 | Samuel Butler - 1880 - 338 pages
...great men, now dumb, who had borne the burden and heat of the day, and whose laurels had been niched from them ; of the manner, too, in which Mr. Darwin...now ruling among those whom they delight to honour. At first I thought I ought to continue the correspondence privately with Mr. Darwin, and explain to... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1890 - 304 pages
...he should be allowed to set aside the fundamental principles of straightforwardness and fair play. When I thought of Buffon, of Dr. Erasmus Darwin, of...utmost to make my countrymen aware of the spirit now rulingamong those whom they delight to honour. At first I thought I ought to continue the correspondence... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1920 - 232 pages
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 | Samuel Butler - 1924 - 246 pages
...author of the Vefiiges of Creation, to all of whom Mr. Darwin had dealt the same measure which he was 53 now dealing to myself; when I thought of these great...now ruling among those whom they delight to honour. At first I thought I ought to continue the correspondence privately with Mr. Darwin, and explain to... | |
 | 1964 - 192 pages
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 | Lee Elbert Holt - 1989 - 176 pages
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... of the manner, too, in which Mr. Darwin had been abetted by those who should have been the first to detect the fallacy which had misled him; of the hotbed of intrigue which science has now become; of the disrepute into which we English must fall as... 
