Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 - The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents by John Lord
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On the "Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals" (1872).
"Fertilization of Orchids" (1862), "The Effects of Cross and Self-Fertilization" (1876), and "The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms" (1881). Ill-health, death, and burial. Personality, tastes, and mental characteristics. His beliefs and agnostic attitude toward religion. His prime postulate, that species have been modified during a long course of descent. Antagonistic views on the immutability of species. His theory of natural selection: that all animal and plant life has a common progenitor, difference in their forms arising primarily from beneficial variations. Enunciates in the "Descent of Man" the great principle of Evolution, and the common kinship of man and the lower animals. Biological evidence to sustain this view. Man's moral qualities, and the social instinct of animals. Religious beliefs not innate, nor instinctive. |
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