 What can be more curious than that the hand of a man, formed for grasping, that of a mole for digging, the leg of the horse, the paddle of the porpoise, and the wing of the bat, should all be constructed on the same pattern, and should include similar...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 3161880Full view - About this book
 | Zoology - 1921 - 472 pages
...variations relative to our enquiry.1 1 Darwin rightly expatiates on the importance of homologies : "What can be more curious than that the hand of a...all be constructed on the same pattern, and should include similar bones, in the same relative positions ? How curious 1t is, to give a subordinate though... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1861 - 470 pages
...Morphology. This is the most interesting department of natural history, and may be said to be its very soul. What can be more curious than that the hand of a man,...all be constructed on the same pattern, and should include the same bones, in the same relative positions ? Geoffroy St. Hilaire has insisted strongly... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1864 - 472 pages
...Morphology. This is the most interesting department of natural history, and may be said to be its very soul. What can be more curious than that the hand of a man,...all be constructed on the same pattern, and should include the same bones, in the same relative positions ? Geoffroy St. Hilaire has insisted strongly... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie Beverley - Evolution - 1867 - 406 pages
...different species of the class are homologues. The whole subject is included under the term morphology. What can be more curious than that the hand of a man...for grasping, that of a mole for digging, the leg of a horse, the paddle of the porpoise, and the wing of the bat, should all be constructed on the same... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie Beverley - Evolution - 1867 - 598 pages
...different species of the class are homologues. The whole subject is included under the term morphology. What can be more curious than that the hand of a man...for grasping, that of a mole for digging, the leg of a horse, the paddle of the porpoise, and the wing of the bat, should all be constructed on the same... | |
 | Joel Moody - Good and evil - 1871 - 358 pages
...of type " has been called the "soul" of Natural history. " What can be more curious/' says Darwin, " than that the hand of a man formed for grasping, that of a mole for digging, the leg of the horse, the wing of the bat, and the paddle of the porpois should all be constructed on the same pattern, and should... | |
 | George St. Clair - Evolution - 1873 - 280 pages
...independently of their habits of life, resemble each other in the general plan of their organization : the hand of a man, formed for grasping ; that of a mole, made for digging ; the leg of the horse, the paddle of the porpoise, and the wing of the bat, are all... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1875 - 504 pages
...of the most interesting departments of natural history, and may almost be said to be its very soul. What can be more curious than that the hand of a man,...that of a mole for digging, the leg of the horse, tho paddle of the porpoise, and tho wing of the bat, should all be constructed on the same pattern,... | |
 | James Samuelson, Sir William Crookes - Science - 1877 - 600 pages
...is one of the most interesting departments of natural history, and may be said to be its very soul. What can be more curious than that the hand of a man,...for grasping, that of a mole for digging, the leg of a horse, the paddle of a porpoise, and the wing of a bat. should all be constructed on the same pattern,... | |
 | Science - 1877 - 612 pages
...is one of the most interesting departments of natural history, and may be said to be its very soul. What can be more curious than that the hand of a man,...for grasping, that of a mole for digging, the leg of a horse, the paddle of a porpoise, and the wing of a bat. should all be constructed on the same pattern,... | |
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