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" We thus learn that man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with a tail and pointed ears, probably arboreal in its habits, and an inhabitant of the Old World. "
Homo Versus Darwin: A Judicial Examination of Statements Recently Published ... - Page 10
by William Penman Lyon - 1872 - 155 pages
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The General Baptist repository, and Missionary observer [afterw.] The ...

1870 - 406 pages
...our time. The first Adam of Science, according to its chief prophet, is " an ape-like creature," — "a hairy quadruped, furnished with a tail and pointed...in its habits and an inhabitant of the Old World." The first Adam of Scripture suddenly leaps into life by the quickening breath of the Almighty, and...
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London Society, Volume 19

James Hogg, Florence Marryat - English literature - 1871 - 822 pages
...tolerance. The general theory of the work is thus broadly stated (ii. 389): ' We thus learn (query) that man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with...in its habits and an inhabitant of the Old World. This creature, . if its whole structure had been examined by a naturalist, would have been classed...
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Scribners Monthly, Volume 15

Literature - 1878 - 920 pages
...of Science. Mr. Charles Darwin only repeats Helvetius and Lord Monboddo when he tells us, " that man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with...in its habits, and an inhabitant of the Old World." Mr. Spencer literally follows David Hume, when he asserts that the illusion of the freedom of the will...
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The Southern Magazine, Volume 9

1871 - 780 pages
...approximately place them in their proper position in the zoological series. We thus learn that man is descended from a hairy quadruped furnished with...in its habits, and an inhabitant of the Old World. This creature, if its whole structure had been examined by a naturalist, would have been classed among...
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The Contemporary Review, Volume 17

Great Britain - 1871 - 636 pages
...frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin." He adduces many arguments for the belief that " man is descended. from a hairy quadruped, furnished with...its habits, and an inhabitant of the Old 'World." He concludes that " man is the co-descendant with other mammals of a common progenitor." And this genealogy...
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The United Presbyterian Magazine

1871 - 590 pages
...among the inferior animals the monkey is our nearest of kin ! Mr. Darwin says : ' ^Ye lenrn that man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with...in its habits, and an inhabitant of the old world ; ' and lie adduces ' a small projection of the helix, or outward fold of the human ear, к a vestige...
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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, Volume 2

Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1871 - 508 pages
...approximately place them in their proper position in the zoological series. We thus learn that man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with...in its habits, and an inhabitant of the Old World. This creature, if its whole structure had been examined by a naturalist, would have been classed amongst...
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Quarterly Journal of Science, and Annals of Mining, Metallurgy ..., Volume 8

James Samuelson, William Crookes - Science - 1871 - 616 pages
...but deprived of the same advantages of circumstances or of education. Mr. Darwin believes that " man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with...in its habits, and an inhabitant of the Old World ; " though again we are not specifically informed whether this creature is the missing link between...
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The Quarterly Journal of Science, Volume 8

Science - 1871 - 598 pages
...but deprived of the same advantages of circumstances or of education. Mr. Darwin believes that " man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with...in its habits, and an inhabitant of the Old World ; " though again we are not specifically informed whether this creature is the missing link between...
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American Presbyterian Review

Henry Boynton Smith, James Manning Sherwood - Presbyterianism - 1871 - 690 pages
...related, or as effect and cause connected. But now suppose, " Man is descended," according to Darwin, " from a hairy quadruped, furnished with a tail and...in its habits, and an inhabitant of the Old World." yet we have man to deal with, human nature to observe and study scientifically. This study, to say...
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