| Thomas Jefferson - 1803 - 388 pages
...new world, are smaller in the latter. 2- That those peculiar to the new are on a smaller scale. 3. That those which have been domesticated in both, have degenerated in America : and 4. That on the whole it exhibits fewer species. And the reason he thinks is, that the heats of America... | |
| Samuel Latham Mitchill - 1826 - 92 pages
...that those peculiar to the new are " on a smaller scale; that those which have been domesti" cated in both, have degenerated in America; and, that " on the whole, it exhibits fewer species." The admirable zoologist of France, ought to have known better than to have published such a crude and... | |
| Samuel Latham Mitchill - 1826 - 76 pages
...that those peculiar to the new are " on a smaller scale; that those which have been domesti" cated in both, have degenerated in America; and, that " on the whole, it exhibits fewer species." The admirable zoologist of France, ought to have known better than to have published such a crude and... | |
| 1831 - 796 pages
...defended by many learned men, including even a Buffon and a Robertson, that America is unfavorable to the formation and full developement of animal existence...puny and weak in body, and destitute of all mental vigor, capacity and talent. All these representations are fully and clearly refuted by Mr. Jefferson,... | |
| B. L. Rayner - 1832 - 982 pages
...the latter ; that those peculiar to the new were on a smaller scale, and exhibited fewer species ; that those which have been domesticated in both, have degenerated in America ; and that the same inherent inferiority marked the aboriginal man of this continent ; — by the latter, this... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1832 - 296 pages
...nevr world, are smaller in the latter. 2. That those peculiar to the new are on a smaller scale. 3. That those which have been domesticated in both, have degenerated in America: and 4. That on the whole it exhibits fewer species. And the reason he thinks is, that the heats of America... | |
| Sir William Lawrence - 1848 - 502 pages
...Altogether they are the finest set of men I ever saw any where." pp. 22, 23. d Description of Patagonia. in both, have degenerated in America ; and that, on...destitute of all mental vigour, capacity and talent.* All these representations are fully and clearly refuted by Mr. JEFFERSON, f who has displayed as much... | |
| 1850 - 580 pages
...Worlds are smaller in the latter. 2nd. That those belonging to the New are on a smaller scale. 3rd. That those which have been domesticated in both, have degenerated in America. 4th. That, on the whole, it exhibits fewer species. These opinions, Mr. Jefferson, in his "Notes on... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1854 - 628 pages
...and new world are smaller in the latter. 2. That those peculiar to the new are on a smaller scale. 3. That those which have been domesticated in both have degenerated in America ; and 4. That on the whole it exhibits fewer species. And the reason he thinks is, that the heats of America... | |
| J. D. White, John Hugh McQuillen, George Jacob Ziegler, James William White, Edward Cameron Kirk, Lovick Pierce Anthony - 1872
...Worlds are smaller in the latter. " 2d. That those belonging to the New are on a smaller scale. " 3d. That those which have been domesticated in both, have degenerated in America. < "4th. That, on the whole, it exhibits fewer species. " These opinions, Mr. Jefferson, in his ' Notes... | |
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