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Degeneration a Chapter in Darwinism
Excerpt from Degeneration a Chapter in Darwinism
It is the misfortune of those who study that branch of science which our President has done so much to advance - I mean the science of living things - that they are not able, in the midst of a vast assembly, to render visible to all eyes the actual phenomena to which their inquiries are directed.
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It is the misfortune of those who study that branch of science which our President has done so much to advance - I mean the science of living things - that they are not able, in the midst of a vast assembly, to render visible to all eyes the actual phenomena to which their inquiries are directed.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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88 pages, Paperback
First published September 25, 2013
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Edwin Ray Lankester
299 books5 followersSir Edwin Ray Lankester KCB FRS (15 May 1847 – 13 August 1929) was a British zoologist.
An invertebrate zoologist and evolutionary biologist, he held chairs at University College London and Oxford University. He was the third Director of the Natural History Museum, and was awarded the Copley Medal of the Royal Society.
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Not to be confused with his father, Edwin Lankester.
An invertebrate zoologist and evolutionary biologist, he held chairs at University College London and Oxford University. He was the third Director of the Natural History Museum, and was awarded the Copley Medal of the Royal Society.
Source: Wikipedia
Not to be confused with his father, Edwin Lankester.
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May 23, 2015
This was just an interesting account of degeneration. I read this in conjunction with Alfred Wallace's brief article "Degeneration" and Stevenson's _Jekyll and Hyde_ so, obviously a completely different field of study, but it brought up interesting questions of how a biological account of degeneration could correlate with moral degeneracy.
January 22, 2015
Fascinating read, but the author had some crazy-pants ideas about evolution/social progress, which he doesn't reveal until the very end.
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