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Index of Subjects Brian, 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.. -- Gerald 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 > >
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