Lindström, Gustaf (1829–1901)
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- … Fla. : Robert E. Krieger Publishing. 19 Swedish Silurian Descent Swedish geologist …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … reviews [Carlyle 1838–9] Nov 8 th Murchison Silurian System [Murchison 1839].— References …
- … 11a Barrande, Joachim. 1852–1911. Système silurian du centre de la Bohême . 29 pts. …
- … 22a ——. 1848b. On the Cystideæ of the Silurian rocks of the British Islands. Memoirs …
- … 180; 128: 5 Murchison, Roderick Impey. 1839. The Silurian system, founded on …
Darwin and religion in America
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Thomas Dixon, 'America’s Difficulty with Darwin', History Today (2009), reproduced by permission. Darwin has not been forgotten. But he has, in some respects, been misremembered. That has certainly been true when it comes to the relationship…
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- … some few beings which lived long before the first bed of the Silurian system was deposited, they …
Race, Civilization, and Progress
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Darwin's first reflections on human progress were prompted by his experiences in the slave-owning colony of Brazil, and by his encounters with the Yahgan peoples of Tierra del Fuego. Harsh conditions, privation, poor climate, bondage and servitude,…
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- … of life occurred, might remain unaltered from long before Silurian age to present day. I grant there …
Essay: Natural selection & natural theology
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—by Asa Gray NATURAL SELECTION NOT INCONSISTENT WITH NATURAL THEOLOGY. Atlantic Monthly for July, August, and October, 1860, reprinted in 1861. I Novelties are enticing to most people; to us they are simply annoying. We cling to a long-accepted…
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- … some few beings which lived long before the first bed of the Silurian system was deposited.’ But, as …
