 | 1902 - 642 pages
...been urged by his critics, his deliberate judgement on the efficiency of natural selection : — 1 It may metaphorically be said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinising, throughout the world, the slightest variations ; rejecting those that are bad, preserving... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1861 - 716 pages
...appears endowed with the highest attributes of wisdom and omnipotence. Here is its apotheosis : It may be said that natural selection is daily and hourly...scrutinizing throughout the world every variation, even the sfightest ; rejecting that which is bad, preserving and adding up all that is good; silently and insensibly... | |
 | Criticism - 1861 - 1148 pages
...extent of endowing Nature with creative self-activity. Darwin puts this in so many words, when he says that " Natural Selection is daily and hourly scrutinizing,...is bad, preserving and adding up all that is good ; silently and insensibly working, whenever and wherever opportunity offers, at the improvement of... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 1861 - 992 pages
...extent of endowing Nature with creative self-activity. Darwin puts this in so many words, when he says that " Natural Selection is daily and hourly scrutinizing,...variation, even the slightest ; rejecting that which is had, preserving and adding up all that is good ; silently and insensibly working, whenever and wherever... | |
 | American periodicals - 1871 - 878 pages
...Providences. If, then, that should be true which Mr. Darwin writes — "It may be metaphori-j cally said that natural selection is daily | and hourly...rejecting that which is bad, preserving and adding up that which is good, silently and incessantly working whenever and wherever opportunity otters at the... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1316 pages
...more penetrating. Nothingescapes her keen eye. " Natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinising throughout the world every variation, even the slightest...is bad, preserving and adding up all that is good, silently and insensibly working, wherever and whenever opportunity offers, at the improvement of each... | |
 | 1860 - 656 pages
...? " It may be said," answers the author, " that Natural Selection is daily and hourly scrutinising, throughout the world, every variation, even the slightest...is bad, preserving and adding up all that is good ; silently and insensibly working, whenever and wherever opportunity offers, at the improvement of... | |
 | 1861 - 824 pages
...life. " Can we wonder that nature's productions should be far truer in character than man's? "It may be said that natural selection is daily and hourly...is bad, preserving and adding up all that is good ; silently and insensibly working, whenever and wherever opportunity offers, at the improvement of... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1861 - 716 pages
...appears endowed with the highest attributes of wisdom and omnipotence. Here is its apotheosis : It may be said that natural selection is daily and hourly...is bad, preserving and adding up all that is good ; silently and insensibly working, whenever and wherever opportunity offers, at the improvement of... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1861 - 470 pages
...of far higher workmanship ? It may be said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinising, throughout the world, every variation, even the slightest...is bad, preserving and adding up all that is good ; silently and insensibly working, whenever and wherever opportunity offers, at the improvement of... | |
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It may be said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinizing, throughout the world, every variation, even the slightest; rejecting that which is bad, preserving, and adding up all that is good; silently and insensibly working, whenever and wherever... 
