After five years' work I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes ; these I enlarged in 1844 into a sketch of the conclusions, which then seemed to me probable : from that period to the present day I have steadily pursued... Science Sketches - Стр. 174авторы: David Starr Jordan - 1887 - Страниц: 276Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| Charles Darwin - 1861 - Страниц: 470
...allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes ; these I enlarged in 1844 iuto a sketch of the conclusions, which then seemed to...to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision. My work is now nearly finished ; but as it will take me two or three more years to complete... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1864 - Страниц: 472
...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...to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision. My work is now nearly finished ; but as it will take me two or three more years to complete... | |
| 1866 - Страниц: 908
...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...to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision." If he hopes finally to solve his great problem, it is by careful experiments in pigeon fancying,... | |
| Sir Norman Lockyer - 1881 - Страниц: 770
...the same object. I hope that I may be ' See Zoalfgist for November, 1860. excused for entering upon these personal details, as I give them to show that...I have not been hasty in coming to a conclusion." — "Origin of Species," p. i, ed. 1859. What could more completely throw us off the scent of the earlier... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1870 - Страниц: 468
...have any bearing on it. After five years' work I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and dre<r up some short notes ; these I enlarged in 1844 into...to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision. My work is now nearly finished ; but as it will take me two or three more years to complete... | |
| Walter Bagehot - 1872 - Страниц: 382
...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...to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision." If he hopes finally to solve his great problem, it is by careful experiments in pigeon fancying,... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1873 - Страниц: 492
...reflecting on nil sorts of facts which could possibly have any bearing on it. Afier five years' work 1 allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew...to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision. My work is now (1859) nearly finished; but as it will take me many more years to complete... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1875 - Страниц: 504
...: from that period to the present day I have steadily pursued the same object. I hope that I may bo excused for entering on these personal details, as...to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision. My work is now (1859) nearly finished ; but as it will take mo many more years to complete... | |
| Samuel Butler - 1880 - Страниц: 338
...reflecting upon 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...to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision." * In the latest edition this passage remains unaltered, except in one unimportant respect.... | |
| 1921 - Страниц: 744
...some short notes. These I enlarged in 1844 into a sketch of the conclusions, when they seemed to be probable; from that period to the present day I have...to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision." » Darwin's aims were definite. Note these significant words — "steadily pursued," "patient... | |
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