| Religion - 1882 - 896 pages
...America, and in the Geological relations of the" present to the past inhabitants of that continent, seemed to " throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery of " mysteries, as it has heen called by one of our greatest " Philosophers ;" and that on his return home it occurred to him... | |
| Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1883 - 494 pages
...1859, and the second edition on January 7th, I860. ORIGIN OF SPECIES. INTRODUCTION. WHEN on board nMS ' Beagle,' as naturalist, I was much struck with certain...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... | |
| Edward Woodall - Naturalists - 1884 - 100 pages
...America, after being pondered for many years, led to the publication of the Origin of Sptcies in 1859. When on board HMS Beagle, as naturalist, I was much...mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by one 1 A Narrative of the, Surveying Voyages of HMS Adventure and Beagle, Vol. II., pp. 18, 19. of our greatest~philosophers... | |
| Religion - 1882 - 896 pages
...asked him how he came to make his great discoveries, he replied, " By always thinking about them." " South America, and in the Geological relations of...present to the past inhabitants of that continent, seemed to" throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery of "mysteries, as it has been... | |
| Grant Allen - Biography & Autobiography - 1885 - 238 pages
...Species.' In the Introduction to that immortal work Darwin wrote, some twenty-seven years later, ' 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... | |
| David Starr Jordan - Natural history - 1887 - 296 pages
...anxious for sudden greatness, who wishes to gather his strawberries before they are ripe. He says : — "When on board HMS 'Beagle' as naturalist, I was much...relations of the present to the past inhabitants of the continent. These facts seemed to throw some light on the origin of species, — that mystery of... | |
| George Thomas Bettany - Evolution - 1887 - 224 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... | |
| Robert Steel - Biography - 1890 - 680 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 light on the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by... | |
| Samuel Butler - Evolution - 1890 - 304 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... | |
| Walter Bagehot - English literature - 1891 - 608 pages
...ambitious schemes of philosophy now start quite differently. Mr. Darwin begins : — "When on hoard HMS ' Beagle ' as naturalist, I was much struck with...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... | |
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