Balder Ex-Libris

Author : Letourneau Charles
Title : Biology
Year : 1878

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The word Biology, which seems to have been employed for the first time by Treviranus, is far from bearing in the scientific vocabulary a completely settled import. It may not be unprofitable to determine the sense of the word. Etymologically it signifies literally " science of life," and embraces everything relating, intimately or remotely, to the study of organised beings ; that is to say, a whole group of sciences, among which is comprehended Anthropology, for instance. ...