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" ... of our greatest philosophers. On my return home, it occurred to me, in 1837, that something might perhaps be made out on this question by patiently accumulating and reflecting on all sorts of facts which could possibly have any bearing on it. After... "
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of ... - Page 1
by Charles Darwin - 1873 - 458 pages
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National Review, Volume 10

1860 - 564 pages
...of facts which could possibly have any bearing upon it. After five years' work, he allowed himself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes ; these he enlarged in 1844 into a sketch of the. conclusions which then seemed to him probable ; and from...
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The National Review, Volume 10

Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1860 - 556 pages
...of facts which could possibly have any bearing upon it. After five years' work, he allowed himself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes; these he enlarged in 1844 into a sketch of the conclusions which then seemed to him probable ; and from that...
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On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection; Or, The Preservation ...

Charles Darwin - 1861 - 470 pages
...reflecting on all sorts of facts which could possibly have any bearing on it. After five years' work I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes ; these I enlarged in 1844 iuto a sketch of the conclusions, which then seemed to me probable : from that period to the present...
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Nature, Volume 23

Sir Norman Lockyer - 1881 - 770 pages
...which could possibly have any bearing on it. After five years' work I allowed myself to speculate upon the subject, and drew up some short notes ; these...steadily pursued the same object. I hope that I may be ' See Zoalfgist for November, 1860. excused for entering upon these personal details, as I give them...
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On the origin of species by means of natural selection ; or, The ...

Charles Darwin - 1875 - 504 pages
...reflecting on all sorts of facts which could possibly have any bearing on it. After five years' work I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew...some short notes ; these I enlarged in 1844 into a sketeh of the conclusions, which then seemed to me probable : from that period to the present day I...
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Education, Volume 41

1921 - 744 pages
...could possibly have any bearing on it. After five years' work I allowed myself to speculate on this subject and drew up some short notes. These I enlarged in 1844 into a sketch of the conclusions, when they seemed to be probable; from that period to the present day I have steadily pursued the same...
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Nature, Volume 23

Sir Norman Lockyer - 1881 - 656 pages
...which could possibly have any bearing on it. After five years' work I allowed myself to speculate upon the subject, and drew up some short notes ; these...steadily pursued the same object. I hope that I may be ' See Zoologist for November, 1880. excused for entering upon these personal details, as I give them...
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The Relations of Science and Religion: The Morse Lecture, 1880, Connected ...

Henry Calderwood - 1881 - 366 pages
...reflecting on all sorts of facts which could possibly have any bearing on it. After five years' work I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew...present day I have steadily pursued the same object." * Such is Mr. Darwin's opening paragraph in the now celebrated Origin of Species. No one interested...
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The Relations of Science and Religion: The Morse Lecture, 1880, Connected ...

Henry Calderwood - 1881 - 366 pages
...reflecting on all sorts of facts which could possibly have any bearing on it. After ' t five years' work I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short a* .. notes; these I enlarged in 1844 into a sketch of the conclusions which then seemed to me probable:...
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The Modern review, a quarterly magazine (ed. by R.A. Armstrong)., Volume 3

Richard Acland Armstrong - 1882 - 900 pages
...of facts which could possibly have any bearing on it." " After five years' work," he continues, " I allowed myself " to speculate on the subject, and...me probable; from that period to " the present day (1859) I have steadily pursued the same" object." But while keeping this continually before his mind,...
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