 IT assume? the properties we call " vital " 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...  The Indiana Journal of Medicine - Pàgina 111875Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1870 - 846 pàgines
...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,...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... | |
 | 1873 - 828 pàgines
...that is, too much to suit the present temper of the evolutionists. " Looking back," says Huxley, " through the prodigious vista of the past, I find no...conclusion as to the conditions of its appearance. . . . But ... if it were given me to look beyond the abyss of geologically-recorded time, ... I should... | |
 | 1871 - 330 pàgines
...been performed yet. Looking back over the past, and finding no record of the commencement of life, I am devoid of any means of forming a definite conclusion as to the condition of its appearance. Belief, in the scientific sense, is a serious matter, and needs strong... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1872 - 422 pàgines
...justified in affirming is, that I see no reason for believing that the feat has been performed jet. And, looking back through the prodigious vista of the past,...a definite conclusion as to the conditions of its appear ance. Belief, in the scientific sense of the word, is a serious matter, and needs strong foundations.... | |
 | Albany Institute - 1872 - 382 pàgines
...thing as spontaneous generation has ever been observed by man. " Looking back," says Prof. Huxley, " through the prodigious vista of the past, I find no...conclusion as to the conditions of its appearance." In his inaugural address, however, Prof. Huxley made no reference to a series of very ingenious experiments,... | |
 | Patricius Walker (pseud. [i.e. William Allingham.]), William Allingham - 1873 - 370 pàgines
...slightest approach to a knowledge of the absolute nature of things. The Professor went on to own himself ' devoid of any means of forming a definite conclusion as to the conditions of its [life's] appearance,' but added that if it were given him to look back to the beginnings of things,... | |
 | William Allingham - 1873 - 764 pàgines
...slightest approach to a knowledge of the absolute nature of things. The Professor went on to own himself ' devoid of any means of forming a definite conclusion as to the conditions of its [life's] appearance,' but added that if it were given him to look back to the beginnings of things,... | |
 | 1875 - 808 pàgines
...Huxley's admission, in his inaugural address before the British Scientific Association, {1871) ; " Looking back through the prodigious vista of the past,...conclusion as to the conditions of its appearance." After such admissions it is not necessary to linger long upon the question of life as related to the... | |
 | Ransom Bethune Welch - 1876 - 320 pàgines
...Huxley's admission, in his inaugural address before the British Scientific Association, (1871) ; " Looking back through the prodigious vista of the past,...conclusion as to the conditions of its appearance : " after such admissions it is not necessary to linger long upon the question of life as related to... | |
 | Ralph Richardson (M.D.) - 1879 - 408 pàgines
...Thomson. t Critiques and Addresses. J Ibid. "I find no record of the commencement of 'life,' Lisas' and therefore, I am devoid of any means of forming a definite conclusion as to the condition of its appearance."* In this passage, " life" must mean either living beings, or the actions... | |
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