 | Henry Festing Jones - 1919 - 590 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... | |
 | John Hubert Greusel - Civilization - 1923 - 344 pages
...the idea of evolution in the physical world? Charles Darwin (d. 1882), in his introductory, tells us: "When on board HMS 'Beagle,' as naturalist, I was...inhabitants of that continent. These facts seemed to throw light on the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by one of our greatest... | |
 | Samuel Butler - Epic poetry, Greek - 1924 - 246 pages
...Beagle as naturalist, I was much struck with certain fa£ts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of...present to the past inhabitants of that continent. These fafts seemed to me to throw some light on the origin of species -that mystery of mysteries, as it has... | |
 | Sir William Cecil Dampier Dampier, Margaret Dampier Dampier - Science - 1924 - 312 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... | |
 | Samuel Butler - Epic poetry, Greek - 1924 - 288 pages
...certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relation of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts seemed to me to throw some light on the origin of speciesthat mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by... | |
 | George Milton Janes - Economics - 1925 - 188 pages
...student of society must build on the same scientific and comparative method. As Darwin himself 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 mysteries,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1926 - 694 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." This statement expresses in a few words the thesis... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1926 - 730 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." This statement expresses in a few words the thesis... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1926 - 666 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." This statement expresses in a few words the thesis... | |
 | United States - 1921 - 498 pages
...was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America These facts .... seemed to throw some light on the...origin of species — that mystery of mysteries, as it had been called by one of our greatest philosophers. On my return home, it occurred to me, in 1837,... | |
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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. 
