I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term Natural Selection, in order to mark its relation to man's power of selection. What is Darwinism? - Page 31by Charles Hodge - 1874 - 178 pagesFull view - About this book
| English literature - 1860 - 566 pages
...external nature, will tend to the preservation of that individual, and will generally be inherited by its offspring. The offspring, also, will thus have a better...slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection, in order to mark its relation to man's power of selection. We have seen that... | |
| American periodicals - 1860 - 894 pages
...individual, and will generally be inherited by its offspring. The offspring, also, will thus have a bctler chance of surviving, for, of the many individuals...slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection, in order to mark its relation to raun's power of selection. Wo have seen that... | |
| Charles Dickens - English literature - 1860 - 638 pages
...conditions, will tend to the preservation of that individual, and will generally be inherited by its offspring. The offspring, also, will thus have a better...periodically born, but a small number can survive. This'is Natural Selection—a power which acts during long ages, rigidly scrutinising the whole constitution,... | |
| Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1861 - 470 pages
...external nature, will tend to the preservation of that individual, and will generally be inherited by its offspring. The offspring, also, will thus have a better...slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection, in order to mark its relation to man's power of selection. We have seen that... | |
| Methodist Church - 1863 - 718 pages
...external nature, will tend to the preservation of that individual, and will generally be inherited by its offspring. The offspring, also, will thus have a better...slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection, in order to mark its relation to man's power of selection. It matters not how... | |
| Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1864 - 472 pages
...individual, and will generally be inherited by its offspring. The offspring, also, will thus have aHbetter chance of surviving, for, of the many individuals...slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection, in order to mark its relation to man's power of selection. We have seen that... | |
| Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1866 - 668 pages
...conditions of life, will tend to the preservation of that individual, and will generally be inherited by its offspring. The offspring, also, will thus have a better...to mark its relation to man's power of selection. We have seen that man by selection can certainly produce great results, and can adapt organic beings... | |
| Robert Mackenzie Beverley - Evolution - 1867 - 598 pages
...were* selected.' Now that this is the real meaning of this mystery, Mr Darwin frankly acknowledges : ' I have called this principle, by which each slight...order to mark its relation to man's power of selection ' (64). This important passage reveals to us the motive which prompted Mr Darwin to invent the term,... | |
| Robert Mackenzie Beverley - Evolution - 1867 - 406 pages
...were* selected.' Now that this is the real meaning of this mystery, Mr Darwin frankly acknowledges : ' I have called this principle, by which each slight...order to mark its relation to man's power of selection ' (64). This important passage reveals to us the motive which prompted Mr Darwin to invent the term,... | |
| Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1887 - 676 pages
...tend to \^ preservation oi tliat individual, and will generally be inherited by its offspring. ... I have called this principle by which each slight...to mark its relation to man's power of selection." And who will not recognize the wisdom of his selection of the term ? It has been before observed that... | |
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