A75    Book:     Bettany, G. T. 1887. Life of Charles Darwin. London: Walter Scott.   Text   Image

Life and Work. Modern Review, by W. B. Carpenter, vol. 3, 1882, pp. 500-524 Canadian Monthly, vol. 8, N.S., 1882, pp. 540-542. On a Future State. Spectator, 1882, p. 1249. On Coral Reefs. Nature, by James D. Dana, vol. 10, 1874, pp. 408-410. Nature, by John Murray, vol. 22, 1880, pp. 351-354. Proc. of the Royal Society, Edinb., by John Murray, vol. 10, pp. 505 518 [abstract]. On Earth Worms. Fraser's Magazine, by F A. Paley, vol. 25, N.S., 1882, pp. 46-53. Nature, by George J. Romanes, vol. 24

A336    Book:     Gray, Asa. 1888. Darwiniana: Essays and reviews pertaining to Darwinism. New York: D. Appleton.   Text   Image   PDF

more complete exhibition of design than a flint knife or an hour-glass, I selected, after the example of Paley, the eye, as exhibiting by its complex but harmonious arrangements a higher evidence of design and a designer than is to be found in a nerve sensitive to light, or any mere rudimentary part or organ. I could not mean by skeptic one who believed in design so far as a claw, or a nerve sensitive to light, was concerned, but doubted all above. For one who believes in design at all will

A336    Book:     Gray, Asa. 1888. Darwiniana: Essays and reviews pertaining to Darwinism. New York: D. Appleton.   Text   Image   PDF

57 not informed us Paley in his celebrated analogy with the watch, insists that if the timepiece were so constructed as to produce other similar watches, after a manner of generation in animals, the argument from design would be all the stronger. What is to hinder Mr. Darwin from giving Paley's argument a further a-fortiori extension to the supposed case of a watch which sometimes produces better watches, and contrivances adapted to successive conditions, and so at length turns out a

A336    Book:     Gray, Asa. 1888. Darwiniana: Essays and reviews pertaining to Darwinism. New York: D. Appleton.   Text   Image   PDF

you have not argument for design, but testimony. In Nature we have no testimony; but the argument is overwhelming. Now, note that the argument of the olden time—that of Paley, etc., which your skeptic found so convincing—was always the argument for design in the movement of the balls after deflection. For it was drawn from animals produced by generation, not by creation, and through a long succession of generations or deflections. Wherefore, if the argument for design is perfect in the case of

A336    Book:     Gray, Asa. 1888. Darwiniana: Essays and reviews pertaining to Darwinism. New York: D. Appleton.   Text   Image   PDF

79 design of a watchmaker. He thinks this very reasonable, and, although he sees a difference between the works of Nature and those of mere human art, yet if he can find in any organic body, or part of a body, the same adaptation to its use that he finds in a watch, this truth will go very far toward proving, if it is not entirely conclusive, that, in making it, the powers of life by which it grew were directed by an intelligent, reasoning master. Under the guidance of Paley he takes an eye

A336    Book:     Gray, Asa. 1888. Darwiniana: Essays and reviews pertaining to Darwinism. New York: D. Appleton.   Text   Image   PDF

Paley, indeed, says that if the construction of a watch be an undeniable evidence of design, it would be a still more wonderful manifestation of skill if a watch could be made to produce other watches, and, it may be added, not only other watches, but all kinds of timepieces, in endless variety. So it has been asked, If a man can make a telescope, why cannot God make a telescope which produces others like itself? This is simply asking whether matter can be made to do the work of mind. The idea

A336    Book:     Gray, Asa. 1888. Darwiniana: Essays and reviews pertaining to Darwinism. New York: D. Appleton.   Text   Image   PDF

of man are, at the same time, products of design; but a great deal more is requisite for us, who are called upon by Paley to recognize design in work3 in which this stamp, this label of human workmanship, is wanting. The mental operation required in the one case is radically different from that performed in the other; there is no parallel, and Paley's demonstration is totally irrelevant. 1 1 Hume, in his Essays, anticipated this argument. But he did [page] EVOLUTIONARY TELEOLOGY

A336    Book:     Gray, Asa. 1888. Darwiniana: Essays and reviews pertaining to Darwinism. New York: D. Appleton.   Text   Image   PDF

existence, 37, 38, 41, 89, 382; conceived by De Candolle, 37. Sundew, see Drosera. Taxodium (see Cypress). Teleologv, Paley on, 52, 57; of Darwinism, 57, 84-86, 322, 374; reconciled with morphology, 121, 210, 288, 357; denial of ordinary doctrine of, not atheism, 138-140, 154, 258; not disturbed by Darwinism, 145, 149, 151-153, 176, 247, 322, 337, 360, 371, 375; evolutionary, article on, 356-390; old doctrine of, needs reconstruction, 370, 374, 380; old doctrine of, does not account for abortive

A551    Pamphlet:     Foote, G. W. 1889. Darwin on God. London: Progressive publishing company.   Text   Image   PDF

thing or nothing. If the bulldog was not designed, what reason is there for supposing that man was designed? If there is no design in an idiot, how can there he design in a philosopher? The Life and Letters contains many passages less elaborate but more pointed. Here is one. The old argument from Design in nature, as given by Paley, which formerly seemed to me so conclusive, fails, now that the law of natural selection has been discovered. We can no longer argue that, for instance, the

F1528.2    Book:     Darwin, F. ed. 1889. Charles Darwins liv og breve med et kapitel selvbiografi. Translated by Martin Simon Søraas. Fagerstrand pr. Høvig: Bibliothek for de Tusen Hjem. Volume 2.   Text   Image   PDF

„ARTERNES OPRINDELSE. vor verden ikke var t nkt at skulle fremgaa af denne oprindelige ordning af molekylerne1). Paley, denne ivrige teleolog, fandt ingen vanskelighed ved at indr mme, at «frembringelse af ting kan v re resultat af en r kke mekaniske anordninger, paa forhaand bestemte efter en fornuftig plan og holdt i virksomhed af en kraft i oentrum, det vil sige, han foregreb den moderne udviklingsl re; og hans etterf lgere gjorde vistnok bedst i at f lge sin f rer eller ialfald gj re sig

F1528.3    Book:     Darwin, F. ed. 1889. Charles Darwins liv og breve med et kapitel selvbiografi. Translated by Martin Simon Søraas. Fagerstrand pr. Høvig: Bibliothek for de Tusen Hjem. Volume 3.   Text   Image   PDF

Review for 4de og 1lte mars 1871. Et Det andet ops t dr fter meget godt bogens forhold til planm ssig-heds-sp rsmaalet og slutter med i bogen at flnde en m rkeliger -h vden af teismen end den, Paley gj r gj ldendei „Natural Theology . F, D. 1) „Jeg er fuldkommen overbevist om, at min b*og om mennesket vil v kke opm rksomhed og paadrage mig meget skj nderi — hvilket jeg forresten antager befordrer salget af en bog ligesaa godt som. ros . (Brev til Murray 31te' jan. 1867). F. D. 2) Times 7de og 8de

F1461    Book:     Darwin, Francis ed. 1892. Charles Darwin: his life told in an autobiographical chapter, and in a selected series of his published letters [abridged edition]. London: John Murray.   Text   Image   PDF

scope given to my imagination, to invent evidence which would suffice to convince me. Thus disbelief crept over me at a very slow rate, but was at last complete. The rate was so slow that I felt no distress. Although I did not think much about the existence of a personal God until a considerably later period of my life, I will here give the vague conclusions to which I have been driven. The old argument from design in Nature, as given by Paley, which formerly seemed to me so conclusive, fails

A316    Pamphlet:     Parkyn, Ernest Albert. 1894. Darwin his work and influence a lecture delivered in the hall of Christ's College Cambridge. London: Methuen.   Text   Image   PDF

out the whole of the Evidences with perfect correctness, but, of course, not in the clear language of Paley- The logic of this book, and, I may add, of his Natural Theology, gave me as much delight as Euclid. This Darwin considered was the only part of the academical course which was of the least use to him in the education of his mind. However little he may have owed to the academic teaching offered by the Cambridge of his day, there cannot be the least doubt that through the friendship he

A298    Periodical contribution:     Anon. 1900. List of donations [books] received during the year 1899: From the executors of the late Mrs Darwin. Cambridge University Reporter 30 (41) 15 June: 1079-1080.   Text   Image

supernatural. 8vo. London, 1866. Anquetil (L. P.). L'esprit de la ligue. 2 vols. 8vo. Paris, 1818. Otley (J.). A concise description of the English lakes. 4th ed. 8vo. Keswick, 1830. Xenophon. Cyrus's expedition into Persia. With notes by E. Spelman. 8vo. London, 1823. Paley (W.). Works. New ed. 7 vols. 8vo. London, 1825. Henderson (P.). Gardening for pleasure. 8vo. New York, 1875. Order. 8vo. London, 1876. Simond (L.). Voyage en Suisse. 2 vols. 8vo. Paris, 1822. Euclid. The Elements of Euclid. By E

F1548.1    Book:     Darwin, Francis & Seward, A. C. eds. 1903. More letters of Charles Darwin. A record of his work in a series of hitherto unpublished letters. London: John Murray. Volume 1   Text   Image   PDF

, thinks it necessary to refer to the laws by which man has appeared. No astronomer, in showing how the movements of planets are due to gravity, thinks it necessary to say that the law of gravity was designed that the planets should pursue the courses which they pursue. I cannot believe that there is a bit more interference by the Creator in the construction of each species than in the course of the planets. It is only owing to Paley and Co., I believe, that this more special interference is thought

F668    Book:     Darwin, C. R. [1907]. L'origine des espèces: au moyen de la sélection naturelle ou la lutte pour l'éxistence dans la nature. Translated by E. Barbier. Paris: Schleicher Frères.   Text   PDF

. — organes électriques, 205. — cheval fossile de la Plata, 395. — rapports des ruminants et pachydermes, 404. — oiseaux fossiles de la Nouvelle-Zélande, 417. — sur la succession des types, 416. — affinités du dugong, 490. — organes homologues, 513. — sur la métamorphose des céphalopodes, 523. — sur les formes éteintes, 400. — variabilité des parties extraordinairement développées, 162. P Pacifique (Faunes de l'océan), 426. Pacini, organes électriques, 205. Paley, aucun organe n'est formé pour produire de

A281    Pamphlet:     1908. The Darwin-Wallace celebration held on Thursday, 1st July, 1908 by the Linnean society of London. London: Printed for the Linnean Society.   Text   PDF

to the greater part of the alphabet. I am sorry to say that the method of degrading an ancient and beautiful language into an instrument of torture for science students still reigns at Cambridge. Then his University made him learn Paley and Euclid, and in these authors now partially extinct he found some edification. If it was to Edinburgh University that he owed his introduction to the paths of research, which I gladly acknowledge, it is nevertheless to Cambridge that he owed the best thing

A490    Pamphlet:     [Shipley, Arthur Everett and James Crawford Simpson eds.] 1909. Darwin centenary: the portraits, prints and writings of Charles Robert Darwin, exhibited at Christ's College, Cambridge 1909. [Cambridge: University Press].   Text   Image

that I could have written out the whole of the Evidences with perfect correctness, but not of course in the clear language of Paley. The logic of this book and, as I may add, of his Natural Theology, gave me as much delight as did Euclid. The careful study of these works, without attempting to learn any part by rote, was the only part of the academical course which, as I then felt and as I still believe, was of the least use to me in the education of my mind. I did not at that time trouble

A36    Periodical contribution:     Darwin Centenary Number. Christ's College Magazine. vol. XXIII, Easter Term, 1909.   Text   Image   PDF

OBITUARY. 11 Feb. Rev. Walter Howse, M.A. (B.A. 1850), aged 82. 17 Feb. Joseph Pugh Benskin, B.A. (1906), aged 24. 7 March. Gerald Christobel Kidd, B.A. (1906), aged 23. 22 March. Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, aged 70. 11 April. Edward Nettlefold, aged 54. 13 April. Rev. J. Padmore Noble, M.A. (B.A. 1887). 11 May. Rev. Francis Henry Paley, M.A. (B.A. 1848), aged 82. 11 May. R. Cunningham Glen, M.A. (B.A. 1879), aged 55. COLLEGE NOTES AND NEWS. (The Editors request that old members of the college

A331    Book:     Poulton, Edward Bagnall. 1909. Charles Darwin and the Origin of species: addresses, etc., in America and England in the year of the two anniversaries. London: Longmans, Green, and Co.   Text   Image

Paley's premises; and taking these on trust, I was charmed and convinced by the long line of argumentation.'1 When Darwin came to write the Origin he quoted in relation to Natural Selection one of Paley's conclusions. 'No organ will be formed, as Paley has remarked, for the purpose of causing pain or for doing an injury to its possessor.'2 The study of adaptation always had for Darwin, as it has for many, a peculiar charm. His words, written Nov. 28, 1880, to Sir W, Thiselton-Dyer, are by no means

A35    Pamphlet:     Shipley, A.E. [1909]. Charles Darwin. [Cambridge, Privately Printed].   Text   Image

Fuego and to visit some of the South Sea Islands, returning by the Indian Archipelago. We have seen how Darwin had been influenced by the works of Paley; and it is interesting to record that when, owing to the cramped space in a brig of ten guns, Darwin was restricted to a single volume of general reading he selected the writings of a third great Christ's man, John Milton. Captain Fitzroy, like Mrs R. Wilfer, was a disciple of Lavater, and took exception to the shape of Darwin's nose. He doubted

A36    Periodical contribution:     Darwin Centenary Number. Christ's College Magazine. vol. XXIII, Easter Term, 1909.   Text   Image   PDF

was on returning from this trip that he found a letter from Henslow informing him that Captain Fitzroy was willing to give up part of his cabin to any young man who would volunteer without pay to act as naturalist on the classical voyage of the Beagle. We have seen how Darwin had been influenced by the works of Paley; and it is interesting to record that when, 1 Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Vol. 1. p.166. [page] 19

F644    Book:     Darwin, C. R. 1909. The origin of species [in Danish]. Translated by J. P. Jacobsen. Revised by Frits Heide. Copenhagen: Gyldendal.   Text   Image   PDF

alene ved og for det, der er til bedste for ethvert Væsen. Der vil ikke, som Paley har bemærket, blive dannet noget Organ med den Hensigt at volde dets Ejermand Smerte eller for at gøre ham Skade. Dersom man nøje afvejer, hvad godt og hvad ondt der foraarsages af de enkelte Dele, vil man finde, at hver af dem i det hele taget er for- delagtig. Dersom en eller anden Del i Tidernes Løb under de skif- tende Livsbetingelser kommer til at blive skadelig, saa vil den blive modificeret; eller dersom

A162    Book:     Seward, A. C. ed. 1909. Darwin and modern science. Essays in commemoration of the centenary of the birth of Charles Darwin and of the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The origin of species. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.   Text   Image   PDF

Therefore, as far more important than any further ferreting out of vague hints of Natural Selection in books which Darwin never read, we would indicate by a quotation the view that the central idea in Darwinism is correlated with contemporary social evolution. The substitution of Darwin for Paley as the chief interpreter of the order of nature is currently regarded as the displacement of an anthropomorphic view by a purely scientific one: a little reflection, however, will show that what has

A162    Book:     Seward, A. C. ed. 1909. Darwin and modern science. Essays in commemoration of the centenary of the birth of Charles Darwin and of the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The origin of species. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.   Text   Image   PDF

those particular adaptations which Paley collected with so much skill, but that a purpose transcending, though resembling, our own purposes, is everywhere manifest; that what we live in is a whole, mutually sustaining, eventful and beautiful, where the dead forces feed the energies of life, and life sustains a stranger existence, able in some real measure to contemplate the whole, of which, mechanically considered, it is a minor product and a rare ingredient. Here, again, the change was altogether