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... mechanical method of interpreting life - a point on which there is much difference of opinion among biologists . There are three things which the mechanical theory has to explain : the beginnings of life , the processes of life in the ...
... mechanical method of interpreting life - a point on which there is much difference of opinion among biologists . There are three things which the mechanical theory has to explain : the beginnings of life , the processes of life in the ...
Page 170
... mechanical law any more than the plant or animal does in maintaining its life . He works upon the material provided by nature and he utilizes natural forces to shape and combine things which , apart from his conscious intention , had no ...
... mechanical law any more than the plant or animal does in maintaining its life . He works upon the material provided by nature and he utilizes natural forces to shape and combine things which , apart from his conscious intention , had no ...
Page 171
... mechanical manipulation and to the mechanical explanation of actual processes . If a man has to make a tea - cup he moulds and burns and paints and glazes the clay . But if he wants to produce a black tulip he does not cut out and paint ...
... mechanical manipulation and to the mechanical explanation of actual processes . If a man has to make a tea - cup he moulds and burns and paints and glazes the clay . But if he wants to produce a black tulip he does not cut out and paint ...
Contents
EIGHTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING JUNE 28 1910 ADDRESS | 9 |
TENNYSON | 16 |
SUMMARY THE EVOLUTION OF ANCIENT INDIAN ARCHITECTURE | 29 |
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