| James Orton, Charles Wright Dodge - 1903 - Страниц: 550
...world, and "was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological relations of...present to the past inhabitants of that continent." After his return home, twenty additional years were spent in collecting facts, making further observations... | |
| Henry Duff Traill - 1904 - Страниц: 1038
...mentioned at the beginning of the " Origin." 1865) " When on board HMS Beagle as naturalist," he says, " I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological relations ot the present to the past... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1909 - Страниц: 310
...quoted, from the Autobiography and to what is said in the Introduction to the Origin, Ed. i, viz. " When on board HMS 'Beagle,' as naturalist, I was much...to the past inhabitants of that continent." These words, occurring where they do, can only mean one thing, — namely that the facts suggested an evolutionary... | |
| Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1909 - Страниц: 546
...his mind regarding the permanence of species to his observations during the voyage of HMS Beagle of ' certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants...present to the past inhabitants of that continent.' There is no evidence to shew that he had made himself acquainted with the views of previous advocates... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1909 - Страниц: 584
...edition of this work was published on November 24th, 1859, and the second edition on January 7th, 1860. INTRODUCTION WHEN on board HMS 'Beagle,' as naturalist,...struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past... | |
| Frank Herbert Hayward - 1917 - Страниц: 284
...Selection. The opening of The Origin of Species introduces us to the earlier stages in Darwin's case : — "When on board HMS Beagle as naturalist I was much...struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America and in the geological relations of the present to the past... | |
| Edgar James Swift - 1919 - Страниц: 410
...naturalist," he says,1 "I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological relations of...the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts, as will be seen in the latter chapters of this volume, seemed to throw some light on the origin of... | |
| A. Waddingham Seers - 1922 - Страниц: 216
...following extract from the introduction is worth quoting for the light it throws on scientific method : " When on board HMS Beagle as naturalist, I was much...struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past... | |
| A. Waddingham Seers - 1922 - Страниц: 216
...following extract from the introduction is worth quoting for the light it throws on scientific method : " When on board HMS Beagle as naturalist, I was much...struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past... | |
| John Hubert Greusel - 1923 - Страниц: 344
...the idea of evolution in the physical world? Charles Darwin (d. 1882), in his introductory, tells us: "When on board HMS 'Beagle,' as naturalist, I was...struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past... | |
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