The student of Nature wonders the more and is astonished the less, the more conversant he becomes with her operations ; but of all the perennial miracles she offers to his inspection, perhaps the most worthy of admiration is the development of a plant... Foundations of Biology - Page 52by Lorande Loss Woodruff - 1922 - 476 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1864 - 382 pages
...all the physical phenomena of the universe, as much as in organic bodies. PHYSIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION. The student of nature wonders the more, and is astonished...worthy of admiration is the development of a plant or an animal from its embryo. Examine the recently laid egg of some animal, such as a salamander or a... | |
| Industrial arts - 1865 - 372 pages
...all the physical phenomena of the universe, as much as in organic bodies. PHYSIOLOGY OF EEPKODUCTION. The student of nature wonders the more, and is astonished...worthy of admiration is the, development of a plant or an animal from its embryo. Examine the recently laid egg of some animal, such as a salamander or a... | |
| Industrial arts - 1865 - 372 pages
...universe, as much as in organic bodies. PHYSIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION. The student of nature wonders the.more, and is astonished the less, the more conversant he...worthy of admiration is the development of a plant or an animal from its embryo. Examine the recently laid egg of some animal, such as a salamander or a... | |
| Industrial arts - 1867 - 378 pages
...all the physical phenomena of the universe, as much as in organic bodies. PHYSIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION. The student of nature wonders the more, and is astonished...worthy of admiration is the development of a plant or an animal from its embryo. Examine the recently laid egg of some animal, such as a salamander or a... | |
| Thomas Henry Huxley - Science - 1870 - 400 pages
...result of that study forms a large and most interesting portion of the physiology of reproduction. The student of Nature wonders the more and is astonished...worthy of admiration is the development of a plant or of an animal from its embryo. Examine the recently laid egg of some common animal, such as a salamander... | |
| 1897 - 1166 pages
...In that statement appears the clergyman, says the ciitic. No! The statement is Professor Huxley's: The student of nature wonders the more and is astonished...worthy of admiration is the development of a plant or of an animal from its embryo. Examine the recently laid egg of some common animal, such as a salamander... | |
| Robert Watts - Biology - 1875 - 84 pages
...feasibility of the two lines of investigation. " The student of nature," says this eminent physiologist, " wonders the more, and is astonished the less, the...worthy of admiration is the development of a plant or of an animal from its embryo. Examine the recently-laid egg of some common animal, such as a salamander... | |
| Lyman Abbott - Faith - 1886 - 202 pages
...Origin of Species, Westminster Review for April, 1 860, reprinted in " Lay Sermons," pp. 260, 261. " The student of Nature wonders the more and is astonished...worthy of admiration is the development of a plant or of an animal from its embryo. Examine the recently laid egg of some common animal, such as a salamander... | |
| Robert Watts - Apologetics - 1888 - 440 pages
...feasibility of the two lines of investigation : — " The student of nature," says this eminent physiologist, "wonders the more, and is astonished the less, the...worthy of admiration is the development of a plant or of an animal from its embryo. Examine the recently-laid CHANGES DURING INCUBATION TELEOLOGICAL. 113... | |
| Lewis Thornton - Philosophy and religion - 1890 - 396 pages
...Professor Huxley's beautiful description of the development of a plant or an animal from its embryo. " The student of nature wonders the more and is astonished the less, the more conversant he becomes 1 From the tone of these essays, this will hardly be mistaken to imply that instances of successful... | |
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