 | Theology - 1857 - 924 pages
...cycle of progress involving growth and decline. The oxygen molecule may be eternal as far as anything in its nature goes. But the germ-cell is but an incipient...alike in all, upon which the power of each as an. VOL. XIV. No. 56. 74 existence and agent in nature depends. Dr. Morton presented nearly the same idea... | |
 | Geology - 1857 - 532 pages
...unlimited round. Hence, when individuals multiply from generation to generation, it is but a repetitipn of the primordial type-idea ; and the true notion...when he described a species as a primordial organic farm. Having reached this idea as the starting point in our notion of a species, we must still, in... | |
 | Art - 1858 - 608 pages
...began its existence when the first germ-cell or individual was created ; and if several gerui-cella of equivalent force were created, or several individuals,...nearly the same idea when he described a species as aprimordial organic farm, Having reached this Idea aa the starting point hi onr notion of a species,... | |
 | Art - 1858 - 618 pages
...successive instants; and this cycle is such that it includes in its flow, a reproduction, after :ni interval, of a precise equivalent of the parent germ-cell....nearly the same idea when he described a species as i primordial organic form. Having reached this idea as the starting point in our notion of a species,... | |
 | Ebenezer Burgess - 1871 - 510 pages
...But the germcell is but an incipient state in a cycle of changes, * Physiologic V6getale, ii. p. 689. and is not the same for two successive instants ;...each, as an existence and agent in nature, depends." * This is but saying, in exact, scientific language, that all the individuals of a species are developed... | |
 | Ebenezer Burgess - Anthropology - 1871 - 444 pages
...perpetuation of the germ-cell is in fact effected, yet it is not mere endless being, but like evoJving like in an unlimited round. Hence, when individuals...each, as an existence and agent in nature, depends." * This is but saying, in exact, scientific language, that all the individuals of a species are developed... | |
 | Charles Hodge - Presbyterian Church - 1872 - 768 pages
...state. The kingdoms of life in all their magnificent proportions are made from these units." Again,1 "When individuals multiply from generation to generation,...is at the basis of every individual of the group." Here we reach solid ground. Unity of species does not consist in unity or sameness of organic structure,... | |
 | Charles Hodge - Evolution - 1874 - 190 pages
...naturalists, it remains true that there are what Professor Dana calls " units " of the organic world. " When individuals multiply from generation to generation,...group, but in the idea or potential element which is the basis of every individual of the group."1 Dr. Morton's definition of species as " primordial organic... | |
 | William Greenough Thayer Shedd - Theology, Doctrinal - 1888 - 572 pages
...demi-wolves, are cleped all by the name of dogs." A true species is self-perpetuating. Says Dana, " When individuals multiply from generation to generation,...group, but in the idea or potential element which is the basis of every individual of the group." Bib. Sacra, 1857, p. 8(51. 5. Fifthly, this theory of... | |
 | William Greenough Thayer Shedd - Theology, Doctrinal - 1888 - 820 pages
...a hen can produce only a chicken, and the egg of a codfish only a cod." Similarly Dana says, that " the true notion of the species is not in the resulting...is at the basis of every individual of the group." " Here," says Hodge, " we reach solid ground. Unity of species does not consist in unity or sameness... | |
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Hence, when individuals multiply from generation to generation, it is but a repetition of the primordial type-idea ; and the true notion of the species is not in the resulting group but in the idea or potential element which is at the basis of every individual... 
