Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism

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Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism

by Asa Gray

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DARWINIANA - PREFACE - ARTICLE I - THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION

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ARTICLE III - NATURAL SELECTION NOT INCONSISTENT WITH NATURAL THEOLOGY - PART I.—Premonitions of Darwinism.—A Proper Subject for Speculation.—Summary of Facts and Ideas suggestive of Hypotheses of Derivation - Part II—Limitations of Theory conceded by Darwin.—What Darwinism explains.—Geological Argument strong in the Tertiary Period.— Correspondence between Rank and Geological Succession—Difficulties in Classification.—Nature of Affinity.—No Absolute Distinction between Vegetable and Animal Kingdoms.—Individuality.—Gradation - PART III.—Theories contrasted.—Early Arguments against Darwinism.—Philosophical and Theological Objections—Theory may be theistic.—Final Cause not excluded.—Cause of Variation unknown.—Three Views of Efficient Cause compatible with Theism.—Agassiz's Objections of a Philosophical Nature.—Minor Objections.—Conclusion - ARTICLE IV - SPECIES AS TO VARIATION, GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION, AND SUCCESSION

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ARTICLE V - SEQUOIA AND ITS HISTORY: THE RELATIONS OF NORTH AMERICAN TO NORTHEAST ASIAN AND TO TERTIARY VEGETATION

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ARTICLE VI - THE ATTITUDE OF WORKING NATURALISTS TOWARD DARWINISM

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ARTICLE VII - EVOLUTION AND THEOLOGY

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ARTICLE VIII - "WHAT IS DARWINISM?"

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ARTICLE IX - CHARLES DARWIN: SKETCH ACCOMPANYING A PORTRAIT IN "NATURE"

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ARTICLE X - INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS

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ARTICLE XI - INSECTIVOROUS AND CLIMBING PLANTS

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About the author

Asa Gray

Asa Gray

1810–1888

A leading American botanist of the 19th century, he helped bring order to the study of North American plants and became one of the most respected scientific voices of his time. His work also helped introduce and defend Charles Darwin’s ideas in the United States.

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