It is really laughable to see what different ideas are prominent in various naturalists' minds, when they speak of '' species ; " in some, resemblance is everything and descent of little weight — in some, resemblance seems to go for nothing, and Creation... The Ethic of Nature and Its Practical Bearings - Seite 12von David Balsillie - 1889 - 284 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Entomological Society of London (1833-1933) - 1904 - 868 Seiten
...definitions of species, and stating briefly how systematic naturalists work out their subjects. ... It is really laughable to see what different ideas...unfailing test, with others it is not worth a farthing. It all comes, I believe, from trying to define the indefinable." J As regards the work done by the... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1887 - 586 Seiten
...systematic naturalists work out their subjects. Aquilegia in the Flora Indica was a capital example for me. It is really laughable to see what different ideas...unfailing test, with others it is not worth a farthing. It all comes, I believe, from trying to define the undefinable. I suppose you have lost the odd black... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1887 - 588 Seiten
...systematic naturalists work out their subjects. Aquilegia in the Flora Indica was a capital example for me. It is really laughable to see what different ideas...unfailing test, with others it is not worth a farthing. It all comes, I believe, from trying to define the undefmable. I suppose you have lost the odd black... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1887 - 570 Seiten
...systematic naturalists work out their subjects. Aquilegia in the Flora Indica was a capital example for me. It is really laughable to see what different ideas...in various naturalists' minds, when they speak of 4< species ; " in some, resemblance is everything and descent of little weight—in some, resemblance... | |
| William Parker Cutler - 1888 - 1034 Seiten
...systematic naturalists work out their subjects. Aquilegia in the Flora Indica was a capital example for me. It is really laughable to see what different ideas...unfailing test, with others it is not worth a farthing. It all comes, I believe, from trying to define the undefinable. I suppose you have lost the odd black... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1888 - 584 Seiten
...systematic naturalists work out their subjects. Aquilegia in the Flora Indica was a capital example for me. It is really laughable to see what different ideas...some, resemblance is everything and descent of little weight—in some, resemblance seems to go for nothing, and Creation the reigning idea—in some, descent... | |
| James Hutchison Stirling - 1890 - 440 Seiten
...distinctive of, a species ; what is the definition of a species? Now here, according to Mr. Darwin (ii. 88), "it is really laughable to see what different ideas...unfailing test ; with others, it is not worth a farthing. It all comes, I believe, from trying to define the undefinable." A species, then, would appear from... | |
| James Hutchison Stirling - 1890 - 440 Seiten
...distinctive of, a species; what is the definition of a species? Now here, according to Mr. Darwin (ii. 88), " it is really laughable to see what different ideas...unfailing test; with others, it is not worth a farthing. It all comes, I believe, from trying to define the undefinable." A species, then, would appear from... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1896 - 580 Seiten
...the Flora Indica was a capital example for me. It is really laughable to see what different ideas arc prominent in various naturalists' minds, when they...unfailing test, with others it is not worth a farthing. It all comes, I believe, from trying to define the undefinable. I suppose you have lost the odd black... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1897 - 598 Seiten
...systematic naturalists work out their subjects. Aquilegia in the Flora Indica was a capital example foi me. It is really laughable to see what different ideas...unfailing test, with others it is not worth a farthing. It all comes, I believe, from trying to define the undefinable. I suppose you have lost the odd black... | |
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