Buy Our Heredity from God; Consisting of Lectures on Evolution
close menu
Bookswagon
search
My Account
Home > Art, Film & Photography > Our Heredity from God; Consisting of Lectures on Evolution
Our Heredity from God; Consisting of Lectures on Evolution

Our Heredity from God; Consisting of Lectures on Evolution


     0     
5
4
3
2
1



Out of Stock


Notify me when this book is in stock
X
About the Book

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LECTURE VI. DEVELOPMENT AXD REVERSION. The development of any creature is decided at birth. The pre-natal evolution is of the nature of family history. The post-natal changes are partly of the same nature, and partly of an autobiographical sort. I have shown you how family history is rehearsed by the developing embryo, so that a sponge and a fish start at the same point and travel the same road, and in their company is found the incipient human being. To-day I wish to pass with you in review some of the modifications and remarkable changes that occur in the way of metamorphosis, and see if we can find for these marvels any explanation on the basis of evolution. On the bark of my maple-trees, about this time of the year, may be seen a cicada, emerging from the cleft back of its beetle life. The hooked claws of the beetle are sharply thrust into the bark, while his narrow head and wingless body splits open from top to bottom in a straight line, with one cross slit; and a new creature emerges slowly, with large gauze wings neatly folded against its sides; while a broad head, with large, handsome eyes, looks out inquiringly into the world. After drying awhile it will unfold its wings, and move off to a free life. A nest of worms has hatched on my apple-tree. One of them, having gorged himself for a few days on the green foliage of the tree, has crawled into a hole of a fence-board, and, having spun a wonderful cloth all about himself, hasgone into a state of quiescence. I know that if I pull open the cocoon I shall find a curious chrysalis inside, that is almost as torpid as death, yet is possessed of sensation. I also know that, if undisturbed, it will in a few weeks cut open its own sac and emerge. But now the most wonderful thing of all: he is no longer pupa, nor chry...


Best Sellers


Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780217243964
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 138
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217243967
  • Publisher Date: 08 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 259 gr


Similar Products

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS      0     
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
Our Heredity from God; Consisting of Lectures on Evolution
General Books -
Our Heredity from God; Consisting of Lectures on Evolution
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

Our Heredity from God; Consisting of Lectures on Evolution

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept

    Fresh on the Shelf


    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!
    Your IP: 216.73.216.124 IN