Charles Darwin: A Paper Contributed to the Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological SocietyAdnitt and Nauton, 1884 - Всего страниц: 64 |
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... visited , and kept a number of wild and curious animals . " One of his sons , Captain Darwin , has published the Gamekeeper's Manual , which ( says Charles Darwin ) " shows keen observation and knowledge of the habits of various animals ...
... visited , and kept a number of wild and curious animals . " One of his sons , Captain Darwin , has published the Gamekeeper's Manual , which ( says Charles Darwin ) " shows keen observation and knowledge of the habits of various animals ...
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... visited Etruria . The hall , we are told , must have borne the appearance of an hotel ; " guests were coming and going , foreigners from every country were oc- casionally there , and distinguished Englishmen formed 6 . a large ...
... visited Etruria . The hall , we are told , must have borne the appearance of an hotel ; " guests were coming and going , foreigners from every country were oc- casionally there , and distinguished Englishmen formed 6 . a large ...
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... visited Shrewsbury , and preached , at the Unitarian Chapel still standing in High - street , the famous sermon which Hazlitt heard after his comfortless walk in the mud from his home at Wem , and " could not have been more delighted if ...
... visited Shrewsbury , and preached , at the Unitarian Chapel still standing in High - street , the famous sermon which Hazlitt heard after his comfortless walk in the mud from his home at Wem , and " could not have been more delighted if ...
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... visited by H , M. S. Beagle , under the command of Captain Fitzroy , R.N. , from 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin , Esq . , M.A. , F.R.S. , Secretary to the Geological Society . " A second edition of the Journal of Researches appeared in ...
... visited by H , M. S. Beagle , under the command of Captain Fitzroy , R.N. , from 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin , Esq . , M.A. , F.R.S. , Secretary to the Geological Society . " A second edition of the Journal of Researches appeared in ...
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... visited . The Archipelago is a group of islands formed of volcanic rocks , containing probably two thousand craters ; but the chief pecu- liarity of the group lies in the novelty of the flora and the fauna , which differ even on the ...
... visited . The Archipelago is a group of islands formed of volcanic rocks , containing probably two thousand craters ; but the chief pecu- liarity of the group lies in the novelty of the flora and the fauna , which differ even on the ...
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Стр. 22 - 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.
Стр. 23 - 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. 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 five years I allowed myself to...
Стр. 54 - It is a marvelous reflection that the whole of the superficial mould over any such expanse has passed, and will again pass every few years, through the bodies of worms. The plough is one of the most ancient and most valuable of man's inventions; but long before he existed the land...
Стр. 58 - I see no good reason why the views given in this volume should shock the religious feelings of any one.
Стр. 31 - They forget, or will not remember, that human sacrifices, and the power of an idolatrous priesthood — a system of profligacy unparalleled in any other part of the world — infanticide a consequence of that system — bloody wars, where the conquerors spared neither women nor children — that all these have been abolished ; and that dishonesty, intemperance, and licentiousness have been greatly reduced by the introduction of Christianity.
Стр. 47 - ... thus stuck to the back of the bee and carried away. " When the bee, thus provided, flies to another flower, or to the same flower a second time, and is pushed by its comrades into the bucket, and then crawls out by the passage, the pollen-mass upon its back necessarily comes first into contact with the viscid stigma," which takes up the pollen ; and this is how that orchid is fertilized.
Стр. 40 - ... species were descended from a common ancestor. But during several years I could not conceive how each form could have been modified so as to become admirably adapted to its place in nature. I began, therefore, to study domesticated animals and cultivated plants, and after a time perceived that man's power of selecting and breeding from certain individuals was the most powerful of all means in the production of new races. Having attended to the habits of animals and their relations to the surrounding...
Стр. 30 - In regard to the wildness of birds towards man, there is no way of accounting for it, except as an inherited habit. Comparatively few young birds, in any one year, have been injured by man in England ; yet almost all, even nestlings, are afraid of him. Many individuals, on the other hand, both at the Galapagos and at the Falklands, have been pursued and injured by man, but yet have not learned a salutary dread of him.
Стр. 40 - The work, from its powerful and brilliant style, though displaying in the earlier editions little accurate knowledge and a great want of scientific caution, immediately had a very wide circulation. In my opinion it has done excellent service in this country in calling attention to the subject, in removing prejudice, and in thus preparing the ground for the reception of analogous views.
Стр. 47 - The basal part of the labellum stands over the bucket, and is itself hollowed out into a sort of chamber with two lateral entrances ; within this chamber there are curious fleshy ridges. The most ingenious man, if he had not witnessed what takes place, could never have imagined what purpose all these parts serve.