 | Samuel Wilberforce - 1874 - 406 페이지
...remains traced from their earliest known graves are suceeeded one series by another, to the prescut period, and never reappear when once lost sight of...retrospect as the prospect. And not only as respects the vertebrata, but the sum of the animal species at each successive geological period has been distinct... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1862 - 570 페이지
...mind that will not accept such conclusion, the stratified oolitic rocks must cease to be monuments or trustworthy records of the condition of life on the...governs as strongly in the retrospect as the prospect. A nd not only as respects the Vertebrata, but the sum of the animal species at each successive geological... | |
 | Richard Owen - 2003 - 472 페이지
...the lias and oolites were precipitated, as the Delphinidce and Balcenidce did in the tertiary seas, and still do in the present ocean. The unbiassed conclusion...retrospect as the prospect. And not only as respects the Vertebrata, but the sum of the animal species at each successive geological period has been distinct... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1862 - 572 페이지
...general conclusion can be deduced from the large sum of evidence above referred to, and contrasted, it ie against the doctrine of the Uniformitarian. Organic...governs as strongly in the retrospect as the prospect. A nd not only as respects the Vertebrata, but the sum of the animal species at each successive geological... | |
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Organic remains, traced from their earliest known graves, are succeeded, one series by another, to the present period, and never re-appear when once lost sight of in the ascending search. As well might we expect a living Ichthyosaur in the Pacific, as... 
