of the requisite elements... | |
| Richard Owen - 1868 - 966 pages
...relation of power to the appreciation. ' Natural Selection ' acknowledges that if ornament or beauty, in itself, should be a purpose in creation, it would...power, the grandeur of which is manifested daily, 1 ccxm". Ed. 1860. p. 490. hourly, in calling into life many forms, by conversion of physical and chemical... | |
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