 | George Henry Lewes - 1891 - 584 pages
...wholly inexplicable on the theory of Descent,* but is explicable on the theory of • " If it could he demonstrated that any complex organ existed which...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down." — DAUWI.V, Origin of Species, 5th ed. p. 227. In several passages insistence is made on this. "Natura... | |
 | St. George Jackson Mivart - 1892 - 480 pages
...selection.' That in this I do not misrepresent Mr. Darwin is evident from his own words. He says:— 'If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down.' 2 Also : 1 See Proceedings of the Royal Institution, vol. vp 279. " Origin of Sjiecies, p. 208. ' Every... | |
 | Charles Clement Coe - 1895 - 648 pages
...be may be seen from the following statement : "If it could be demonstrated that any complex organism existed which could not possibly have been formed...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down." The process will be a more or less protracted one — " No complex instinct can possibly be produced... | |
 | John Henry Muirhead - 1902 - 290 pages
...not been seen to be in harmony with it or to be capable of being explained by it. " If," he says, " it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down." 1 And again, " If it could be proved that any part of the structure of any species had been formed... | |
 | John Henry Muirhead - 1902 - 298 pages
...not been seen to be in harmony with it or to be capable of being explained by it. " If," he says, " it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed...slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down."1 And again, " If it could be proved that any part of the structure of any species had been formed... | |
 | William Smith Turner - 1904 - 364 pages
...slight successive variations; it can never take a leap, but must advance by short and slow stages. If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down." (Origin of Species, 1859.) Well, here is the demonstration of a complex organ being formed by one vast... | |
 | Frank Ballard - 1906 - 632 pages
...cause the offspring to inherit the more favourable form. 1 And when Mr. Darwin goes so far as to say: If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down' ; it is certainly open to any careful observer of nature to reply as Mr. Hassell does. ' Well, be it... | |
 | 1909 - 424 pages
...Variation not determined or directed to any particular result ; and as Darwin himself confessed, " If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...modifications, my theory would absolutely break down." At the same time it is contended that while Variation provides the essential material. Natural Selection... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1909 - 584 pages
...glass, as the works of the Creator are those of man? MODES OF TRANSITION. If it could b^demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly...formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my^ieory would absolutely 11 down. But I can find out 11o such case. No doubt many organs exist of... | |
 | Alfred Fairhurst - 1913 - 502 pages
...are only apparent, and those that are real are not, I think, fatal to my theory." * Again he says: " If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ...theory would absolutely break down. But I can find no such case." t Also: " In many cases it is most difficult to conjecture by what transitions many... | |
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If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. 
