 | 1860 - 566 lehte
...geological relations of the present to 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 called by some of our greatest philosophers.' (P. 1.) What is there, we asked ourselves, as we closed the volume... | |
 | 1860 - 966 lehte
...\vith certain facts connected with the geography and palaeontology of South America, which appeared to throw '' some light on the Origin of Species —...been called by one of our greatest philosophers."* After five years had elapsed in accumulating observations and reflecting upon them, he allowed himself... | |
 | 1860 - 564 lehte
...voyage on board HMS Beagle of which he has given us so admirable a Journal. These facts seemed to him to throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries, as one of our greatest philosophers has called it ; and on his return home it occurred to him, in 1837,... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1860 - 556 lehte
...voyage on board IT.MS Beagle of which he has given us so admirable a Journal. These facts seemed to him to throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries, as one of our greatest philosophers has called it ; and on his return home it occurred to him, in 1 837,... | |
 | 1860 - 894 lehte
...geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of thatcontincnt. These facts seemed to me to throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries, aa it has been called by sonio of our greatest philosophers." — P. 1. What is there, we asked ourselves,... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1867 - 406 lehte
...the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts seemed to throw some light on the origin of Species ; that...been called by one of our greatest philosophers.' Thus are we enabled to fix a date for the first suggestion of that theory which appears in its full... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1867 - 424 lehte
...the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts seemed to throw some light on the origin of Species ; that...been called by one of our greatest philosophers.' Thus are we enabled to fix a date for the first suggestion of that theory which appears in its full... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1881 - 770 lehte
...inhabitants ofthat continent. These facts, as will be seen in the latter chapters of this volume, seemed to throw some light on the origin of species ; that mystery of mysteries, as it has been termed by one of our greatest philosophers. On my return home it occurred to me in 1837 that something... | |
 | 1883 - 990 lehte
...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 —...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... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1873 - 492 lehte
...seen in the latter chapters of this volume, seemed to throw some light on the origin of species—that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by one...occurred to me, in 1837, that something might perhaps be 1 made'otit on this question by patiently accumulating and reflecting on nil sorts of facts which could... | |
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These facts, as will be seen in the latter chapters of this 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. 
