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... doctrine of evolution , but is actually based upon the fundamental proposi- tion of evolution . The teleological and the mechanical views of Nature are not necessarily mutually exclusive . The teleologist can always defy the ...
... doctrine of evolution , but is actually based upon the fundamental proposi- tion of evolution . The teleological and the mechanical views of Nature are not necessarily mutually exclusive . The teleologist can always defy the ...
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... 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 has ever been ...
... 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 has ever been ...
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... doctrine of evolu- tion , there are theoretically three varieties : ( 1 ) That which limits the supernatural action in the origina- tion of species to the creation of a few primordial cells ; ( 2 ) That which makes Divine action in the ...
... doctrine of evolu- tion , there are theoretically three varieties : ( 1 ) That which limits the supernatural action in the origina- tion of species to the creation of a few primordial cells ; ( 2 ) That which makes Divine action in the ...
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... doctrine is defective through vagueness . 12. For the same reason , it is defective by a sup- pressed statement of hypotheses which are rivals of his own . But 13. It is evident , from the nature of the case , that the question of chief ...
... doctrine is defective through vagueness . 12. For the same reason , it is defective by a sup- pressed statement of hypotheses which are rivals of his own . But 13. It is evident , from the nature of the case , that the question of chief ...
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... doctrine of uniformity , from the known to the unknown . Back to a primordial germ Darwin is supposed by Tyndall to have traced all organization : back to the properties of unorganized matter in a primordial nebula Tyndall now traces ...
... doctrine of uniformity , from the known to the unknown . Back to a primordial germ Darwin is supposed by Tyndall to have traced all organization : back to the properties of unorganized matter in a primordial nebula Tyndall now traces ...
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