 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...  Dictionary of National Biography - Page 24publié par - 1887Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Charles Darwin - 1861 - 470 pages
...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 calling in this country attention to the subject, and in removing prejudices. In 1846, the veteran... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1864 - 472 pages
...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 calling in this country attention to the subject, and in removing prejudices. In 1846, the veteran... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1866 - 668 pages
...displaying in the earlier editions little accurate knowledge and a great want of scientific caution, immediately had a very wide circulation. In my opinion...preparing the ground for the reception of analogous views. In 1846 the veteran geologist MJ d'Omalins d'Halloy published in an excellent, though short paper ('Bulletins... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1867 - 406 pages
...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 calling, in this country, attention to the subject, in removing prejudice, and in thus preparing the... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1867 - 598 pages
...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 calling, in this country, attention to the subject, in removing prejudice, and in thus preparing the... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1867 - 424 pages
...had a very wide circulation. In my opinion it has done excellent service in calling, in this country, attention to the subject, in removing prejudice, and in thus preparing the ground for analogous views.' Thus Mr Darwin considers the author of Vestiges as his pioneer, and the husbandman... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1875 - 504 pages
...displaying in the earlier editions little accurate knowledge and a great want of scientific caution, immediately had a very wide circulation. In my opinion...service in this country in calling attention to the sublect, in removing prejudice, and in thus preparing the ground for the reception of analogous views.... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1879 - 436 pages
...Mr. Charles Darwin truly says, " done excellent service in this country, in calling attention to this subject, in removing prejudice, and in thus preparing...the ground for the reception of analogous views." * The work neither made any addition to ideas which had been long familiar, nor arranged old ones in... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1879 - 402 pages
...Vestiges of Creation ') has done excellent service in this country by calling attention to the .subject, removing prejudice, and in thus preparing the ground for the reception of analogous views." Mr. Darwin, the main part of whose work on the ' Origin of Species ' is taken up with supporting the... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1883 - 494 pages
...circulation. In my opinion it has done excellent service in this country in calling attention to the sublect, in removing prejudice, and in thus preparing the ground for the reception of analogoutt views. In Ib46 the veteran geologist 11. J. d'Omalius d'HaUoy published in an excellent... | |
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