 | Royal Society of Edinburgh - Science - 1886 - 1098 pages
...years. " The plough," he says, "is one of the most ancient and most valuable of man's inventions; hut long before he existed the land was, in fact, regularly...whether there are many other animals which have played as important a part in the history of the world as have these lowly organised creaturea"* Now, while... | |
 | Royal Society of Edinburgh - Science - 1886 - 1120 pages
...county must pass and repass through their bodies every few years. " The plough," he says, "is one of the most ancient and most valuable of man's inventions...whether there are many other animals which have played as important a part in the history of the world as have these lowly organised creatures."* Now, while... | |
 | Evangelical Alliance. Conference - Christian union - 1868 - 788 pages
...religious centres of this country, Geneva, Lausanne, and NeucMtel. What these three little cantons, which have played so important a part in the history of the Eeformation, have in common is, faith : and here, if compared with France, the advantage will certainly... | |
 | William Dexter Wilson - Psychology - 1871 - 312 pages
...also easily perverted and misguided, as we see in the various forms of polytheism and idolatry that have played so important a part in the history of the world. If properly guided, exercised and expressed in word and act, they grow in strength and intensity, like... | |
 | New Hampshire. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1885 - 452 pages
...expanse has passed, and will again pass, every few years through the bodies of worms. The plow is one of the most ancient and most valuable of man's inventions ; but long before it existed the land was, in fact, regularly plowed by earth-worms." Surely, in view of such revelations... | |
 | Science - 1885 - 900 pages
...expanse has passed, and will again pass, every few years, through the bodies of worms. The plow is one of the most ancient and most valuable of man's inventions...before he existed the land was, in fact, regularly plowed by earth-worms. It may be doubted whether there are many other animals which have played so... | |
 | William Dexter Wilson - Psychology - 1880 - 412 pages
...also easily perverted and misguided, as we see in the various forms of polytheism and idolatry that have played so important a part in the history of the world. If properly guided, exercised and expressed in word and act, they grow in strength and intensity, like... | |
 | David Thomas - 1881 - 446 pages
...with which the most famous of modern natural philosophers sums up this monograph are as follows : "• It may be doubted whether there are many other animals...important a part in the history of the world as have theselowly organised creatures." To appreciate the patience, the discernment, and the penetrating genius... | |
 | English periodicals - 1881 - 584 pages
...as that adduced by Mr. Darwin's untiring industry in this extremely interesting volume, it may well be doubted whether there are many other animals which...so important a part in the history of the world as " the poor worm." Studies in the Theory of Descent. By Dr. A. WEISMANN. Translated and edited by RAPHAEL... | |
 | Science - 1882 - 904 pages
...long before he existed the land was in fact regularly plowed, and still continues to be thus plowed, by earthworms. It may be doubted whether there are...important a part in the history of the world as have these lowly-organized creatures." The coral animal is their most conspicuous rival in this claim. ASTRONOMY... | |
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It may be doubted whether there are many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world, as have these lowly organized creatures. 
