Evolution : its nature, its evidences, and its relation to religious thought / by Joseph Le Conte.

  • Joseph LeConte
Date:
1892
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Credit: Evolution : its nature, its evidences, and its relation to religious thought / by Joseph Le Conte. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAGE The basis laid—Agassiz laid inductive basis of evolution, although he refused to build—He established the laws of evolution and per- fected the method of comparison—Importance of method dis- cussed—The method of notation—The method of experiment— The difficulty of applying these to life phenomena—Method of comparison shown—(1) In Taxonomic series—(2) In Ontogcnic series—(3) In Phylogenic series—Cuvier the great worker by comparison in the Taxonomic series—Agassiz in the Ontogenic and Phylogenic—Agassiz also established the three laws of evo- lution given in previous chapter—Thus he laid foundation— Why he did not build—Supposed identity of evolution and ma- terialism—The obstacle being removed and the basis laid, when evolution again brought forward it was universally accepted, because the world was prepared—Place of Agassiz and Darwin compared—Formal science vs. physical science—Illustrated by relation of Kepler to Newton—Relation of Agassiz to time cos- mos similar to that of Kepler to space cosmos—So Darwin to Newton—Some reflections on the above—Gravitation is the law of space cosmos—Evolution of time cosmos—Of the divine spheral music gravitation is the chordal harmony and evolution the melody 37 PAET II. EVIDENCES OF THE TRUTH OF EVOLUTION. CHAPTER I. GENERAL EVIDENCES OF EVOLUTION AS A UNIVERSAL LAW. Evolution is continuity, causal relation, gradual becoming—Increasing acceptance of this idea—First accepted for inorganic forms, mountains, continents and seas, rocks and soils, earth as a whole, heavenly bodies—Therefore acknowledged for all inor- ganics—Influence of geology in bringing about this change— Organic forms: acknowledged for individuals, true for classes, orders, families, genera—Races and varieties also formed gradu- ally—Artificial species formed gradually—Examples of gradual changes in wild species—Hyatt's researches—Other examples —Summing up of general evidence—Suflicient ground for indue-
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