...brought together the ashes of Cambridge's two greatest sons. For ' it is doubtful,' writes Huxley, ' if any single ' book, except the " Principia," ever...made so deep an impression ' on the general mind.' * Huxley proceeds to remark, and with perfect justice, ' that ' although the " Origin " has been close...

...1859, under the title " On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection or the Preservation df Favoured Races in the Struggle of Life." It is doubtful...foes. In 1861, Darwin remarks to a correspondent, " You understand my book perfectly, and that I find a very rare event with my critics." (I. p. 313.)...

...Origin of Species ' may certainly be regarded as its offspring, and of this Huxley19 says with justice: 'It is doubtful if any single book, except the " Principia," ever worked so great and rapid a revolution in science, or made so deep an impression on the general mind.' Yet Darwin's biographer,...

...certainly be regarded as its offspring, and of this Huxley (Proc. II. S., XL1V, xvii,) says with justice: "It is doubtful if any single book except the Principia, ever worked so great and rapid a revolution in science or made so deep an impression on the general mind." Yet Darwin's biographer,...

...and has always been looked upon since as the cardinal statement of the theory. As Huxley said of it, 'It is doubtful if any single book, except the " Principia,"...or made so deep an impression on the general mind.' " And innumerable quotations could be drawn from other sources to the same effect. The study of the...

...home in the civilized world : for, with Huxley, one cannot doubt that no single book except Newton's Principia "ever worked so great and so rapid a revolution...or made so deep an impression on the general mind." Of the many letters Darwin received after the publication of the Origin, two are so curious as to deserve...

...Origin of Species ' may certainly be regarded as its offspring, and of this Huxley19 says with justice: 'It is doubtful if any single book, except the " Principia," ever worked so great and rapid a revolution in science, or made so deep an impression on the general mind.' Yet Darwin's biographer,...

...with justice: 'It is doubtful if any single book, except the " Principia," ever worked so great and rapid a revolution in science, or made so deep an impression on the general mind.' Yet Darwin's biographer, in that admirable Life which ranks with the few really great biographies in...

...certainly be regarded as its offspring, and of this Huxley (Proc. US, XLIY, xvii,) says with justice: "It is doubtful if any single book except the Principia, ever worked so great and rapid a revolution in science or made so deep an impression on the general mind." Yet Darwin's biographer,...