 I asserted — and I repeat — that a man has no reason to be ashamed of having an ape for his grandfather. If there were an ancestor whom I should feel shame in recalling, it would rather be a man — a man of restless and versatile intellect — who,...  Science - Page 446edited by - 1917Full view - About this book
 | Charles Darwin - 1887 - 416 pages
...it would be a man, a man of restless and versatile intellect, who, not content with an equivocal f success in his own sphere of activity, plunges into...digressions, and skilled appeals to religious prejudice." \ The letter above quoted continues : " The excitement was now at its height ; a lady fainted and had... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1887 - 572 pages
...it would be a man, a man of restless and versatile intellect, who, not content with an equivocal f success in his own sphere of activity, plunges into...digressions, and skilled appeals to religious prejudice." The letter above quoted continues : " The excitement was now at its height; a lady fainted and had... | |
 | 1888 - 538 pages
...recalling, it would be a man, a man of restless and versatile intellect, who not content with an equivocal success in his own sphere of activity plunges into...acquaintance, only to obscure them by an aimless rhetoric and to distract the attention of his hearers from the real point at issue by eloquent digressions and skillAl... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1892 - 372 pages
...recalling, it would be a man, a man of restless and versatile intellect, who, not content with an equivocal success in his own sphere of activity, plunges into...digressions, and skilled appeals to religious prejudice." f * Sir John Lubbock also insisted on the embryological evidence for evolution. — FD t Mr. Fawcett... | |
 | 1895 - 512 pages
...periodicals. would be a man, a man of restless and versatile intellect who, not content with an equivocal success in his own sphere of activity, plunges into...digressions and skilled appeals to religious prejudice." Thirty-four years later, just a year ago this August, the same face was seen once again at the same... | |
 | 1907 - 284 pages
...shame in recalling, it would be a man, a man of restless and versatile intellect, who, not content with success in his own sphere of activity, plunges into...his hearers from the real point at issue by eloquent digression and a skillful appeal to religious prejudices. Bryan has n't had a new idea, nor abandoned... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1896 - 1056 pages
...recalling it would be a man; a man of restless and versatile intellect who, not content with an equivocal success in his own sphere of activity, plunges into...digressions and skilled appeals to religious prejudice." The arguments adduced against evolution during those days were sometimes very comical, and the coutideut... | |
 | 1896 - 472 pages
...recalling, it would be a man, a man of restless and versatile intellect, who, not content with an equivocal success in his own sphere of activity, plunges into...digressions and skilled appeals to religious prejudice." A contemporary writer observes : " The retort was so justly deserved and so inimitable in its manner,... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1896 - 920 pages
...it would be a man, a man of restless and versatile intellect, who, not content with an equivocal f success in his own sphere of activity, plunges into...digressions, and skilled appeals to religious prejudice." The letter above quoted continues : " The excitement was now at its height ; a lady fainted and had... | |
 | Edward Clodd - 1897 - 312 pages
...recalling, it would be a man, a man of restless and versatile intellect, who, not content with an equivocal success in his own sphere of activity, plunges into...digressions, and skilled appeals to religious prejudice. Perhaps the best comment on a piece of what is now ancient history is to quote the admissions made... | |
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