Lay Sermons, Addresses, and ReviewsMacmillan and Company, 1870 - 378 páginas |
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... Darwinian of theorists will not venture to pro- pound the doctrine , that the physical disabilities under which women have hitherto laboured , in the struggle for existence with men , are likely to be removed by even the most skilfully ...
... Darwinian of theorists will not venture to pro- pound the doctrine , that the physical disabilities under which women have hitherto laboured , in the struggle for existence with men , are likely to be removed by even the most skilfully ...
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... Darwin , to go no further back than the contemporaries of men of middle age , can afford to smile at such a suggestion . England can show now , as she has been able to show in every generation since civilization spread over the West ...
... Darwin , to go no further back than the contemporaries of men of middle age , can afford to smile at such a suggestion . England can show now , as she has been able to show in every generation since civilization spread over the West ...
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... been brought against us , rather shows that we have exercised a wise discrimination in declining , for the present , to meddle with our foundations . XII . THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES . MR . DARWIN's X1 . ] 279 GEOLOGICAL REFORM .
... been brought against us , rather shows that we have exercised a wise discrimination in declining , for the present , to meddle with our foundations . XII . THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES . MR . DARWIN's X1 . ] 279 GEOLOGICAL REFORM .
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... Darwin's book , or , at least , has given an opinion upon its merits or demerits ; pietists , whether lay or ecclesiastic , decry it with the mild railing which sounds so charitable ; bigots denounce it with ignorant invective ; old ...
... Darwin's book , or , at least , has given an opinion upon its merits or demerits ; pietists , whether lay or ecclesiastic , decry it with the mild railing which sounds so charitable ; bigots denounce it with ignorant invective ; old ...
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... Darwin's work at greater or less length ; and so many disquisitions , of every degree of excellence , from the poor product of ignorance , too often stimulated by prejudice , to the fair and thoughtful essay of the candid student of ...
... Darwin's work at greater or less length ; and so many disquisitions , of every degree of excellence , from the poor product of ignorance , too often stimulated by prejudice , to the fair and thoughtful essay of the candid student of ...
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