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... mean protoplasm in minute forms in the veins of the nettle , and in the other living tissues of to - day , and in them constituting what his famous lecture of a few years ago called " the physical basis of life . " But he af- firmed ...
... mean protoplasm in minute forms in the veins of the nettle , and in the other living tissues of to - day , and in them constituting what his famous lecture of a few years ago called " the physical basis of life . " But he af- firmed ...
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... mean . 11. As Professor Huxley does not notice the dif- ferent schools of evolutionists , his New - York defini- tion of the doctrine is defective through vagueness . 12. For the same reason , it is defective by a sup- pressed statement ...
... mean . 11. As Professor Huxley does not notice the dif- ferent schools of evolutionists , his New - York defini- tion of the doctrine is defective through vagueness . 12. For the same reason , it is defective by a sup- pressed statement ...
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... means of determining . In the evolution of the universe from a primordial haze of matter possessing both physical and spiritual properties , there has been no design other than that implied in the original constitution of the molecular ...
... means of determining . In the evolution of the universe from a primordial haze of matter possessing both physical and spiritual properties , there has been no design other than that implied in the original constitution of the molecular ...
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... mean that which is expended in produ- cing or resisting motion . By inertia , I mean HUXLEY AND TYNDALL ON EVOLUTION . 17.
... mean that which is expended in produ- cing or resisting motion . By inertia , I mean HUXLEY AND TYNDALL ON EVOLUTION . 17.
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... mean the in- capacity to originate force or motion , or that quality which causes matter , if set in motion without other resistance than itself can supply , to keep on moving forever ; or , if left at rest without other force than its ...
... mean the in- capacity to originate force or motion , or that quality which causes matter , if set in motion without other resistance than itself can supply , to keep on moving forever ; or , if left at rest without other force than its ...
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