 | English literature - 1860 - 566 pages
...separating subkingdoms ; and, accordingly, ' analogy,' Mr. Darwin logically admits, ' would lead us one step further, namely, to the belief ' that all...and plants have descended from some one ' prototype ; '§ and, summing up the conditions which all living things have in common, this writer infers from... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1861 - 276 pages
...progenitors." But at this stage of his argument, the demands of his theory are imperative, and he adds — " Analogy would lead me one step further, namely, to...and plants have descended from some one prototype ; " and arguing from what we must be excused from designating somewhat vague ideas of a community of... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1316 pages
...equal or lesser number." — Origin of Species, p. 484. Mr Darwin goes on to say: " Analogy would lead one step further, namely, to the belief that all animals and plants have descended from gome on prototype. But analogy may be a deceitful guide. Nevertheless, all living beings have much... | |
 | 1860 - 890 pages
...cannot doubt that the theory of descent with modification embraces all the members of the same class. I believe that animals have descended from at most...and plants have descended from some one prototype." This modesty is, we must say, a little cast aside at page 488; where his "notion" — for it is scarcely... | |
 | John Phillips - Life - 1860 - 280 pages
...cannot doubt that the theory of descent with modification embraces all the members of the same class. I believe that animals have descended from at most...belief that all animals and plants have descended from one prototype. But analogy may be a deceitful guide. Nevertheless all living things have much in common,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1860 - 612 pages
...same close " ; " I believe that animals have descended from at most only four or five progenitors, ami plants from an equal or lesser number Analogy would...and plants have descended from some one prototype. Hut analogy may be a deceitful guide. Nevertheless all living things have much in common, in their... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1860 - 594 pages
...class. I believe that animals have descended from at most only four or five progenitors, and plauts from an equal or lesser number. Analogy would lead...and plants have descended from some one prototype. Rut analogy may be a deceitful guide. Nevertheless all living things have much in common, in their... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1860 - 582 pages
...progenitors." But at this stage of his argument, the demands of his theory are imperative, and he adds — " Analogy would lead me one step further, namely, to...and plants have descended from some one prototype ; " and arguing from what we must be excused from designating somewhat vague ideas of a community of... | |
 | American periodicals - 1860 - 894 pages
...separating sub-kingdoms ; and, accordingly, " analogy," Mr. Darwin logically admits, "would lead us one step further, namely, to the belief that all animals...and plants have descended from some one prototype ; " ^f and summing up the conditions which all living things have * " Quelques espèces isolées, qui,... | |
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I believe that animals have descended from at most only. four or five progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number. " Analogy would lead me one step further, namely, to the belief that all animals and plants have descended from some one prototype. 
