 ... may not, some day, be artificially brought together. All I feel justified in affirming is, that I see no reason for believing that the feat has been performed yet. And, looking back through the prodigious vista of the past, I find no record of the...  The Evolution of the Earth and Its Inhabitants - Page 107by Joseph Barrell - 1918 - 208 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1870 - 846 pages
...appearance. Belief, in the scientific sense of the word, is a serious matter, and needs strong foundation!. To say, therefore, in the admitted absence of evidence, that I have any belief as to the mode in which the existing forms of life have originated, would be using words in a wrong sense. But expectation... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - Science - 1870 - 400 pages
...justified in affirming is, that I see no reason for believing that the feat has been performed yet. And, looking back through the prodigious vista of the past,...evidence, that I have any belief as to the mode in which the existing forms of life have originated, would be using words in a wrong sense. But expectation... | |
 | Geology - 1870 - 500 pages
...justified in affirming is that I see no reason for believing that the feat has been performed yet. And looking back through the prodigious vista of the past,...evidence, that I have any belief as to the mode in which the existing forms of life have originated, would be using words in a wrong sense. But expectation... | |
 | American periodicals - 1870 - 870 pages
...justified in affirming is, that I see no reason for believing that the feat has been performed yet. And, looking back through the prod'igious vista of the...needs strong foundations. To say, therefore, in the admiited absence of evidence, that I have any belief as to the mode in which the existing forms of... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - 1871 - 714 pages
...justified in affirming is, that I see no reason for believing that the feat has been performed yetAnd, looking back through the prodigious vista of the past,...evidence, that I have any belief as to the mode in which the existing forms of life have originated, would be using words in a wrong sense. But expectation... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1871 - 398 pages
...justified in affirming is, that I see no reason for believing that the feat has been performed yet. And, looking back through the prodigious vista of the past,...evidence, that I have any belief as to the mode in which the existing forms of life have originated, would be using words in a wrong sense. But expectation... | |
 | 1871 - 372 pages
...justified in affirming is, that I see no reason for believing that the feat has been performed yet. And, looking back through the prodigious vista of the past,...evidence, that I have any belief as to the mode in which the existing forms of life have originated, would be using words in a wrong sense. But expectation... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1871 - 372 pages
...justified in affirming is, that I see no reason for believing that the feat has been performed yet. And, looking back through the prodigious vista of the past,...evidence, that I have any belief as to the mode in which the existing forms of life have originated, would be using words in a wrong sense. But expectation... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - Evolution (Biology) - 1871 - 408 pages
...affirming is, that I see no reason for believing that the feat has been performed yet. And, looking Tjack through the prodigious vista of the past, I find no...evidence, that I have any belief as to the mode in which the existing forms of life have originated, would be using words in a wrong sense. But expectation... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1871 - 668 pages
...the prodigious vista of the past, I find но record of the commencement of life, and therefore I &ш devoid of any means of forming a definite conclusion...the admitted absence of evidence, that I have any beUef as to the mode in which the exist me forms of Ufe have originated, would be using words in a... | |
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