 | Edward Woodall - Naturalists - 1884 - 100 pages
...allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes ; these I enlarged in 1844 into a sketch of the conclusions which then seemed to me...to the present day I have steadily pursued the same object.1 From these words we learn a. good deal of Darwin s method of work ; his patience, his industry,... | |
 | Joseph Young Bergen, Fanny Dickerson Bergen - Evolution - 1884 - 266 pages
...allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes : these I enlarged in 1844 into a sketch of the conclusions which then seemed to me probable. From that period to the present day [1859] 1 have steadily pursued the same object."1 And the last sentence above quoted was as true at... | |
 | Religion - 1882 - 896 pages
...myself " to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes; " these I enlarged in 1844 into a sketch of the conclusions " which then seemed to...me probable ; from that period to " the present day (1859) I have steadily pursued the same" object." But while keeping this continually before his mind,... | |
 | Grant Allen - Biography & Autobiography - 1885 - 238 pages
...sketch of the conclusions that then seemed to me probable ; from that period to the present day [1859] I have steadily pursued the same object. I hope that...that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision.' So Darwin wrote at fifty. The words are weighty and well worthy of consideration. They give us in a... | |
 | Grant Allen - Biography & Autobiography - 1885 - 226 pages
...; from that period to the present day [1859] I have steadily pursued the same object. I hope that T may be excused for entering on these personal details,...that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision.' So Darwin wrote at fifty. The words are weighty and well worthy of consideration. They give us in a... | |
 | Grant Allen - 1885 - 246 pages
...subject, and drew up some short notes ; these I enlarged in 1844 into a sketch of the conclusions that then seemed to me probable ; from that period to the present day [1859] I have steadily pursued the same object. I hope that T may be excused for entering on these... | |
 | George Thomas Bettany - Evolution - 1887 - 228 pages
...allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes ; these I enlarged in 1 844 into a sketch of the conclusions, which then seemed to...that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision." We learn also, independently, from the " Expression of the Emotions" (p. 19), that Darwin as early... | |
 | David Starr Jordan - Natural history - 1887 - 296 pages
...allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes. These I enlarged, in 1844, into a sketch of the conclusions which then seemed to me...to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a conclusion." Let me speak of certain traits of this work, the " Origin of Species," which give it a... | |
 | George Thomas Bettany - Evolution - 1887 - 232 pages
...notes; these I enlarged in 1844 into a sketch of the conclusions, which then' seemed to me probable r from that period to the present day I have steadily...that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision." We learn also, independently, from the " Expression of the Emotions" (p. 19), that Darwin as early... | |
 | George Thomas Bettany - Evolution - 1887 - 224 pages
...allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes; these I enlarged in 1844 into a sketch of the conclusions, which then seemed to...have steadily pursued the same object. I hope that I maybe excused for entering on these personal details, as I give them to show that I have not been hasty... | |
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After five years' work I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes; these I enlarged in 1844 into a sketch of the conclusions, which then seemed to me probable: from that period to the present day I have steadily pursued... 
