 | 1877 - 506 Seiten
...name of religion and common sense, we refuse to surrender. Mr; Darwin says, page 25 of his book, " It is only our natural prejudice, and that arrogance...demi-gods, which leads us to demur to this conclusion." Cool and modest that, isn't it ? Looking at Man as he is now, it is impossible not to see that he is... | |
 | 1872 - 882 Seiten
...paragraph (vol. i. pp. 31, 32), he says, of the doctrine of the descent of man from the brutes : " It is only our natural prejudice and that arrogance...declare that they were descended from demi-gods which lead us to demur to this conclusion." Surely, Mr. Darwin cannot believe that the many who reject his... | |
 | 1871 - 808 Seiten
...were sufficient reason (of another kind) to justify a belief in such other mode of origin. Mr. Darwin says : — "It is only our natural prejudice, and...forefathers declare that they were descended from demi gods, which leads us to demur to this conclusion." (vol. ip 32.) But this is not the case ; for... | |
 | Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1895 - 692 Seiten
...our own structure, and that of all the animals around us, is a mere snare laid to entrap our judgment It is only our natural prejudice, and that arrogance...demigods, which leads us to demur to this conclusion. But the time will before long come when it will be thought wonderful that naturalists, who were well... | |
 | 1872 - 832 Seiten
...paragraph (vol. i. pp. 31, 32), he says, of the doctrine of the descent of man from the brutes : " It is only our natural prejudice and that arrogance...declare that they were descended from demi-gods which lead us to demur to this conclusion." Surely, Mr. Darwin cannot believe that the many who reject his... | |
 | 1872 - 822 Seiten
...paragraph (vol. i. pp. 31, 32), he says, of the doctrine of the descent of man from the brutes : " It is only our natural prejudice and that arrogance...forefathers declare that they were descended from dcmi-gods which lead us to demur to this conclusion." Surely, Mr. Darwin cannot believe that the many... | |
 | 1871 - 678 Seiten
...from their affinities or classification, their geographical distribution) and geological succession. It is only our natural prejudice, and that arrogance...declare that they were descended from demi-gods, which lead us to demur to this conclusion. But the time will before long come when it will be thought wonderful... | |
 | 1871 - 650 Seiten
...were sufficient reason (of another kind) to justify a belief in such other mode of origin. Mr. Darwin says : — ' It is only our natural prejudice, and...view would be to contradict other truths which to thorn are far more evident He also makes the startling assertion that to take any other view than his... | |
 | 1871 - 606 Seiten
...were sufficient reason (of another kind) to justify a belief in such other mode of origin. Mr. Darwin says : — •' It is only our natural prejudice,...conclusion' (vol. ip 32). But this is not the case ; for manv demur to his conclusion because they believe that to accept his view would be to contradict other... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1871 - 554 Seiten
...from their affinities or classification, their geographical distribution and geological succession. It is only our natural prejudice, and that arrogance...demi-gods, which leads us to demur to this conclusion. But the time will before long come when it will be thought wonderful, that naturalists, who were well... | |
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It is only our natural prejudice, and that arrogance which made our forefathers declare that they were descended from demi-gods, which leads us to demur to this conclusion. 
