 But as my conclusions have lately been much misrepresented, and it has been stated that I attribute the modification of species exclusively to natural selection, I may be permitted to remark that in the first edition of this work, and subsequently, I...  The American Naturalist - Page 781909Full view - About this book
 | Theology - 1882 - 524 pages
...I may be permitted to remark that in the first edition of this work, and subsequently, I placed in a most conspicuous position — namely, at the close...main but not the exclusive means of modification."' l The importance, from a religious point of view, of the concession that the modification of species... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1883 - 494 pages
...I may be permitted to remark that in the first edition of this work, and subsequently, I placed in a most conspicuous position — namely, at the close...misrepresentation ; but the history of science shows that fortunately this power does not long endure. It can hardly be supposed that a false theory would explain,... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - Science - 1887 - 470 pages
...encounter in their studies. Darwin has distinctly said in his first edition of the ' Origin of Species,' " I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not the exclusive means of modification ; " and in his sixth edition of the same work, in quoting these words, he laments that he is still... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - Science - 1887 - 352 pages
...encounter in their studies. Darwin has distinctly said in his first edition of the ' Origin of Species,' " I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not the exclusive means of modification ; " and in his sixth edition of the same work, in quoting these words, he laments that he is still... | |
 | Roscoe Lorenzo Eames - Shorthand - 1883 - 256 pages
...immutable, but that those which belong to the same genera are really descended from the same species. I am convinced that natural selection has been the...main, but not the exclusive means of modification." Now, here is the grand proposition or declaration of variability of species, and how the variations... | |
 | Benjamin G. Ferris - Evolution - 1883 - 474 pages
...as the acknowledged varieties of any one species are the descendants of that species. Furthermore, I am convinced that Natural Selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification. " (2-13). Again, "by my theory, these allied species have descended... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1884 - 396 pages
...I may be permitted to remark that in the first edition of this work, and subsequently, I placed in a most conspicuous position — namely, at the close...misrepresentation ; but the history of science shows that fortunately this power does not long endure. It can hardly be supposed that a false theory would explain,... | |
 | Science - 1884 - 828 pages
...206) ; we may infer accordingly the calibre of the prototypal instincts. 9. Mr. Darwin " placed in a most conspicuous position — namely, at the close...main, but not the exclusive, means of modification.' " (p. 421). Of course, by totally ignoring the ancillary factors an amusing picture of Darwinism can... | |
 | James Samuelson, Sir William Crookes - Science - 1884 - 798 pages
...206) ; we may infer accordingly the calibre of the prototypal instincts. 9. Mr. Darwin " placed in a most conspicuous position — \ namely, at the close...main, but not the exclusive, means of modification.' " (p. 421). Of course, by totally ignoring the ancillary factors an amusing picture of Darwinism can... | |
 | Charles Dixon - Evolution - 1885 - 108 pages
...investigation. It is only fair to say that Darwin states, in his ' Origin of Species,' that he is " convinced that Natural Selection has been the main, but not the exclusive, means of modification." But in that celebrated book we find the other " means of modification " scarcely ever alluded to ;... | |
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