 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - English literature - 1892 - 428 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. These details he gave to show that he had not been " hasty in coming to a decision." He had, in fact,... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - English language - 1893 - 284 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...excused for entering on these personal details, as I have given them to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision. As an example of the investigator's... | |
 | Milicent Washburn Shinn - Child development - 1893 - 628 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...enlarged in 1844 into a sketch of the conclusions that then seemed to me probable; from that period to the present day [1859] I have steadily pursued... | |
 | George Hodges - Sermons, American - 1894 - 302 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...the same object. I hope that I may be excused for these personal details, as I give them to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a conclusion.... | |
 | Theron Soliman Eugene Dixon - 1895 - 472 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...me probable ; from that period to the present day [1859] I have steadily pursued the same object." — Introduction to the Origin of Species. hypotheses,... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Science - 1896 - 580 pages
...the ' Origin,' p. 1, he writes, "after an interval of five years' work" [from 1837, ie in 1842], "I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes." Nevertheless in the letter signed by Sir C. Lyell and Sir JD Hooker, which serves as an introduction... | |
 | David Starr Jordan - Evolution - 1898 - 454 pages
...and reflecting on all sorts of facts which could possibly have any bearing on it. After five years I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew...sketch of the conclusions which then seemed to me to be probable. From that period to the present day I have steadily pursued the same object. I hope... | |
 | David Starr Jordan - Evolution - 1898 - 448 pages
...and reflecting on all sorts of facts which could 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 into a sketch of. the conclusions which then seemed to me to be probable. From that... | |
 | Literature - 1901 - 484 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...be excused for entering on these personal details, 13 as I give them to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision. n If he hopes finally... | |
 | Constitutional law - 1901 - 486 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...be excused for entering on these personal details, 13 as I give them to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision." If he hopes finally... | |
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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... 
