 | Biology - 1882 - 1216 pages
...the origin of species, suggested by his observations on the South American coast, particularly by " certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings...present to the past inhabitants of that continent" The " Origin of Species" was issued in November, 1859, an(^ was designed as an abstract of a more extended... | |
 | 1882 - 686 pages
...his voyage as a Naturalist, employed by Government on board the Beagle (1825-31), he was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic...beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological relation of the present to the past inhabitants of the continent, which seemed to him to throw light... | |
 | Richard Acland Armstrong - 1882 - 900 pages
...asked him how ho came to make his great discoveries, he replied, " By always thinking about them." " South America, and in the Geological relations of...present to the past inhabitants of that continent, seemed to " throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery of " mysteries, as it has been... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1883 - 494 pages
...I860. ORIGIN OF SPECIES. INTRODUCTION. WHEN on board nMS ' Beagle,' as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic...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. On... | |
 | Andrew Wilson - Evidence - 1883 - 408 pages
...indefinitely from the Original Type." The former, as naturalist on board HMS " Beagle," had been " struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic...present to the past inhabitants of that continent." Mr. Darwin further tells us that " these facts seemed to throw some light on the origin of species... | |
 | Andrew Wilson - Evidence - 1883 - 444 pages
...Darwin further tells us that " 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." Mr. Wallace, on the other hand, exploring the Malay Archipelago, and interesting himself in the problems... | |
 | - 1883 - 980 pages
...classes of facts here referred to seemed to him "to throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by one of our greatest phil- ' osophers " ; and he tells us that, soon after his return home in 1837, it occurred to him "that... | |
 | Edward Woodall - Naturalists - 1884 - 100 pages
...publication of the Origin of Sptcies in 1859. 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 — that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called... | |
 | Religion - 1882 - 896 pages
...asked him how he came to make his great discoveries, he replied, " By always thinking about them." " South America, and in the Geological relations of...present to the past inhabitants of that continent, seemed to" throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery of "mysteries, as it has been... | |
 | Grant Allen - 1885 - 246 pages
...wrote, some twenty-seven years later, ' When on board HMS " Beagle " as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic...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.'... | |
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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. 
