Life in its lower, intermediate, and higher forms, or, Manifestations of the divine wisdom in the natural history of animals / by Philip Henry Gosse.

  • Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888.
Date:
1857
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Credit: Life in its lower, intermediate, and higher forms, or, Manifestations of the divine wisdom in the natural history of animals / by Philip Henry Gosse. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    P R E F A C E. The greatest part of the following Work was originally published in the form of suceessive papers in “ Exeelsior.” Several entire chapters have, how- ever, been added, to make the survey of the animate creation more complete, and the whole has been care- fully revised. The design of the author has been to present to general readers, who have not the time or inclination for the study of works more elaborately technical, a glance at the more interesting phenomena of animal life; and, in particular, the diversities of structure that the physiologist recognises as he travels up the complex scale, and the wondrous adaptation which exists between these and the various functions, habits, and instincts of living beings. And, finally, he has endeavoured, unobtrusively, to lead the mind of the reader to God, and to link the perfections of creation with His glorious and immutable attributes. London, December 1856.