I proceed with the proper subject of this discourse; namely, the further changes in scientific belief, which have occurred within my own recollection, even since the time when I first aspired to authorship, now forty- five years ago. Asa Gray agoaspireauthorship share on social
Your candor is worth everything to your cause. It is refreshing to find a person with a new theory who frankly confesses that he finds difficulties, insurmountable, at least for the present. Asa Gray candorconfessdifficulty Change image and share on social
We may take it to be the accepted idea that the Mosaic books were not handed down to us for our instruction in scientific knowledge, and that it is our duty to ground our scientific beliefs upon observation and inference, unmixed with considerations of a different order. Asa Gray acceptbeliefbook share on social
Next it was found that it was physiologically and structurally the same in the plant, that it was the living part of the plant, that which manifested the life and did the work in vegetable as well as in animal organisms. Asa Gray animalfindlife share on social
In short, the animal and vegetable lines, diverging widely above, join below in a loop. Asa Gray animaldivergejoin Change image and share on social
I take it for granted that you do not wish to hear an echo from the pulpit nor from the theological class-room. Asa Gray classechogrant Change image and share on social
Indeed upon much that may have to say, I expect rather the charitable judgment than the full assent of those whose approbation I could most wish to win. Asa Gray approbationassentcharitable Change image and share on social
It was implicitly supposed that every living thing was distinctively plant or animal; that there were real and profound differences between the two, if only they could be seized. Asa Gray animaldifferencedistinctively Change image and share on social
But it was soon ascertained that this quaternary matter of the animal body was chemically the same in the plant, was elaborated there, and only appropriated by the animal. Asa Gray animalappropriateascertain Change image and share on social
It remains to consider what attitude thoughtful men and Christian believers should take respecting them, and how they stand related to beliefs of another order. Asa Gray attitudebeliefbeliever Change image and share on social
