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Index of Subjects Quoting Gerald <naturens@zdoit.airpost.net>: > About Voyage of the Beagle I agree. When I read it I was trying to > understand his thought process, which I could not from the book.. * of course the 'Voyage of the Beagle' was written after Darwin had begun to think about evolution, so the interesting thing about his 'thought processes' is the very obvious (to a modern reader) negative shape of the lack of discussion of evolution. fred. ================================================ > On 9/3/14 11:57, Brian Bartlett wrote: >> 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 >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------ Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/ Vulnerable Watersheds - http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/ study our books - http://pinicola.ca/books/index.htm RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0 on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/ striving to be, with Rachel Carson, "fanatic defender[s] of the cult of the balance of nature" ------------------------------------------------------------
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