... for the reflection at once rushed into my mind — such were our ancestors. These men were absolutely naked and bedaubed with paint, their long hair was tangled, their mouths frothed with excitement, and their expression was wild, startled, and distrustful.... Life of Charles Darwin - Página 122por George Thomas Bettany - 1887 - 175 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1902 - 642 páginas
...think, be ' highly distasteful to many persons.' But he adds, and the argument admits of no reply : ' He who has seen a savage in ' his native land will not feel much shame if forced to admit ' that the blood of some more humble creature flows in his ' veins.' * On another point Huxley's... | |
| Edward Everett Hale - 1871 - 780 páginas
...and their expression was wild, startled, and distrustful. They possessed hardly any arts, and, like wild animals, lived on what they could catch ; they...small tribe. He who has seen a savage in his native laud will not feel much shame if forced to acknowledge that the blood of some more humble creature... | |
| Charles Bray - 1871 - 398 páginas
...or indeed of human nature generally; and he tells us, no doubt very truly, that "he who has seen the savage in his native land will not feel much shame if forced to admit that the blood of some more humble creature flows in his veins.—(Vol. 2, p. 404). Birds have... | |
| Charles Bray - 1871 - 386 páginas
...indeed of human nature generally ; and he tells us, no doubt very truly, that " he who has seen the savage in his native land will not feel much shame if forced to admit that the blood of some more humble creature flows in his veins. — (Vol. 2, p. 404). Birds have... | |
| Sir Frederick Bateman - 1877 - 262 páginas
...the late Admiral Fitzroy tells us that when three years later they were restored to their native like wild animals lived on what they could catch ; they...merciless to every one not of their own small tribe.' " The Descent of Man," Vol. ii., P. 404. * " Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of the Adventure and... | |
| Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1877 - 732 páginas
...startled, and distrustful. They possessed hardly any arts, and like wild animals lived on whatever they could catch. They had no government, and were...merciless to every one not of their own small tribe.' Is there in this graphic, though terrible picture, revealing itself on the part of these men, the feeblest... | |
| Louis Compton Miall - 1883 - 72 páginas
...and their expression was wild, startled, and distrustful. They possessed hardly any arts, and, like wild animals, lived on what they could catch. They...merciless to every one not of their own small tribe." * The naturalist and geologist will find even greater interest in the account of the climate and productions... | |
| Charles Bray - 1883 - 352 páginas
...indeed of human nature generally ; and he tells us, no doubt very truly, that "he who has seen the savage in his native land will not feel much shame if forced to admit that the blood of some more humble creature flows in his veins." — (Vol. 2, p. 404). Birds... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1890 - 724 páginas
...excitement, and their expression was wild, startled, and distrustful They possessed hardly any arts, and like wild animals lived on what they could catch; they...every one not of their own small tribe. He who has Been a savage in his native land will not feel much shame, if ibrced to acknowledge that the blood... | |
| Sir George Newnes, Herbert Greenhough Smith - 1901 - 908 páginas
...and their expression was wild, startled, and distrustful. They possessed hardly any arts, and, like wild animals, lived on what they could catch ; they had no government, and were merciless to everyone not of their own small tribe. . . . For my own part I would as soon be descended from that... | |
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