 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1892 - 428 lehte
...in his introduction) I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America and in the geological relations of the...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... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret), Francis Romano Oliphant - 1892 - 380 lehte
...in his introduction) I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America and in the geological relations of the...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... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1893 - 280 lehte
...investigator ventured to propound. Note what Darwin says in the introduction to his Origin of Species: When on board HMS " Beagle," as naturalist, I was...the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts, as will be seen in the latter chapters of this volume, seemed to throw some light on the origin of... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1893 - 284 lehte
...propound. Note what Darwin says in the introduction to his Origin of Species : When on board II. MS " Beagle," as naturalist, I was much struck with certain...the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts, as will be seen in the latter chapters of this volume, seemed to throw some light on the origin of... | |
 | George Hodges - 1894 - 302 lehte
...sermon. Darwin's epoch-making book, the " Origin of Species," begins with this significant paragraph: "When on board HMS Beagle as naturalist, I was much...the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts, as will be seen in the latter chapter of this volume, seemed to throw some light on the origin of species... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1896 - 406 lehte
...November 24th, 1859, and the second edition on January 7th, 1860. ORIGIN OF SPECIES. INTRODUCTION. WHEN on board HMS ' Beagle,' as naturalist, I was...the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts, as will be seen in the latter chapters of this volume, seemed to throw some light on the origin of... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1896 - 408 lehte
...January 7th, 1860. OBIGIN OF SPECIES. INTRODUCTION. WHEN on board HMS ' Beagle,' as naturalist, I waa much struck with certain facts in the distribution...the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts, as will be seen in the latter chapters of this volume, seemed to throw some light on the origin of... | |
 | David Starr Jordan - 1898 - 454 lehte
...ends." In the preface to the Origin of Species, published in 1859, he outlined his plan of work in the following words: "When on board HMS Beagle as...relations of the present to the past inhabitants of the continent. These facts seem to throw some light on the origin of species, that mystery of mysteries,... | |
 | David Starr Jordan - 1898 - 448 lehte
...much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South •l"u" s America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of the continent. These facts seem to throw some light on the origin of species, that mystery of mysteries,... | |
 | 1901 - 484 lehte
...anything. But our most ambitious schemes of philosophy now start quite differently. Mr. Darwin begins: — "When on board HMS BEAGLE, as naturalist, I was much...the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts, as will be seen in the latter chapters of this volume, seemed to throw some light on the origin of... | |
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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. 
