An Investigation of the Theories of the Natural History of ManBaker & Scribner, 1848 - 739 pages |
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Page xi
... tion , than in the expectation of giving my speculations to the public , except through the pages of some of the current periodicals . It was , therefore , written in the plural number ; a method which would not have been adopted , if I ...
... tion , than in the expectation of giving my speculations to the public , except through the pages of some of the current periodicals . It was , therefore , written in the plural number ; a method which would not have been adopted , if I ...
Page xvi
... tion , which animals do not . Theories of distribution . One Centre . Several Centres . Spontaneous productions . Plants in Europe , Asia , Africa , New Holland , and America . America contains nearly one half of the phaneroga- mous ...
... tion , which animals do not . Theories of distribution . One Centre . Several Centres . Spontaneous productions . Plants in Europe , Asia , Africa , New Holland , and America . America contains nearly one half of the phaneroga- mous ...
Page xxi
... tion of Shemitic intellect by the infusion of the German . Greeks best quali- fied for types , Germans for progression . Precocious and early maturity of the Grecian , more than compensated by the substance of the German element ...
... tion of Shemitic intellect by the infusion of the German . Greeks best quali- fied for types , Germans for progression . Precocious and early maturity of the Grecian , more than compensated by the substance of the German element ...
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... the present state of knowledge they have not sufficient substance to form a founda- tion . Assuming the European skull as the standard of perfection , the Western Asiatic nations have decidedly better 28 COMPARATIVE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY .
... the present state of knowledge they have not sufficient substance to form a founda- tion . Assuming the European skull as the standard of perfection , the Western Asiatic nations have decidedly better 28 COMPARATIVE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY .
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... tion of all races the same ? But it proves too much ; for if the Negro is an immature Caucasian , the fish is an immature Caucasian also , only requiring a greater number of transmutations . Progressive de- velopists have already seized ...
... tion of all races the same ? But it proves too much ; for if the Negro is an immature Caucasian , the fish is an immature Caucasian also , only requiring a greater number of transmutations . Progressive de- velopists have already seized ...
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Page 144 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 60 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Page 474 - I have observed among all nations that the women ornament themselves more than the men ; that, wherever found, they are the same kind, civil, obliging, humane, tender beings; that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest...
Page 96 - But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa ; and he found a ship going to Tarshish : so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
Page 474 - I never addressed myself, in the language of decency and friendship, to a woman, whether civilized or savage, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise.
Page 52 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth ; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page 52 - I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page 125 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth : and it was so.
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