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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: m CKITICISMS ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES 1864] 1. Uebek Bib Dakwin'schb Schopfttngstheokie; VORTRAG, VON A. K6LLIKER. Leipzig, 1864. 2. Examination Du Livre De M. Dakwin Bur Dbs Especes. Par P. Flourens. Paris, 1864. In the course of the present year several foreign commentaries upon Mr. Darwin's great work have made their appearance. Those who have perused that remarkable chapter of the Antiquity of Man, in which Sir Charles Lyell draws a parallel between the development of species and that of languages, will be glad to hear that one of the most eminent philologers of Germany, Professor Schleicher, has, independently, published a most instructive and philosophical pamphlet (an excellent notice of which is to be found in theReader, for February 27th of this year) supporting similar views with all the weight of his special knowledge and established authority as a linguist. Professor Haeckel, to whom Schleicher addresses himself, previously took occasion, in his splendid monograph on the Radiolaria,1 to express his high appreciation of, and general concordance with, Mr. Darwin's views. But the most elaborate criticisms of the Origin of Species which have appeared are two works of very widely different merit, the one by Professor Kolliker, the well-known anatomist and histolo- gist of Wiirzburg; the other by M. Flourens, Perpetual Secretary of the French Academy of Sciences. Professor Kolliker's critical essay Upon the Darwinian Theory is, like all that proceeds from the pen of that thoughtful and accomplished writer, worthy of the most careful consideration. It comprises a brief but clear sketch of Darwin's views, followed by an enumeration of the leading difficulties in the way of their acceptance; difficulties which would appear to be insurmo...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217815215 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217815219 |
| Weight | 0.71 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.49 In |
| List Price | $20.03 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 214 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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