It avoids the difficulties which oppose "Natural Selection.
But not only does it appear that there are barriers which oppose change in certain directions, but that there are positive tendencies to development along certain special lines.
To endeavour to add one stone to this temple of concord, to try and remove a few of the misconceptions and mutual misunderstandings whichoppose harmonious action, is the aim and endeavour of the present work.
Also that specific stability is confirmed by the physiological obstacles which oppose themselves to any considerable or continued intermixture of species, while no such barriers oppose themselves to the blending of varieties.
After two years more passed in retirement, the French revolutionary war having extended it's baneful influence to this country, there became an instant necessity for preparing all the strength of our navy to oppose it's pernicious tendency.
Thou wouldst oppose thy father, then, should he Have otherwise determined with thy person?
We looked for deeds of all-astounding grandeur Upon a theatre of war, on which A Friedland led in person to the field, And the famed rival of the great Gustavus Had but a Thurn and Arnheim to oppose him!
He went out with Fanny under his left arm, brandishing a cudgel in his right, and neither Mr Booby nor the beau thought proper to oppose him.
These were expectations she could not endure the thoughts of quitting, and was, therefore, very uneasy to see her husband so resolute to oppose the lady's intention in Fanny's affair.
I am taking very little account of that insignificant number of men of German origin who, misguided or corrupt, dare by insidious and underground processes to attempt to weaken or oppose the resolute will of the Nation.
Belgium oppose the German breach of neutrality with force of arms, though it would evidently have been to her material interest to comply with Germany's summons or at any rate to offer merely nominal resistance.
To be in readiness to oppose a combined attack by sea and land on the fleet, General Gates was directed with three brigades, to proceed by easy marches as far as Danbury, in Connecticut.
The continental troops under General Elbert were drawn out to oppose him, and commenced the action with great gallantry; but most of the militia threw away their arms and fled in confusion.
He has now insisted and claimed that he should return; and I, in order not to oppose and detain him longer against his will, have permitted him to depart on the patache.
Many of these heartilyoppose the custom and will join in a movement to eradicate it.
Those who oppose tipping have been silent but they have felt keenly and will contribute liberally toward the advancement of the cause.
On the one hand, personal friendship, the party which elected him to the Senate, the immediate interests of his constituents, called upon him to oppose the measures of the administration.
By a small majority of Federal votes, it elected another person to take his place in the Senate at the expiration of his term, and passed resolutions instructing its Senators in Congress to oppose the measures of Mr. Jefferson.
The tyrants are alarmed on the one side, lest he should oppose them: the slaves are alarmed on the other, lest he should expose their servility.
Mr. Adams, said, "It was not a pleasant duty to oppose the request of any member of the House, particularly one of his character.
After Euergetes had, as he thought, established his authority in Asia, a party hostile to him came forward to oppose him.
Philopator led his whole forces to the frontier to oppose his march, and met the Syrian army near the village of Raphia, the border town between Egypt and Palestine.
A name given to the waves when they oppose a ship's course, as the ship must rise over, or cut through each.
Fascines placed to oppose the violence of the surf.
The art by which a place is so fortified that a given number of men occupying it may advantageously oppose a superior force.
God orders all according to His will: Oppose Him not in what He doth prepare.
As soon as they come to thy hand, do thou put off thy kingly dignity and invest him therewith, and look thou oppose not my commandment, so peace be on thee.
There was no longer a papal army to oppose him, and the march southward proceeded without a check.
It is a little curious that both you and Claude should oppose the plan.
Bible declared, "be fruitful and multiply" and so one could not oppose his basic biological urges; 5.
From that point forward he did not oppose his family's will to have him toil along with them as a noodle worker in their restaurant.
Nawin could not think of any reason to oppose this particular friendliness any more than to favor it, and so he stood there neutral to the dictates of fate.
States in their resolve to oppose peace or truce, except with concession of the India trade.
Prince Maurice, having done his utmost to oppose negotiations for peace, was, for still stronger reasons, determined to avoid falling into what he considered the ambush of a truce.
When we remember the enormous power of the zemindar following from the unfortunate absence of any record of right upon which the tenant can lean, and rely, we can well understand how a raiyat hesitates to oppose his landlord's will.
And men would oppose it because it would restrict their liberty.
Having thus rid himself of his adversary, he thought he would walk out and see how things were going on, since there was no one to oppose his doing good.
Snow or tempest--plain the drearest Shall oppose a feeble bar, Since I go from friends the dearest, 'Tis no matter then how far.
Although his Maryland friends set him up for a great hero, I confess, as there was no one to oppose him, not to see in what his heroism consisted.
And there was nothing to oppose him until he reached them; and nothing then but some cannon, and some men who did not know how to fire them.
He says there, that these monsters appear in that sea, only when the tempestuous winds oppose the torrents of water falling from the rocks into it, and so turning what lay at the bottom to be seen on the water's top.
Against force we couldoppose force, yet he does not attempt to coerce us, but seeks only to impose on us the weight of his authority.
The whole body of Hungarian opinion in this land is dead against his reforms, and will continue to oppose them tooth and nail.
Raby simply answered that he would not oppose armed force, and that he put his trust in a Providence that would bring truth and justice to light.
In that pretension the aid of the governor was freely used, and it was necessary for the archbishop to oppose him, the province of Santo Rosario having had recourse to the latter.
For there is no measure that the governor enacts for your Majesty's service that they do not resist and oppose in toto.
He accepted the appointment, and immediately erected a tribunal against the archbishop, issuing acts against him and fulminating censures in case he should again oppose the proceedings that had been commenced.
I do not dare to do this, for the governor would oppose it, and we would have many disputes; and Don Pedro has suffered many hardships for defending the immunity of the church.
