 | Literature - 1901 - 484 pages
...anything. But our most ambitious schemes of philosophy now start quite differently. Mr. Darwin begins: — "When on board HMS BEAGLE, as naturalist, I was much...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... | |
 | James Orton, Charles Wright Dodge - Zoology - 1903 - 550 pages
...naturalist on the British exploring ship Beagle on a five years' cruise (1832-1837) around the world, and "was much struck with certain facts in the distribution...present to the past inhabitants of that continent." After his return home, twenty additional years were spent in collecting facts, making further observations... | |
 | Thomas Hughes - 1905 - 332 pages
...momentous incident in its effect on modern thought. It brought to his knowledge certain facts which " seemed to throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries." Darwin's great theory of the " origin of species " resulted from this voyage, and that theory, as Grant... | |
 | Charles Dickens - Fiction - 1905 - 796 pages
...momentous incident in its effect on modern thought. It brought to his knowledge certain facts which " seemed to throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries." Darwin's great theory of the " origin of species " resulted from this voyage, and that theory, as Grant... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1909 - 584 pages
...work was published on November 24th, 1859, and the second edition on January 7th, 1860. INTRODUCTION WHEN on board HMS 'Beagle,' as naturalist, I was much...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... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1909 - 310 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...to the past inhabitants of that continent." These words, occurring where they do, can only mean one thing, — namely that the facts suggested an evolutionary... | |
 | Arthur Cayley Headlam - English periodicals - 1909 - 546 pages
...observations during the voyage of HMS Beagle of ' certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of...present to the past inhabitants of that continent.' There is no evidence to shew that he had made himself acquainted with the views of previous advocates... | |
 | Pan American Union - America - 1935 - 1118 pages
...between the two, Darwin began his very first paragraph: "When on board HMS Beagle, as naturalist, T was struck with certain facts in the distribution of the...present to the past inhabitants of that continent. . . . On my return home it occurred to me . . . that sometliing might perhaps be made out on this question... | |
 | Frank Herbert Hayward - Psychology - 1917 - 284 pages
...Selection. The opening of The Origin of Species introduces us to the earlier stages in Darwin's case : — "When on board HMS Beagle as naturalist I was much...relations of the present to the past inhabitants of the Continent. These facts, as will be seen in the latter chapters of this volume, seemed to throw... | |
 | Edgar James Swift - Psychology, Applied - 1919 - 410 pages
...board HMS Beagle as naturalist," he says,1 "I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the...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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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. 
