 | 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...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 it, and as my health is... | |
 | 1866 - Страниц: 908
...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...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, and... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Walter Bagehot - 1872 - Страниц: 382
...But our most ambitious schemes of philosophy now start quite differently. Mr. Darwin begins : — " When on board HMS Beagle, as naturalist, I was much...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, and... | |
 | 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...is now (1859) nearly finished ; but as it will take mo many more years to complete it, and as my health is far from strong, I have been urged to publish... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1880 - Страниц: 338
...1837, that something might be made out on this question by patiently accumlating and reflecting upon all sorts of facts which could possibly have any bearing...that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision." * In the latest edition this passage remains unaltered, except in one unimportant respect. What could... | |
 | 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...that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision." » Darwin's aims were definite. Note these significant words — "steadily pursued," "patient accumulation... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1881 - Страниц: 656
...the same object. I hope that I may be ' See Zoologist for November, 1880. 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... | |
 | Walter Bagehot - 1882 - Страниц: 426
...After five years' work I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short note's ; these I enlarged in 1844 into a sketch of the conclusions...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, and... | |
 | Grant Allen - 1885 - Страниц: 238
...sketch of the conclusions that then seemed to me probable ; from that period to the present day [1859] I have steadily pursued the same object. I hope that...that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision.' So Darwin wrote at fifty. The words are weighty and well worthy of consideration. They give us in a... | |
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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... 
