...man by selection can certainly produce great results, and can adapt organic beings to his own uses, through the accumulation of slight but useful variations,...him by the hand of Nature. But Natural Selection, as we shall hereafter see, is a power incessantly ready for action, and is as immeasurably superior...

...it. Now it should be quite easy to prove this, for natural selection, Mr. Darwin tells us (p. 61), "is a power incessantly ready for action, and is as immeasurably superior to man's feeble etforts as the works of nature are to those of art." Yet he entirely fails to shew that any changes...

...man by selection can certainly produce great results, and can adapt organic beings to his own use*, through the accumulation of slight but useful variations,...him by the hand of Nature. But Natural Selection, as wo shall hereafter sec, is a power incessantly ready for action, and is as immeasurably superior...

...survive."* This is the principle of natural selection — a power incessantly ready for action, and as immeasurably superior to man's feeble efforts as the works of nature are to those of art. The struggle for existence — the battle of life — is the great guiding cause of natural selection,...

...man by selection can certainly produce great results, and can adapt organic beings to his own uses, through the accumulation of slight but useful variations,...him by the hand of Nature. But Natural Selection, as we shall hereafter see, is a power incessantly ready for action, and is as immeasurably superior...

...man by selection can certainly produce great results, and can adapt organic beings to his own uses, through the accumulation of slight but useful variations,...him by the hand of Nature. But Natural Selection, as we shall hereafter see, is a power incessantly ready for action, and is as immeasurably superior...

...this beyond any other writer we shall presently see ; indeed, he comprehensively informs us that ' Natural Selection is a power incessantly ready for...efforts, as the works of nature are to those of art ' (65). This, however, is not a very fortunate illustration ; for, as Mr Darwin makes Nature, and Nature's...

...Sequence of Events as ascertained by us' (224). And again : ' The Sequence of Events as ascertained by us, is a power incessantly ready for action ; and is as...efforts, as the works of Nature are to those of Art ' (65). meaning of the terra, ' the Sequence of Events as ascertained by us,' and it will then be seen...

...Sequence of Events as ascertained by us' (224). And again : ' The Sequence of Events as ascertained by us, is a power incessantly ready for action ; and is as...superior to man's feeble efforts, as the works of Nature ore to those of Art ' (65). meaning of the term, ' the Sequence of Events as ascertained by us,' and...

...useful variations, given to him by the hand of Nature. But Natural Selection, as we shall nereafter see, is a power incessantly ready for action, and is as immeasurably superior to man s feeble efforts, as the works of Nature are to those of Art. We will now discuss a little more...