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...Malay Archipelago, and, as I shall show, Darwin was not beginning to develop his theory, but had matured it already some years back. In 1837, Darwin sketched out a MS., which he copied in 1844, when the copy was read by Dr. Hooker, who communicated it to Sir Charles Lyell. In this MS. he treated of "The Variation of Organic Beings under Domestication and in Their Natural State;" "On the Variation of Organic Beings in a State of Nature;" "On the Natural Means of Selection;" and "The Comparison of Domestic Races and Their Species...
...person who took volume I of "Lyell's Principles of Geology" from the heater at the Museum between the hours of 11 A. M. and 1.30 P. M., will return the same to 14 Hollis, no questions will be asked...
...person who took volume I of "Lyell's Principles of Geology" from the heater at the Museum between the hours of 11 A. M. and 1.30 P. M., will return the same to 14 Hollis, no questions will be asked...
THOMAS CARLYLE cared very little for honors, but in 1875 he accepted the degree of LL. D. from Harvard University. Among other prominent foreign literary men who have received honorary degrees are Whately, Lyell, Henry Holland, Hallam, Guizot, Baron Napier, J. S. Mill, and Martineau...