...quotation : " Surely that much-abused philosopher, Lamarck, was not far from the truth when he said, ' the production of a new organ in an animal body results from a new requirement which continues to make itself felt, and from a new movement which this requirement...

...a polypus, would be easily formed, and then laying down as a fundamental law the absurd dogma that the production of a new organ in an animal body results from the wants or desire which the animal may experience for its use ; for instance, that among the lower classes...

...intelligent. Surely that much-abused philosopher, Lamarck, was not far from the truth when he said, "The production of a new organ in an animal body results from a new requirement which continues to make itself felt, and from a new movement which this requirement...

...triumphantly carried the theory of Natural Selection over all obstacles and objections. Lamarck held that " the production of a new organ in an animal body results from any new want or desire it may experience .... other wants will lead to other efforts, which in their...

...morphology, and the structural arrangement of organs and tissues ; or, in the language of Lamarck, that " the production of a new organ in an animal body results from the supervention of a now want continuing to make itself felt, and a new movement which this want gives birth to and encourages;...

...appear to be pretty reliable in the way of development through evolution. His second law was as follows: "The production of a new organ in an animal body results from the supervention of a new want, which continued to make itself felt — a new movement which this want gives birth to and encourages."...

...he explained the whole organization of animals and formation of different organs by four laws :— " 1. Life by its proper forces tends continually to...animal body results from the supervention of a new want (besoin) continuing to make itself felt, and a now movement which this want gives birth to and encourages....

...living body, and to extend the dimensions of its parts up to a self-regulated limit. ' ' Second Law. The production of a new organ in an animal body results from the occurrence of some new need which continues to make itself felt, and from a new movement which this...

...possess it, and to extend the dimensions of their parts, up to the end of the term of life." II. " The production of a new organ in an animal body results from a new need which has arisen unexpectedly, and which continues to make itself felt, and which causes...

...Environment. — Surely that rnuch-abused philosopher, Lamarck, was not far from the truth when he said. "The production of a new organ in an animal body results from a new requirement which continues to make itself felt, and from a new movement which this requirement...