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" Man, like every other animal, has no doubt advanced to his present high condition through a struggle for existence, consequent on his rapid multiplication ; and, if he is to advance still higher, it is to be feared that he must remain subject to a severe... "
Proceedings, American Philosophical Society (vol. 145, no. 4, 2001) - Page 434
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 196

1902 - 642 pages
...made from Darwin, because it would be impossible to state the argument in more pregnant words : — ' Man, like every other animal, has no doubt advanced...multiplication ; and if he is to advance still higher he must remain subject to a severe struggle. Otherwise he would soon sink into indolence, and the more...
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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, Volume 2

Charles Darwin - 1871 - 540 pages
...whilst the reckless many, the inferior members will tend to supplant the better members of society. Man, like every other animal, has no doubt advanced...multiplication ; and if he is to advance still higher he must remain subject to a severe struggle. Otherwise he would soon sink into indolence, and the more...
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Studies in modern problems: by various writers. Ed. by O. Shipley

Studies - 1874 - 374 pages
...a plan for ascertaining by an easy method whether or not consanguineous marriages are injurious to man. . . . Man, like every other animal, has no doubt...multiplication, and if he is to advance still higher he must remain subject to a severe struggle. . . . Hence, there should be -open competition for all...
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The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex

Charles Darwin - 1874 - 840 pages
...through a struggle for exister.o. consequent on his rapid multiplication ; and if he is to advaiii • still higher, it is to be feared that he must remain subject to s severe struggle. Otherwise he would sink into indolence, ani the more gifted men would not be more...
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The Population Question According to T. R. Malthus and J. S. Mill: Giving ...

Charles Robert Drysdale - 1892 - 122 pages
...marriage, whilst the reckless marry, the inferior members tend to supplant the better members of society. Man, like every other animal, has no doubt advanced...he would sink into indolence, and the more gifted man would not be more successful in the battle of life than the less gifted. Hence our natural rate...
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The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer ...

1902 - 200 pages
...marriage, while the reckless marry, the inferior members tend to supplant the better members of society. Man, like every other animal, has no doubt advanced...multiplication; and if he is to advance still higher, he must remain subject to a severe struggle. Otherwise he would sink into indolence, and the more gifted...
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Maori Symbolism: Being an Account of the Origin, Migration, and Culture of ...

Hohepa Te Rake, Ettie Annie Rout - 1926 - 412 pages
...unjustifiable advantages : it interfered with the workings of the God of Nature ; hence it was sinful. " Man, like every other animal, has no doubt advanced...existence consequent on his rapid multiplication. Otherwise he would soon sink into indolence, and the more highly-gifted men would not be more successful...
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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, Volumes 1-2

Charles Darwin - 1981 - 964 pages
...whilst the reckless marry, the inferior members will tend to supplant the better members of society. Man, like every other animal, has no doubt advanced...multiplication; and if he is to advance still higher he must remain subject to a severe struggle. Otherwise he would soon sink into indolence, and the more...
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One Culture: Essays in Science and Literature

George Lewis Levine, Alan Rauch - 1987 - 372 pages
...during the last ten or twelve generations to that great country, and have there succeeded best. (p. 142) Man, like every other animal, has no doubt advanced...condition through a struggle for existence consequent upon his rapid multiplication; and if he is to advance still higher, it is to be feared that he must...
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Darwin without Malthus: The Struggle for Existence in Russian Evolutionary ...

Daniel P. Todes - 1989 - 242 pages
...whilst the reckless marry, the inferior members will tend to supplant the better members of society. Man, like every other animal, has no doubt advanced...multiplication; and if he is to advance still higher he must remain subject to a severe struggle. Otherwise he would soon sink into indolence, and the more...
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