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... origin ; the fact , namely , of conspiring to an end or purpose . To show this , it will be convenient to handle , not the argument from design as a whole , but some one of the most impressive cases of it , such as the structure of the ...
... origin ; the fact , namely , of conspiring to an end or purpose . To show this , it will be convenient to handle , not the argument from design as a whole , but some one of the most impressive cases of it , such as the structure of the ...
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... origin of the mechanism of the eye may be con- nected with the fact of sight . There is another connecting link on which attention has been greatly fixed by recent speculation . This is the principle of natural selection , of " the ...
... origin of the mechanism of the eye may be con- nected with the fact of sight . There is another connecting link on which attention has been greatly fixed by recent speculation . This is the principle of natural selection , of " the ...
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... origins , sets itself problems which are im- possible , not only to human thought , but to every form of thought . An instance of what I mean is the problem of the origin and nature of the universe . Another is the question of the ...
... origins , sets itself problems which are im- possible , not only to human thought , but to every form of thought . An instance of what I mean is the problem of the origin and nature of the universe . Another is the question of the ...
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