My Life: A Record of Events and OpinionsCambridge University Press, 16. juuni 2011 - 504 pages Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer and biologist, best remembered as the co-discoverer, with Darwin, of natural selection. His extensive fieldwork and advocacy of the theory of evolution led to him being considered one of the nineteenth century's foremost biologists. He was later moved by a variety of personal experiences to examine the concept of spirituality, but his exploration into the potential for compatibility between spiritualism and natural selection alienated him from the scientific community. He was also a social activist, highly critical of unjust social and economic systems in nineteenth-century Britain, and one of the first prominent scientists to express concern over the environmental impact of human activity. This autobiography was first published in 1905. Volume 2 deals with his many eminent acquaintances, including Darwin and Huxley, his lecture tour in America, and his involvement with spiritualism and with social activism. |
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Contents
My FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCESDARWIN | 1 |
CHAPTER XXVI | 23 |
CHAPTER XXVII | 51 |
CHAPTER XXVIII | 75 |
CHAPTER XXIX | 90 |
CHAPTER XXX | 107 |
CHAPTER XXXI | 136 |
CHAPTER XXXII | 171 |
CHAPTER XXXIV | 235 |
CHAPTER XXXV | 275 |
CHAPTER XXXVI | 300 |
CHAPTER XXXVII | 327 |
CHAPTER XXXVIII | 351 |
A CHAPTER ON MONEY MATTERSEARNlNGS AND L0ssEs | 360 |
CHAPTER XL | 382 |
ADDENDUM CHAPTER XXXIIIA | 401 |
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