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Index of Subjects The Voyage of the Beagle is one of my favourite 19th-century books by naturalists. Chock-full of precisely rendered observations, intense descriptions, a wealth of exploratory curiosity, fresh reflections, fascinating narratives, colourful scenes, cultural commentary, provocative questions, philosophical asides.... (But not satisfying if you're only looking for a book of hard science.) Brian -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 11:18 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Darwin's - Origin of Species Hi, It has been many years since I read it. My opinion was similar. I also read Voyage of the Beagle. This disappointed me since he left out too much of his analysis of his observations. -- Gerald On 9/2/14 20:35, James Hirtle wrote: > Hi all: > > I just finished reading Charles Darwin's - The Origin of Species. For > the sake of argument has anyone else read this and what was your opinion > of it? I found it rather drab and a hard read. There were really only > two things of real interest to me, which was the lifespan of an elephant > and the time it takes a female to produce it's first young. Also, > that ants will tickle the bottom of an aphid to make it excrete and then > eat this as food. > > It was my impression after reading the book that a lot of Darwin's > thoughts and discoveries were not his own, but based on the research of > others and possibly taken as his own. In comparison to other writings > by him and of others about his research, which by the way I really > enjoyed at the time. I was really disheartened after reading the actual > Origin of Species also written by him. I'll look forward to others > thoughts on this book. > > James R. Hirtle > Bridgewater
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