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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. "
The Darwinian Theory of the Transmutation of Species - Page xi
by Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1867 - 386 pages
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On the Origin of Species

Charles Darwin - History - 2003 - 676 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...
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Historical Biogeography

Jorge V. Crisci, Liliana Katinas, Paula Posadas - Nature - 2003 - 278 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." Today, as in Darwin's time, the distribution of living...
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Cosmology, Atomic Theory, Evolution: Classic Readings in the Literature of ...

Sir William Cecil Dampier Dampier, Margaret Dampier - Science - 2003 - 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...
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CLEP Biology

Laurie Ann Callihan - Biology - 2004 - 294 pages
...board BMS ' Beagle,' tat naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of tho 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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Victorians and the Prehistoric: Tracks to a Lost World

Michael Freeman, Michael J. Freeman, Professor of English Law Michael Freeman - History - 2004 - 332 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 ..." Prelude Belief in the Deluge encouraged a belief...
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Evolution and Creationism in the Public Schools: A Handbook for Educators ...

Angus M. Gunn - Education - 2015 - 199 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...
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On the Origin of Phyla

James W. Valentine - Science - 2004 - 639 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...present to the past inhabitants of that continent." Given a monkey with a thirty-key typewriter, randomly striking a key per second, it would on average...
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Beasts of Eden: Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other Enigmas of Mammal ...

David Rains Wallace - Science - 2004 - 374 pages
...singling out for ridicule its assertion that "certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants" might "throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries." He scoffed that "what...
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Rethinking Nature: Essays in Environmental Philosophy

Bruce V. Foltz, Robert Frodeman - Nature - 2004 - 368 pages
...his main conclusions after a long journey of thirty years, which began when he embarked on HMS Beagle "to throw some light on the origin of species— that mystery of mysteries."6 In the very dynamic of his argument in favor of modification through variation and natural...
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Naturally Good: A Behavioral History of Moral Development from Charles ...

John Henry Morgan - Ethics - 2005 - 265 pages
...namely, the opening paragraph of The Origin of Species, 1859 edition, seems in order at this juncture: 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 orign of species...
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