...must confess, received a check on perusing the first sentence in the book. " When on board II. MS ' Beagle,' as naturalist, I was much struck with certain...relations of the present to the past inhabitants of thatcontincnt. These facts seemed to me to throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery...

...essaying to resolve. His attention was first directed to the inquiry by some facts which struck him in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America,...present to the past inhabitants of that continent, during that voyage on board HMS Beagle of which he has given us so admirable a Journal. These facts...

...essaying to resolve. His attention was first directed to the inquiry by some facts which struck him in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America,...present to the past inhabitants of that continent, during that voyage on board IT.MS Beagle of which he has given us so admirable a Journal. These facts...

...November 24th, 1859, and the second edition on January 7th, 1860. ON THE OKIGIN OF SPECIES. INTEODUCTION. WHEN on board HMS ' Beagle,' as naturalist, I was...struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past...

...ambitious schemes of philosophy now start quite differently. Mr. Darwin begins:— " "When on board II.MS Beagle, as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological I'elations of the present to the past...

...naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological relations of...inhabitants of that continent. These facts seemed to throw some light on the origin of Species ; that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by one...

...MR DARWIN. MR DARWIN begins his Introduction to the Origin of Species by the following words : — ' When on board HMS Beagle as naturalist, I was much...struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past...

...MR DARWIN. MR DARWIN begins his Introduction to the Origin of Species by the following words : — ' When on board HMS Beagle as naturalist, I was much...struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past...

...must be remembered that nearly twenty years before this he had written and printed the following : — "When on board HMS Beagle as naturalist. I was much...relations of the present to the past inhabitants of the continent." s Seeing that these words form the first sentence of the introduction to the " Origin...

...Mr. Romanes will not gainsay this. Here is the opening sentence of the " Origin of Species " : — "When on board HMS Beagle as naturalist, I was much...geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants ofthat continent. These facts, as will be seen in the latter chapters of this volume, seemed to throw...