 I believe that animals have descended from at most only four or five progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number.  Annual Report - Side 270av Ohio State Board of Agriculture - 1871Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) - 1885 - 730 sider
...with modification embraces all the members of the same class. I believe that animals have desconded from at most only four or five progenitors, and plants from an equal or less number. " Analogy would lead me one step further, namely to the belief that all animals and plants... | |
 | 1861 - 716 sider
...modification to members of the same class. Then he launches out still more boldly and says : " I believe that animals have descended from at most only four or five progenitors, and plants from an equal or less number." (Page 419.) He seems inclined to stop again at this point, but a little thought soon... | |
 | 1860 - 1172 sider
...Notices of Books. 517 from the facts of animal and vegetable life warrants the conclusion, that Ml living animals "have descended from, at most, only four or...progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number. Analogy would lead me one step further, namely, to the belief that all animals and plants have descended... | |
 | 1875 - 828 sider
...operation of natural causes. In his work on the " Origin of Species" he snys " I believe that animals are descended from at most only four or five progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number." On the same page he goes much further : " Analogy would lead me one step farther, namely, to the belief... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1861 - 276 sider
...parts afresh." Darwin himself recognises this difficulty. Hence he says, in summing up, "I believe that all animals have descended from at most only four or five progenitors." But at this stage of his argument, the demands of his theory are imperative, and he adds — " Analogy... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1316 sider
...ensures the propagation of individuals in whom this divergence is maintained : this * " I believe that animals have descended from at most only four or five...progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number." — Origin of Species, p. 484. Mr Darwin goes on to say: " Analogy would lead one step further, namely,... | |
 | 1860 - 800 sider
...of descent with modification embraces all the members of the same class." Furthermore, " I believe that all animals have descended from at most only...progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number." Seeing that analogy as strongly suggests a further step in the same direction, while he protests that... | |
 | 1860 - 880 sider
...twenty years, and whose opinions are of weight, and worthy of consideration : — " I believe that animals have descended from at most only four or five...progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number Analogy would lead me one step further, namely, to the belief that all animals and plants have descended... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1860 - 1176 sider
...12mo. pp. 432. from the facts of animal and vegetable life warrants the conclusion, that all living animals " have descended from, at most, only four...progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number. Analogy would lead me one step further, namely, to the belief that all animals and plants have descended... | |
 | 1860 - 512 sider
...the theory of descent with modification embraces all the members of the same class. I believe that animals have descended from at most only four or five...progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number. " Analogy would lead me one step further, namely, to the belief that all animals and plants have descended... | |
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