...interesting letter written by him to Sir John Herschel in 1836, shows very clearly thai Lyell had «ven at that early date thought deeply on the question...on through the intervention of intermediate causes. 1 left this rather to be inferred, not thinking it worth while to offend a certain class of persons...

...the rate of change in nature everywhere. A little later, in 1836, he writes to Sir John Herschel : In regard to the origination of new species, I am...on through the intervention of intermediate causes. . . . An insect may be made in one of its transformations to resemble a dead stick, or a leaf, or a...

...seeking for some mode of surmounting this difficulty. As early as 1836 he writes to Sir John Herschel : 'In regard to the origination of new species, I am very glad to find that you think it may be carried on through the intervention of intermediate causes. I left this rather to be inferred,...

...Herschel in 1836, while Darwin was still but homeward bound on the voyage of the ' Beagle ' : — ' In regard to the origination of new species, I am...on through the intervention of intermediate causes. . . . An insect may be made in one of its transformations to resemble a dead stick, or a leaf, or a...

...remarkable passage occurs in the postscript of a letter addressed to Sir John Herschel in 1836:— " In regard to the origination of new species, I am...embodying in words what would only be a speculation." * He goes on to refer to the criticisms which have been directed against him on the ground that, by...

...remarkable passage occurs in the postscript of a letter addressed to Sir John Herschel in 1836 :— a In regard to the origination of new species, I am...embodying in words what would only be a speculation." * He goes on to refer to the criticisms which have been directed against him on the ground that, by...

...remarkable passage occurs in the postscript of a letter addressed to Sir John Herschel in 1836 :— " In regard to the origination of new species, I am...embodying in words what would only be a speculation." * He goes on to refer to the criticisms which have been directed against him on the ground that, by...

...remarkable passage occurs in the postscript of a letter addressed to Sir John Herschel in 1836 :— " In regard to the origination of new species, I am...embodying in words what would only be a speculation." * He goes on to refer to the criticisms which have been directed against him on the ground that, by...

...care. " In regard to the origination of new species, I am very glad to find that you think it probable it may be carried on through the intervention of intermediate...class of persons by embodying in words what would * The weakness of his eyes was always more or less of a trouble. only be a speculation .... When I...

...was not in his own handwriting,* and thus probably was drawn up with rather more than usual care. " In regard to the origination of new species, I am very glad to find that you think it probable it may be carried on through the intervention of intermediate causes. I left this rather to be inferred,...