 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1890 - 616 страници
...endeavored to bring before you this afternoon, does not the following statement of Darwin possess new force? "An organic being is a microcosm, a little universe, formed of a host of self propagating organisms, inconceivably minute and as numerous as the stars in Heaven." PAPERS READ.... | |
 | James Samuelson, William Crookes - 1868 - 664 страници
...hypothesis here advanced, this complexity is much increased. Each living creature must be looked at as a microcosm — a little universe formed of a host...self-propagating organisms, inconceivably minute, and as numerous as the stars in the heaven." In regard to the latter portion of this paragraph, we cordially... | |
 | 1868 - 540 страници
...variability, the development and renovation of each living organism Each living creature must be looked at as a microcosm — a little universe, formed of a host...self-propagating organisms, inconceivably minute, and as numerous as the stars in heaven." We should certainly hesitate to accept this hypothesis, but it... | |
 | 1868 - 690 страници
...reproductive system, but each cell generates its kind. .... Each living creature must be looked at as a microcosm, a little universe, formed of a host of...self-propagating organisms, inconceivably minute, and as numerous as the stars in heaven." The hypothesis of " pangenesis " thus rests on the assumption... | |
 | 1868 - 676 страници
...hypothesis here advanced, this complexity is much increased. Each living creature must be looked at as a microcosm — a little universe formed of a host...self-propagating organisms, inconceivably minute, and as numerous as the stars in the heaven." In regard to the latter portion of this paragraph, we cordially... | |
 | 1869 - 400 страници
...the development, and renovation of each living organism. Each living creature must be looked at as a microcosm, — a little universe formed of a host...self-propagating organisms, inconceivably minute, and as numerous as the stars in, heaven." For a further development of the theory the reader is referred... | |
 | 1869 - 400 страници
...the development, and renovation of each living organism. Each living creature must be looked at as a microcosm, — a little universe formed of a host...self-propagating organisms, inconceivably minute, and as numerous as the stars in heaven." For a further development of the theory the reader is referred... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1876 - 544 страници
...imperfect as this confessedly is, to connect under one point of view these several grand classes of facts. An organic being is a microcosm — a little universe,...inconceivably minute and numerous as the stars in heaven. 39 CHAPTER XXVIII. CONCLUDING REMARKS. DOMESTICATION — NATt'HE AND CAV8ES OF VARIABILITY — SELECTION... | |
 | Alexander Wilford Hall - 1880 - 544 страници
...hypothesis here adranced this complexity is much increased. Each living creature must be looked at as a microcosm — a little universe — formed of a...self-propagating organisms, inconceivably minute, and as numerous its the start of heaven. " — Animals and Plants, vol. ii., p. 483. The "hypothesis" to... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1884 - 396 страници
...imperfect as this confessedly is, to connect under one point of view these several grand classes of facts. An organic being is a microcosm — a little universe,...inconceivably minute and numerous as the stars in heaven. XV. OBJECTIONS TO THE THEORY OP DESCENT WITH MODIFICATION CONSIDERED. Origin of SEVBRAL writers have... | |
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An organic being is a microcosm — a little universe, formed of a host of self-propagating organisms, inconceivably minute and numerous as the stars in heaven. 
