The Gospel According to DarwinOpen court publishing Company, 1898 - 241 páginas |
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absolutely actually affection ages ALFRED BINET altruism animal appear appetites beauty become birds body Buddhist cells cent Charles Darwin chief civilization color conception concubinage courage Darwin death declares destroy disease divine dread earth ERNST MACH eternal evanescent evil fact fear Fifth Gospel forces Gospel of Buddha grace GUSTAV FREYTAG heaven higher highest human hunger important impulse individual infanticide influence instance instinct intelligence literally living lower man's MAX MÜLLER means ment merely moral mother mutual nature ness noble nobler organism pain PAUL CARUS pleasure popular possible PROF progress prostitution pure Puritan question race regarded religion result savage selfish sensation sense sexual short Siberia simply soil sort soul species spirit square mile struggle for existence syphilis thing thoroughbred tion to-day tribe true truth uncon unto utterly vigor virtue whole women wonderful worship
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