 Earth-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of Nature, yet, if lost, would make a lamentable chasm. For, to say nothing of half the birds, and some quadrupeds, which are almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be...  The Student, and Intellectual Observer - Page 4251869Full view - About this book
 | Robert Finch, John Elder - 2002 - 1160 pages
...which renders them less an object of attention; and from their numbers and fecundity. Earth-worms, q 2 D E X $ % " G H R j N O P the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating,... | |
 | David Pepper, Frank Webster, George Revill - 2003 - 612 pages
...which renders them less an object of attention; and from their numbers and fecundity. Earth-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in...chain of nature, yet. if lost, would make a lamentable chasm.9 This is Gilbert White in Selborne. from where it is a short step to those key Romantic texts.... | |
 | Clive A. Edwards - 2004 - 458 pages
...mechanisms by which earthworms affect plant growth. White (1789) wrote: Dear Sir — ... Earthworms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in...almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating,... | |
 | Mike George - 2004 - 388 pages
...and birds. Feel a renewed sense of respect for all living things. 771 Links in the chain "Earthworms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in...nature, yet, if lost, would make a lamentable chasm." GILBERT WHITE (1720-g3) 772 The scarab beetle This insect is known for rolling large balls of dung... | |
 | John Glendening - 2007 - 254 pages
...have much more inference in the economy of nature, than the incurious are aware. . . . Earthworms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in...nature, yet, if lost, would make a lamentable chasm." He then explains that much life on earth, both vegetable and animal, depends upon the action of worms... | |
 | Diana Donald - 2007 - 402 pages
...have much more influence in the oeconomy of nature, than the incurious are aware of ... Earth-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of nature, yet, if lost, would 41. Thomas Bewick, A History of British Birds, edition of 1809, vol. I, Land Birds; tailpiece to article... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...which renders them less an object of attention ; and from their numbers and fecundity. Earth-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in...worms seem to be great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them ; by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering... | |
 | Maison, N. & Kumar - 1964 - 264 pages
...and have much more influence in the economy of nature than the incurious are aware of. Earthworms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in...almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating,... | |
 | 1888 - 584 pages
...Darwin by a century in his notice of these creatures, which he introduces by saying, " earthworms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in...nature, yet, if lost, would make a lamentable chasm." In a series of letters to his friends, charmingly written, White gives all his observations, often... | |
 | Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain) - 1878 - 740 pages
...an object of attention ; and from their numbers and fecundity. Earth-worms, though in appearance n small and despicable link in the chain of nature, yet if lost would make a lamentable chasm . . . worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but tamely without them,... | |
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