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Darwin Made Easy

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 edition. ... is explained by natural selection; that variations occurring in living beings under certain conditions, may be of advantage to the possessor; that the possessor of these has a better chance than others in the battle for life; that he survives when others may perish; that he has a better chance of producing offspring; that to the offspring the special useful characteristic is transmitted; that in them it becomes intensified and ultimately fixed as a permanent mark of the group. Two of the causes of variation in individuals appear to be the varying nature of the conditions of life, and cross fertilisation. Chaptbb II.--ITS DIFFICULTIES. The antagonists of Darwinism are constantly, with much emphasis and repetition, reminding us of the difficulties of the theory. They are not, as a rule, sufficiently generous to confess that their instructor as to those difficulties was Darwin himself. Every weapon against his idea has been placed in iie hands of its opponents by Darwin. Since the publication of the " Origin of Species " in 1859, not a single scientific objection of any moment has been brought forward that was not anticipated in that work. The chief difficulties are the following. The absence of intermediate forms; the perfection of certain organs; the persistence of certain forms of living things; instinct, man, and mind. The Absence of Intel-mediate Farms.--This difficulty is embodied in the frequent question addressed to the evolutionist by unbelievers in science. "Where are the connecting links?" It was urged in the years immediately following the publication of the " Origin of Species," and urged then with' some justice, that the intermediate forms between the different species, genera, orders, classes of plants and animals...

Language: English

Pages: 54

Format: Paperback

Release: September 12, 2013

ISBN 13: 9781230433622

Darwin Made Easy

0/5 ( ratings)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 edition. ... is explained by natural selection; that variations occurring in living beings under certain conditions, may be of advantage to the possessor; that the possessor of these has a better chance than others in the battle for life; that he survives when others may perish; that he has a better chance of producing offspring; that to the offspring the special useful characteristic is transmitted; that in them it becomes intensified and ultimately fixed as a permanent mark of the group. Two of the causes of variation in individuals appear to be the varying nature of the conditions of life, and cross fertilisation. Chaptbb II.--ITS DIFFICULTIES. The antagonists of Darwinism are constantly, with much emphasis and repetition, reminding us of the difficulties of the theory. They are not, as a rule, sufficiently generous to confess that their instructor as to those difficulties was Darwin himself. Every weapon against his idea has been placed in iie hands of its opponents by Darwin. Since the publication of the " Origin of Species " in 1859, not a single scientific objection of any moment has been brought forward that was not anticipated in that work. The chief difficulties are the following. The absence of intermediate forms; the perfection of certain organs; the persistence of certain forms of living things; instinct, man, and mind. The Absence of Intel-mediate Farms.--This difficulty is embodied in the frequent question addressed to the evolutionist by unbelievers in science. "Where are the connecting links?" It was urged in the years immediately following the publication of the " Origin of Species," and urged then with' some justice, that the intermediate forms between the different species, genera, orders, classes of plants and animals...

Language: English

Pages: 54

Format: Paperback

Release: September 12, 2013

ISBN 13: 9781230433622

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