Sedgwick of the fact, and he at once said (no doubt truly) that it must have been thrown away by some one into the pit ; but then added, if really embedded there it would be the greatest misfortune to geology, as it would overthrow all that we know about... The Age of Tennyson - Page 189by Hugh Walker - 1904 - 309 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Darwin - 1887 - 570 pages
...cottages ; and as lie would not sell the shell, I was convinced that he had really found it in the pit. I told Sedgwick of the fact, and he at once said (no...the superficial deposits of the Midland Counties. These gravel-beds belong in fact to the glacial period, and in after years I found in them broken arctic... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1887 - 420 pages
...cottages ; and as he would not sell the shell, I was convinced that he had really found it in the pit. I told Sedgwick of the fact, and he at once said (no...the superficial deposits of the Midland Counties. These gravel-beds belong in fact to the glacial period, and in after years I found in them broken arctic... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1887 - 588 pages
...cottages ; and as he would not sell the shell, I was convinced that he had really found it in the pit. I told Sedgwick of the fact, and he at once said (no...greatest misfortune to geology, as it would overthrow all thjlt we know about the superficial deposits of the Midland Counties. These gravel-beds belong in fact... | |
| William Parker Cutler - 1888 - 1034 pages
...cottages ; and as he would not sell the shell, I was convinced that he had really found it in the pit. I told Sedgwick of the fact, and he at once said (no...the superficial deposits of the Midland Counties. These gravel-beds belong in fact to the glacial period, and in after years I found in them broken arctic... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1891 - 592 pages
...cottages ; and as he would not sell the shell, I was convinced that he had really found it in the pit. I told Sedgwick of the fact, and he at once said (no...the superficial deposits of the Midland Counties. These gravel-beds belong in fact to the glacial period, and in after years I found in them broken arctic... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1892 - 372 pages
...sell the shell, I was convinced that he had really found it in the pit. I told Sedgwick of the faut, and he at once said (no doubt truly) that it must...the superficial deposits of the Midland Counties. These gravel-beds belong in fact to the glacial period, and in after years I found in them broken arctic... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1896 - 580 pages
...cottages ; and as he would not sell the shell, I was convinced that he had really found it in the pit. I told Sedgwick of the fact, and he at once said (no...the superficial deposits of the Midland Counties. These gravel-beds belong in fact to the glacial period, and in after years I found in them broken arctic... | |
| John Dewey - 1910 - 252 pages
...adding: " But if it were really embedded there, it would be the greatest misfortune to geology, because it would overthrow all that we know about the superficial deposits of the Midland Counties " — since they were glacial. And then Darwin adds : " I was then utterly astonished at Sidgwick not... | |
| Frank Chapman Sharp - 1913 - 318 pages
...person, adding: "If really imbedded there, it would be the greatest misfortune to geology, because it would overthrow all that we know about the superficial deposits of the Midland Counties." The acceptance of the theory of evolution was greatly hindered by all the above mentioned forces. Another... | |
| Henry Hazlitt - 1916 - 282 pages
...Sedgwick replied that some one must have thrown it there, and added that if it were "really imbedded there, it would be the greatest misfortune to geology,...the superficial deposits of the Midland Counties" — which belonged to the glacial period.4 Some readers may object to calling the last case prejudice.... | |
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