| David Starr Jordan - 1887 - 296 páginas
...strawberries before they are ripe. He says : — "When on board HMS 'Beagle' as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic...relations of the present to the past inhabitants of the continent. These facts seemed to throw some light on the origin of species, — that mystery of... | |
| George Thomas Bettany - 1887 - 224 páginas
....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...the past 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... | |
| Robert Steel - 1890 - 680 páginas
...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...the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts seemed to me to throw light on the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries, as it has been... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1890 - 304 páginas
...'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...the past 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... | |
| Walter Bagehot - 1891 - 608 páginas
...differently. Mr. Darwin begins : — "When on hoard HMS ' Beagle ' as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic...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.... | |
| Alfred Russel Wallace - 1891 - 516 páginas
...phenomena of the same essential nature. The various classes of facts here referred to seemed to him " to throw some light on the origin of species—that...has been called by one of our greatest philosophers ;" and he tells us that, soon after his return home in 1837, it occurred to him " that something might... | |
| Alfred Russel Wallace - 1891 - 518 páginas
...classes of facts here referred to seemed to him " to throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by one of our greatest philosophers ; " and he tells us that, soon after his return home in 1837, it occurred to him " that something might... | |
| Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret), Francis Romano Oliphant - 1892 - 380 páginas
...in his introduction) I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America and in the geological relations of the...the past 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... | |
| Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1892 - 428 páginas
...in his introduction) I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America and in the geological relations of the...the past 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... | |
| Walter Bagehot - 1893 - 550 páginas
...quite differently. Mr. Darwin begins:— " When on board HMS Beagle, as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic...has been called by one of our greatest philosophers. Oil my return home, it occurred to me, in 1837, that something might perhaps be made out on this question... | |
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