 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
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1881 - 656 pages
...of species ; that mystery of mysteries, as it has been termed by one of our greatest philosophers. On my return home it occurred to me in 1837 that something...question by patiently accumulating and reflecting upon all sorts of facts which could possibly have any bearing on it. After five years' work I allowed... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1882 - 634 pages
...as it has been called by one of our greatest philosophers.' On his return home, it occurred to him, in 1837, ' that something might, perhaps, be made...possibly have any bearing on it.' After five years' work, he allowed himself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes ; these he enlarged in... | |
 | Richard Acland Armstrong - 1882 - 900 pages
...been called by one of our greatest " Philosophers ;" and that on his return home it occurred to him " that something might perhaps be made out on this*'...have any bearing on it." " After five years' work," he continues, " I allowed myself " to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes ; " these... | |
 | Religion - 1882 - 896 pages
...heen called by one of our greatest " Philosophers ;" and that on his return home it occurred to him "that something might perhaps be made out on this...which could possibly have any bearing on it." " After Jive years' work," he continues, " I allowed myself " to speculate on the subject, and drew up some... | |
 | 1882 - 590 pages
...believed that his observations would throw some light on the origin of species, and at once set to work "by patiently accumulating and reflecting on all sorts...facts which could possibly have any bearing on it." And it was only after five years' work that he allowed himself to speculate on the subject. Canon Liddon... | |
 | - 1883 - 980 pages
...greatest phil- ' osophers " ; 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...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... | |
 | Religion - 1882 - 896 pages
...been called by one of our greatest " Philosophers ;" and that on his return home it occurred to him " that something might perhaps be made out on this "...have any bearing on it." " After five years' work," he continues, " I allowed myself " to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes; " these... | |
 | David Starr Jordan - Natural history - 1887 - 296 pages
...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 enlarged, in 1844,... | |
 | Clark Bell - Law - 1890 - 464 pages
...require for its welfare a little healthful opposition." Darwin attributed his success to his habit of "patiently accumulating and reflecting on all sorts...facts'" which could ^possibly have any bearing on his theory. So with the triumph of the Coper nican theory of the universe, once a sealed book even... | |
 | Samuel Butler - Evolution - 1890 - 304 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 be made out on this question by patiently accumlating and reflecting upon all sorts of facts which... | |
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