 | John Bowlby - 1992 - 532 pages
...board HMS Beagle, which he says, 'seemed to me to throw some light on the origin of species - that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by one of our greatest philosophers'. A little later he continues: it is quite conceivable that a naturalist reflecting on the mutual affinities... | |
 | Charles Leonard Hogue - 1993 - 568 pages
...Origin of Species (1859), he states, "When on board HMS 'Beagle,' as naturalist, 1 was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America . . . [which] throw some light on the origin of species." Some of these facts concerned the distribution... | |
 | Michael J. Crowe - 1994 - 468 pages
...Species (1859), Charles Darwin admitted that in his book he would discuss "the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries as it has been called by one of our greatest philosophers." By that accolade, Darwin referred to Sir John Herschel (1792-1871), the only child of William Herschel.... | |
 | Eva Jablonka, Marion J. Lamb - 1995 - 364 pages
...chromosomes (see Chapter 7). Heredity and the origin of species . . . the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by one of our greatest philosophers. Darwin, Introduction to The origin of species Ever since Darwin wrote On the origin of species by means... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1996 - 382 pages
...'Beagle,' as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of...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... | |
 | Keith Ansell-Pearson - 1997 - 296 pages
..."Beagle" as a naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of...present to the past inhabitants of that continent'. This opening, of extraordinary economy and beauty, locates the observer at a specific time and place... | |
 | Keith Ansell-Pearson - 1997 - 292 pages
...was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in me geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent'. This opening, of extraordinary economy and beauty, locates the observer at a specific time and place... | |
 | Michael Wheeler - 1999 - 330 pages
...Almighty " (London: Macmillan, 1873), p. 161. When on board HMS 'Beagle,' as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic...the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts . . . seemed to throw some light on the origin of species . . . 8 The crucial issue, however, was the... | |
 | James Munves - 1999 - 216 pages
...the temperate zone; and Darwin, who surrounding and penetrating these antipodes was . . . much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic...geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants . . . These facts . . . seemed to throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries.... | |
 | Timberlake Wertenbaker - 1999 - 86 pages
...America — FITZROY. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind — DARWIN, —and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent. FITZROY. — and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself after his kind — DARWIN. These... | |
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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. 
