 | English literature - 1860 - 566 pages
...Beagle," as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of...inhabitants of that continent. These facts seemed to me to throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1860 - 556 pages
...first directed to the inquiry by some facts which struck him in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of...present to the past inhabitants of that continent, during that voyage on board IT.MS Beagle of which he has given us so admirable a Journal. These facts... | |
 | Great Britain - 1860 - 564 pages
...first directed to the inquiry by some facts which struck him in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of...present to the past inhabitants of that continent, during that voyage on board HMS Beagle of which he has given us so admirable a Journal. These facts... | |
 | American periodicals - 1860 - 894 pages
...Beagle,' as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of thatcontincnt. These facts seemed to me to throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1861 - 470 pages
...Beagle ' as naturalist, I was nrach struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of...inhabitants of that continent. These facts seemed to me to throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1864 - 472 pages
...Beagle ' as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of...inhabitants of that continent. These facts seemed to me to throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1866 - 668 pages
...November 24th, 1859, and the second edition on January 7th, 1860. ON THE OKIGIN OF SPECIES. INTEODUCTION. WHEN on board HMS ' Beagle,' as naturalist, I was...the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts, as will be seen in the latter chapters of this volume, seemed to throw some light on the origin of... | |
 | England - 1866 - 908 pages
...in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological I'elations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts, as will be seen in the latter chapters of this volume, seemed to throw some light on the origin of... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1912 - 690 pages
...Beagle as naturalist. I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of the continent." s Seeing that these words form the first sentence of the introduction to the " Origin... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1881 - 770 pages
...Beagle as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants ofthat continent. These facts, as will be seen in the latter chapters of this volume, seemed to throw... | |
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These facts, as will be seen in the latter chapters of this volume, seemed to throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by one of our greatest philosophers. 
