 | 1902 - 642 страници
...ii. p. 39. § Essay H, vol. ip 7. he said, ' not to pin our faith to that or any other specula' tion, but to get hold of clear and definite conceptions...provided us with the ' working hypothesis we sought.' * Darwin, in fact, assisted by Lyell, succeeded where Herbert Spencer had failed in converting Huxley... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1887 - 416 страници
...were looking for, and could not find, was a hypothesis respecting the origin of known organic forms, which assumed the operation of no causes but such...provided us with the working hypothesis we sought. Moreover, it did the immense service of freeing us for ever from the dilemma — refuse to accept the... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1887 - 588 страници
...were looking for, and could not find, was a hypothesis respecting the origin of known organic forms, which assumed the operation of no causes but such...hold of clear and definite conceptions which could be * ' Life and Letters,' vol. ii. p. 212. brought face to face with facts and have their validity tested.... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1887 - 586 страници
...were looking for, and could not f1nd, was a hypothesis respecting the origin of known organic forms, which assumed the operation of no causes but such...hold of clear and definite conceptions which could be * ' Life and Letters,' vol. ii. p. 212. brought face to face with facts and have their validity tested.... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1887 - 570 страници
...were looking for, and could not find, was a hypothesis respecting the origin of known organic forms, which assumed the operation of no causes but such...hold of clear and definite conceptions which could be * ' Life and Letters,' vol. ii. p. 212. brought face to face with facts and have their validity tested.... | |
 | William Parker Cutler - 1888 - 1034 страници
...were looking for, and could not find, was a hypothesis respecting the origin of known organic forms, which assumed the operation of no causes but such...hold of clear and definite conceptions which could be * ' Life and Letters," vol. ii. p. 213. brought face to face with facts and have their validity tested.... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1891 - 592 страници
...were looking for, and could not find, was a hypothesis respecting the origin of known organic forms, which assumed the operation of no causes but such...provided us with the working hypothesis we sought. Moreover, it did the immense service of freeing us for ever from the dilemma — refuse to accept the... | |
 | James Iverach - 1894 - 252 страници
...were looking for and could not find was a hypothesis respecting the origin of known organic forms, which assumed the operation of no causes but such...Origin provided us with the working hypothesis we wanted. Moreover, it did the immense service of freeing us for ever from the dilemma, Refuse to accept... | |
 | James Iverach - 1894 - 264 страници
...hypothesis respecting the origin of known organic forms, which assumed the operation of no causes but sueh as could be proved to be actually at work. We wanted...Origin provided us with the working hypothesis we wanted. Moreover, it did the immense service of freeing us for ever from the dilemma, Refuse to accept... | |
 | James Iverach - 1894 - 264 страници
...Origin guided the benighted." (P. 197.) The Professor is enthusiastic, and we do not wonder. He had "got hold of clear and definite conceptions which could be brought face to face with facts." The conceptions, as we have seen, are not quite clear. The appropriate machinery was largely metaphorical... | |
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That which we were looking for and could not find was a hypothesis respecting the origin of known organic forms which assumed the operation of no causes but such as could be proved to be actually at work. We wanted, not to pin our faith to that or any... 
