Impressions of Great Naturalists: Reminiscences of Darwin, Huxley, Balfour, Cope and OthersC. Scribner's sons, 1924 - 214 pages |
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... expression , the wisdom and per- ception that come from survey of a very broad field , from both the philosophic and the ana- tomical standpoint . His sense of humor was delightful and brightened many of the most difficult passages in ...
... expression , the wisdom and per- ception that come from survey of a very broad field , from both the philosophic and the ana- tomical standpoint . His sense of humor was delightful and brightened many of the most difficult passages in ...
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... expressed surprise that such a very great man had paid him so much attention . It appears that this simplicity of life and avoidance of renown are most favorable to that creative state of mind which most frequently engenders renown . On ...
... expressed surprise that such a very great man had paid him so much attention . It appears that this simplicity of life and avoidance of renown are most favorable to that creative state of mind which most frequently engenders renown . On ...
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... expressed by a division into five groups , as follows : Animals . 1. Protective colors . 2. Warning colors . 3. Sexual colors . 4. Typical colors . Plants . 5. Attractive colors . ( a . Of creatures specially protected . b . Of ...
... expressed by a division into five groups , as follows : Animals . 1. Protective colors . 2. Warning colors . 3. Sexual colors . 4. Typical colors . Plants . 5. Attractive colors . ( a . Of creatures specially protected . b . Of ...
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... expressed in " The Origin of Species . " A parallel to this remarkable late produc- tiveness is that of Kant , who also put forth his greatest work after fifty . Let those past the five decades take heart , for it appears that while ...
... expressed in " The Origin of Species . " A parallel to this remarkable late produc- tiveness is that of Kant , who also put forth his greatest work after fifty . Let those past the five decades take heart , for it appears that while ...
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... Expression of the Emotions " ( 1872 ) . The knowledge of zoology and anatomy displayed in these four evolutionary volumes came from direct observation , vast and sys- tematic reading and note - taking from the simple materials which ...
... Expression of the Emotions " ( 1872 ) . The knowledge of zoology and anatomy displayed in these four evolutionary volumes came from direct observation , vast and sys- tematic reading and note - taking from the simple materials which ...
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Page 14 - ... it at once struck me that under these circumstances favourable variations would tend to be preserved, and unfavourable ones to be destroyed. The result of this would be the formation of new species. Here then I had at last got a theory by which to work...
Page 203 - We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are ; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Page 41 - I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved (and I cannot resist forming one on every subject), as soon as facts are shown to be opposed to it.
Page 28 - The inference I would draw from this class of phenomena is, that a superior intelligence has guided the development of man in a definite direction, and for a special purpose, just as man guides the development of many animal and vegetable forms.
Page 36 - Therefore my success as a man of science, whatever this may have amounted to, has been determined, as far as I can judge, by complex and diversified mental qualities and conditions. Of these, the most important have been— the love of science— unbounded patience in long reflecting over any subject— industry in observing and collecting facts— and a fair share of invention as well as of common sense. With such moderate abilities as I possess, it is truly surprising that I should have influenced...
Page 188 - Mounting toward the upland again, I pause reverently as the hush and stillness of twilight come upon the woods. It is the sweetest, ripest hour of the day. And as the hermit's evening hymn goes up from the deep solitude below me, I experience that serene exaltation of sentiment of which music, literature, and religion are but the faint types and symbols.
Page v - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Page 20 - Even the peculiar colours of many animals, especially insects, so closely resembling the soil or the leaves or the trunks on which they habitually reside, are explained on the same principle ; for though in the course of ages varieties of many tints may have occurred, yet those races having colours best adapted to concealment from their enemies would inevitably survive the longest.
Page 35 - ... can judge, by complex and diversified mental qualities and conditions. Of these, the most important have been — the love of science — unbounded patience in long reflecting over any subject — industry in observing and collecting facts — and a fair share of invention as well as of common sense. With such moderate abilities as I possess, it is truly surprising that I should have influenced to a considerable extent the belief of scientific men on some important points.
Page 13 - Every species has come into existence coincident both in time and space with a pre-existing closely allied species," connects together and renders intelligible a vast number of independent and hitherto unexplained facts.