...Vestiges,' I have heard that in his ' Cosmos ' the venerable Humboldt supports its views in almost.every particular, not excepting those relating to animal...Physiophilosophy.' There is a review of it in the Atl1enceum. It contains some remarkable views on my favourite subject — the variations, arrangements,...

...whose inspiration I owe my determination to visit the tropics as a collector. In September, 1 847, my sister returned home from Alabama, and from that...Physiophilosophy." There is a review of it in the Athenceinn. It contains some remarkable views on my favourite subject — the variations, arrangements,...

...learnt by it. I should like to take some one family to study thoroughly, xvii] RESIDENCE AT NEATH 257 principally with a view to the theory of the origin...Physiophilosophy.' There is a review of it in the Athenceunt. It contains some remarkable views on my favourite subject — the variations, arrangements,...

...rather dissatisfied with a mere local collection ; little is to be learnt by it. I should like to take one family, to study thoroughly, principally with...opinion that some definite results might be arrived at." Eleven years later he gave to the world those " definite results " of his study in the theory of "...

...therefore, are not propagated as distinct races." Again, writing about the same period, he adds : " I begin to feel rather dissatisfied with a mere local...that some definite results might be arrived at." And he further alludes to " my favourite subject—the variations, arrangements, distribution, etc., of...

...which, therefore, are not propagated as distinct races." Again, writing about the same period, he adds: "I begin to feel rather dissatisfied with a mere local...that some definite results might be arrived at." And he further alludes to, "my favourite subject — the variations, arrangements, distribution, etc.,...

...wrote : I begin to feel rather dissatisfied with a mere local collection ; little is to be learnt from it. I should like to take some one family to study...opinion that some definite results might be arrived at. Dr. AE Wallace. While at Sarawak, in 1855, Wallace was still pondering over the problem, which was...

...described in a letter to Bates, "I begin to feel rather dissatisfied with a mere local collection. I should like to take some one family to study thoroughly,...opinion that some definite results might be arrived at."3 Wallace Begins Surveying It was, I think, early in the summer of 1837 that I went with my brother...

...dissatisfaction with "mere local" collections. "I should like to take some one family and study it thoroughly, principally with a view to the theory of the origin of species. I firmly believe that a full and careful study of the facts of nature will ultimately lead to a solution...

...he was way beyond the mere phase of studying local collections. "I should like," Wallace asserted, "to take some one family to study thoroughly, principally...origin of species. By that means, I am strongly of [the] opinion that some definite results might be arrived at." Wallace concluded this letter, which...