 The shape of the fragments of stone at the base of our precipice may be called accidental, but this is not strictly correct ; for the shape of each depends on a long sequence of events, all obeying natural laws ; on the nature of the rock, on the lines...  Nature - Page 101edited by - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Science - 1868 - 676 pages
...individual difference in the structure of each being. " The shape of the fragments of stone at the base of our precipice may be called accidental, but...long sequence of events, all obeying natural laws ; on the nature of the rock, on the lines of deposition or cleavage, on the form of the mountain, which... | |
 | James Samuelson, William Crookes - Science - 1868 - 664 pages
...individual difference in the structure of each being. " The shape of the fragments of stone at the base of our precipice may be called accidental, but...long sequence of events, all obeying natural laws ; on the nature of the rock, on the lines of deposition or cleavage, on the form of the mountain, which... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1877 - 848 pages
...acquired by their modified descendants. . . . The shape of the fragments at the ' Origin of Speciej," 6ih edition, p. 107. base of our precipice may be...but in regard to the use to which the fragments may li - put, their shape may be strictly said to be accidental. . . . Can it be reasonably maintained... | |
 | St. George Jackson Mivart - Evolution - 1871 - 336 pages
...Afterward, alluding to this illustration, he says : " " The shape of the fragments of stone at the base of our precipice may be called accidental, but...long sequence of events, all obeying natural laws, on the nature of the rock, on the lines of stratification or cleavage, on the form of the mountain... | |
 | St. George Jackson Mivart - 1871 - 412 pages
..."Origin of Species," 5th edit. p. 571. • 2 " Animals and Plants under Domestication," vol. ii. p. 431. strictly correct, for the shape of each depends on...long sequence of events, all obeying natural laws, on the nature of the rock, on the lines of stratification or cleavage, on the form of the mountain... | |
 | St. George Jackson Mivart - Evolution - 1871 - 388 pages
...Afterwards, adverting to this illustration, he says,2 " The shape of the fragments of stone at the base of our precipice may be called accidental, but this is not 1 " Origin of Species," 5th edit. p. 571. - " Animals and Plants under Domestication," vol. ii. p.... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1876 - 544 pages
...each individual difference in the structure of each being. The shape of the fragments of stone at the base of our precipice may be called accidental, but...long sequence of events, all obeying natural laws; on the nature of the rock, on the lines of deposition or cleavage, on the form of the mountain, which... | |
 | Bible - 1877 - 820 pages
...each individual difference in the structure of each being. The shape of the fragments of stone at the base of our precipice may be called accidental, but...long sequence of events, all obeying natural laws ; on the nature of the rock, on the lines of deposition or cleavage, on the form of the mountain, which... | |
 | Layman - Bible and evolution - 1881 - 168 pages
...wedge-shaped stones to build an arch, and so on, he proceeds as follows : " The shape of the fragments may be called accidental, but this is not strictly...but in regard to the use to which the fragments may be put, their shape may be strictly said to be accidental. And here we are led to face a great difficulty.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1881 - 856 pages
...being. The snap« of trie fragments of Ptone at the base of onr precipice may be culled accident»!, but this is not strictly correct; for the shape of each depends on a long séquence of events, all obeying natural laws ; on the nature of the rock, on the lines of deposition... | |
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