 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1881 - 770 lehte
...interest to any one but Mr. Butler himself, winds up with the following burst of eloquence : — " Here, then, I take leave of this matter for the present....thank by anticipation— may one day fight on mine." Mighty champion of the mighty dead ! When our children's children shall read in Westminster Abbey the... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1881 - 656 lehte
...interest to any one but Mr. Butler himself, winds up with the following burst of eloquence : — " Here, then, I take leave of this matter for the present....thank by anticipation— may one day fight on mine." Mighty champion of the mighty dead ! When our children's children shall read in Westminster Abbey the... | |
 | Henry Festing Jones - 1919 - 590 lehte
...mainly roused, as when I wrote Evolution Old and New, before Mr. Darwin had given me personal grounds of complaint against him, by the wrongs he has inflicted...thank by anticipation — may one day fight on mine. 10. Butler in " The St. James's Gazette" (8 Dec. 1880). MR. DARWIN AND MR. BUTLER. I should fail in... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1924 - 246 lehte
...respected by the 55 sciential in the same way as by other people. It is his business to familiarize himself with facts, and, as we all know, the path...thank by anticipation -may one day fight on mine. LECTURE A'ER I HAD FINISHED EVOLUTION, Old and New, I wrote some articles for the Examiner,1 in which... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 2009 - 326 lehte
...greatest of living men. I have since noticed two or three other controversies raging in the Athenaeum and Times', in each of these cases I saw it assumed..."Evolution, Old and New/' I wrote some articles for the Examiner,55 in which I carried out the idea put forward in "Life and Habit/' that we are one person... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1924 - 386 lehte
...respected by the scientist in the same way as by other people. It is his business to familiarise 89 himself with facts, and, as we all know, the path...CHAPTER V Introduction to Professor Hering's lecture. *** 91 After I had finished "Evolution, Old and New," I wrote some articles for the Examiner, 55 in... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1968 - 346 lehte
...though not indifferent to this, my indignation has been mainly roused, as when I wrote "Evolution, 151 Old and New," before Mr. Darwin had given me personal...anticipation may one day fight on mine. CHAPTER V 153 Introduction to Professor Hering's lecture. *** After I had finished "Evolution, Old and New,"... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 2017 - 466 lehte
..."Evolution, Old and New," before Mr. Darwin had given me personal ground of complaint against him, by the 111 wrongs he has inflicted on dead men, on whose behalf...anticipation - may one day fight on mine. CHAPTER V 113 Introduction to Professor Her/ng's lecture. *** After I had finished "Evolution, Old and New,"... | |
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If it appears that I have used language such as is rarely seen in controversy, let the reader remember that the occasion is, so far as I know, unparalleled for the cynicism and audacity with which the wrong complained of was committed and persisted in.... 