 America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of the continent. These facts 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....  A Primer of Darwinism and Organic Evolution - Page 229by Joseph Young Bergen, Fanny Dickerson Bergen - 1890 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - Nature - 1891 - 516 pages
...greatest philosophers ; " and he tells us that, soon after his return home in 1837, it occurred to him " that something might perhaps be made out on this question...sorts of facts which could possibly have any bearing upon it." We know from his own statement that he had already perceived that no explanation but some... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - English literature - 1892 - 394 pages
...of species — that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by one of our greatest philosophers. On my return home it occurred to me in 1837 that something might perhaps be made out of this question by patiently accumulating and reflecting on all sorts of facts which could possibly... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - English literature - 1892 - 428 pages
...of species—that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by one of our greatest philosophers. On my return home it occurred to me in 1837 that something might perhaps be made out of this question by patiently accumulating and reflecting on all sorts of facts which could possibly... | |
 | Theron Soliman Eugene Dixon - 1895 - 472 pages
...apart for a while, those volatile and preposterous philosophies, which have preferred theses to * " On my return home it occurred to me, in 1837, that something might perhaps be made out of this question by patiently accumulating and reflecting on all sorts of facts which could possibly... | |
 | David Starr Jordan - Evolution - 1898 - 448 pages
...origin of species, that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by one of our greatest philosophers. On my return home it occurred to me (in 1837) that...possibly have any bearing on it. After five years I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes. These I en'arged in 1844... | |
 | Science - 1898 - 776 pages
...returned home from his voyage it occurred to him, in 1837, that something might perhaps be made out of this question by patiently accumulating and reflecting...sorts of facts which could possibly have any bearing upon it, that after five years' work of this nature he allowed himself to speculate on the subject,... | |
 | John Henry Muirhead - Philosophy - 1902 - 298 pages
...Origin of Species, Darwin tells us that at the outset of his investigations he devoted five years to accumulating and reflecting on all sorts of facts which could possibly have any bearing on his problem before allowing himself to speculate on the subject or note down the general results. He... | |
 | Spencer John Jones - Christian union - 1902 - 500 pages
...Darwin says, in his Origin of Species : — " On my return home (from his voyage on board HMS Beagle) it occurred to me, in 1837, that something might perhaps be made out of this question by patiently accumulating and reflecting on all sorts of facts which could possibly... | |
 | John Wesley Judd - Evolution - 1910 - 202 pages
...effect. ' I then saw,' he says, ' how many facts indicated the common descent of species,' and further, 'It occurred to me in 1837, that something might perhaps...facts which could possibly have any bearing on it.' In July of that year, he opened his first note-book on the subject108 — the note-books being soon... | |
 | Pan American Union - America - 1935 - 1118 pages
...past inhabitants of that continent. . . . On my return home it occurred to me . . . that sometliing might perhaps be made out on this question by patiently...of facts which could possibly have any bearing on it."9 Sometlu'ng had at last been made out, and it was something big. A GALAPAGOS LAND TORTOISE (TESTUDO... | |
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