...evolution ? Can a rational explanation of evolution be derived from it? " Evolution," says Mr. Spencer, " is an integration of matter and concomitant dissipation...retained motion undergoes a parallel transformation" (§ 145). This, I presume, is an accurate statement of what 1 This is certainly not the case, for our...

...and making the requisite addition, the formula finally stands thus:— Evolution is an integratior of matter and concomitant dissipation of motion ;...retained motion undergoes a parallel transformation. as simultaneously undergoing various secondary redistributions, we also have to contemplate the motion...

...of matter and concomitant dissipation of motion ; during which the matter posset from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity; and during which the retained motion undergoes a paralell transformation. XVIII. THE INTERPRETATION OP EVOLUTION. 146. We have now to find that these...

...yielded by biological research and the survey of human society. The formula in question Г1Ш8 . " Evolution is an integration of matter and concomitant...retained motion undergoes a parallel transformation." It is intended to cover the ground of evolutionist psychology as well as that of objective science,...

...within the generalizations of evolution. For considering its individuals as atoms, the growth of society is "an integration of matter and concomitant dissipation...retained motion undergoes a parallel transformation."* And thus an analogy may be drawn between the life of a society and the life of a solar system upon...

...so on. A great, wise, blind man has denned evolution, or life, as the integration of matter and the dissipation of motion during which the matter passes...definite coherent heterogeneity, and during which the motion undergoes a parallel transformation. Some one else improved upon this by saying that it was...

...allows the effects of secondary distribution to accumulate. The complete formula of Evolution is : " Evolution is an integration of matter and concomitant...motion undergoes a parallel transformation." This formula, deductively arrived at, is susceptible of endless illustration, or " inductive verification,"...

...various forms of life which are found in the world is termed Evolution. According to Mr. Spencer, " Evolution is an integration of matter and concomitant...retained motion undergoes a parallel transformation." J That is to say, matter in its primal form, 1Principles of Biology, p. 398. so far as science can...

...: its Law and Cause." The formula as given in the " First Principles," p. 396, may be appended : " Evolution is an integration of matter and concomitant...retained motion undergoes a parallel transformation." The condensed shape in which this formula is presented may at first sight convey an inadequate idea...

...interactions of matter and motion, in a process which it terms "evolution," and which it describes as " an integration of matter, and concomitant dissipation...retained motion undergoes a parallel transformation." After evolution has reached its limit and all the motion is dissipated, comes a temporary equilibrium,...