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... definition of the doctrine of evolution , Professor . Huxley speaks of a gelatinous mass , which , so far as our present knowl- edge goes , is the common foundation of all life . " As , by his own confession , no such gelatinous mass ...
... definition of the doctrine of evolution , Professor . Huxley speaks of a gelatinous mass , which , so far as our present knowl- edge goes , is the common foundation of all life . " As , by his own confession , no such gelatinous mass ...
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... definition of the basis of evolution is self - contradiction . Huxley persists in his forced recantation in spite of ... defined . His words permit no doubt that he meant Bathybius and its associated forms of life , as Häckel does in ...
... definition of the basis of evolution is self - contradiction . Huxley persists in his forced recantation in spite of ... defined . His words permit no doubt that he meant Bathybius and its associated forms of life , as Häckel does in ...
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... definition , these are his three theories ; and they are a curiously incomplete statement of facts in the case . It does not follow , that , if the first two be overthrown , only the theory represented by his definition is left to be ...
... definition , these are his three theories ; and they are a curiously incomplete statement of facts in the case . It does not follow , that , if the first two be overthrown , only the theory represented by his definition is left to be ...
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... definition , and places evolution , thus defined , on " exactly as secure a foundation . " as the Copernican theory , which is veri- fied by all experiment , and has in its favor the unanimity of experts , Professor Huxley's conclusions ...
... definition , and places evolution , thus defined , on " exactly as secure a foundation . " as the Copernican theory , which is veri- fied by all experiment , and has in its favor the unanimity of experts , Professor Huxley's conclusions ...
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... , Yes , and concludes that we must recast our definitions of matter and force , since life and thought are the flower of both . Accordingly , Tyndall's effort is to change the defi- ― nition of matter . Of the many forms of 12 BIOLOGY .
... , Yes , and concludes that we must recast our definitions of matter and force , since life and thought are the flower of both . Accordingly , Tyndall's effort is to change the defi- ― nition of matter . Of the many forms of 12 BIOLOGY .
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