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Darwin, C. R. 1896. [Recollections of Darwin and correspondence with Romanes, 1875-1881]. In E. D. Romanes ed., The life and letters of George John Romanes. 6th impression. London: Longmans, 1908.
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for God.' And forasmuch as I am far from being able to agree with those who affirm that the twilight doctrine of the 'new faith' is a desirable substitute for the waning splendour of 'the old,' I am not ashamed to confess that with this virtual negation of God the universe to me has lost its soul of loveliness; and although from henceforth the precept to 'work while it is day' will doubtless but gain an intensified force from the terribly intensified meaning of the words that 'the night cometh
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Darwin, C. R. 1896. [Recollections of Darwin and correspondence with Romanes, 1875-1881]. In E. D. Romanes ed., The life and letters of George John Romanes. 6th impression. London: Longmans, 1908.
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if a theologian addressed you as follows: 'I grant you the attraction of gravity, persistence of force (or conservation of energy), and one kind of matter, though the latter is an immense admission; but I maintain that God must have given such attributes to this force, independently of its persistence, that under certain conditions it develops or changes into light, heat, electricity, galvanism, perhaps even life. 'You cannot prove that force (which physicists define as that which causes motion
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Darwin, C. R. 1875. The variation of animals and plants under domestication. London: John Murray. 2d ed. vol. 1.
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in 1600 in the 'Ayeen Akbery,' and is probably the same breed. Sir W. Elliot has also sent me from Madras a pigeon called Yahui, said to have come from Mecca, which does not differ in appearance from the Laugher; it has a deep melancholy voice, like Yahu, often repeated. Yahu, yahu, means Oh God, oh God; and Sayzid Mohammed Musari, in the treatise written about 100 years ago, says that these birds are not flown, because they repeat the name of the most high God. Mr. Keith Abbott, however, informs
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Pitt-Rivers, A. Lane-Fox. 1906 [1875]. On the evolution of culture. In J. L. Myres ed., The evolution of culture and other essays. Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 20-44.
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amongst the physical sciences. Thus, for example, we find him admitting this passage as a sound and reasonable argument on the part of those who deny the claim of language to be included amongst the physical sciences: {Physical science/ he says,c deals with the work of God, historical science with the works of man/ Now if in dealing with what are here termed the historical sciences, we were to take the subjects of such sciences, as for example the arts or language, implements or words, and were to
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Darwin, C. R. 1875. The variation of animals and plants under domestication. London: John Murray. 2d ed. vol. 2.
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,—after speaking of a half-caste man on the Zambesi, described by the Portuguese as a rare monster of inhumanity, remarks, It is unaccountable why half-castes, such as he, are so much more cruel than the Portuguese, but such is undoubtedly the case. An inhabitant remarked to Livingstone, God made white men, and God made black men, but the Devil made halfcastes. 48 When two races, both low in the scale, are crossed the progeny seems to be eminently bad. Thus the noble-hearted Humboldt, who felt
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Pitt-Rivers, A. Lane-Fox. 1906 [1875]. On the evolution of culture. In J. L. Myres ed., The evolution of culture and other essays. Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 20-44.
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ornamental designs. So also a coin receives upon its surface the image of a king or a god as a stamp of authority. When from any cause the object of the original design is lost, the object of the stamp being no longer to convey a likeness, but being merely used as a test of genuineness, or perhaps amongst an unlettered people to denote its value, the tendency to realistic degeneration would be proportioned to the difficulties of execution; no further labour would be expended on it than was necessary
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Darwin, C. R. 1875. Menneskets Afstamning og Parringsvalget. Translated by J. P. Jacobsen. Copenhagen: Gyldendal. Volume 2.
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til de sejrende Hanner. Det r mere sandsynligt, at Hunnerne opflammes enten f r eller efter Kampen af visse Hanner og saaledes ubevidst foretr kke dem. Med Hensyn til Tetrao umbellus gaaer en god Iagttager1) saa vidt, at han troer; at Hannernes Kampe »blot ere en Skinf gtning, der k mpes, for at de kunne vise sig i det heldigste Lys for de beundrende Hunner, som sidde rundt omkring, thi det er aldrig lykkedes mig at finde en leml stet Han og sjeldent mere end en kn kket Fjer.« Jeg skal vende
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Darwin, C. R. 1875. Menneskets Afstamning og Parringsvalget. Translated by J. P. Jacobsen. Copenhagen: Gyldendal. Volume 2.
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sine Kyllinger, naar der er bleven fundet en god Bid. Naar H nen har lagt et g, »gjentager hun den samme Tone meget .ofte og slutter med een, der er seks Toner h jere, og. holder denne l nge«2), og udtrykker paa den Maade sin Gl de. Nogle selskabelige Fugle kalde aabenbart hinanden til Hj lp, og alt som de flagre fra Tr til Tr , holdes Flokken samlet ved „at de uoph rligt kviddre til hinanden. Under G s' og andre Sv mmefugles natlige Vandringer kan man i M rket over sit Hoved h re, hvorledes
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til at synge varierer saameget hos Fuglene, at skj ndt Prisen for en almindelig Bogfinke-Han kun er seks Pence, har dog Hr. Weir seet en Fugl, for hvilken Fuglef ngeren forlangte tre Pund; Pr ven paa, at den var en virkelig god Sanger, var den, at den blev ved at synge, medens Eieren svang Buret rundt omkring sit Hoved: De to Ting: at Fugle skulle synge saavel af Kappelyst som for at bedaare Hunnen, er ikke uforenelige med hinanden, og man kunde jo egenlig nok have ventet, at de fulgtes ad ligesom
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Darwin, C. R. 1875. Menneskets Afstamning og Parringsvalget. Translated by J. P. Jacobsen. Copenhagen: Gyldendal. Volume 2.
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jeblikkelig en Mage, og saadan kunde det blive ved i lang Tid.« Jeg kunde tilf je analoge .Tilf lde vedr rende Bogfinken, Nattergalen og R dstjerten. Med Hensyn til den sidste Fugl (Phoenicura ruticilla) bem rker Skribenten, at den paa ingen Maade var almindelig i Nabolaget, og han udtrykker sin Forbavselse over, hvorledes den rugende Hun saa hurtig og med saa god Virkning kunde meddele, at hun var Enke. Hr. Jenner Weir har omtalt et n sten lignende Tilf lde for mig: ved Blackhead seer han aldrig den
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Darwin, C. R. 1875. Menneskets Afstamning og Parringsvalget. Translated by J. P. Jacobsen. Copenhagen: Gyldendal. Volume 2.
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Prydelser. Hr. Brent indr mmer imidlertid, at Hannens Skj nhed rimeligvis hj lper med til at opflamme Hunnen; og hendes Indvilligelse er n dvendig. Hr. Hewitt er overbevist om, at Parringen paa ingen Maade er rent tilf ldig, thi Hunnen foretr kker n sten altid den kraftigste, trodsigste og stridbareste Han. Derfor er det n sten unyttigt, siger han, »at fors ge paa at holde rene Racer, dersom en Kamphane med godt Helbred . og i god Stand har Adgang til H nsegaarden, thi n sten hver eneste H ne
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Darwin, C. R. 1875. Menneskets Afstamning og Parringsvalget. Translated by J. P. Jacobsen. Copenhagen: Gyldendal. Volume 2.
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. Lichtenstein, som var en god Iagttager og ved Kap det gode Haab havde udm rket Lejlighed til at gj re Iagttagelser, forsikkrede Rudolphi om, at Enkefuglens (Chera progne) Hun skiller sig fra Hannen, naar den mister de lange Halefjer, med hvilke den er prydet i Parringstiden. Jeg antager, at dette er blevet iagttaget paa fangne Fugle3). Her er et andet slaaende Tilf lde: Dr. Jager4), Direkt r for den zoologiske Have i Wien, siger, at en S lvfasan-Han, som havde triumferet over de andre Hanner og
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Darwin, C. R. 1875. Menneskets Afstamning og Parringsvalget. Translated by J. P. Jacobsen. Copenhagen: Gyldendal. Volume 2.
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. Ligesom jeg tidligere har n vnt de avstralske Papep jer som Exempel, kan jeg her n vne de avstralske Duer1) uden at indlade mig paa Detailler. Det fortjener s rlig at l gges M rke til, at i alle disse Tilf lde ere de smaa Forskjelligheder i Kj nnenes Fjerdragt af den samme almindelige Natur, som de nu og da forekommende st rre Forskjelligheder. Vi have allerede som en god Illustration til dette Forbold n vnt de Isfugle, hos hvilke enten Halen alene eller Fjerdragtens hele Overside er for-skjellig
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Darwin, C. R. 1875. Menneskets Afstamning og Parringsvalget. Translated by J. P. Jacobsen. Copenhagen: Gyldendal. Volume 2.
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tjener til Beskyttelse, saa vilde det v re eu simpel Sag at forklare, hvordan den er bleven erhvervet; men der synes ikke at v re nogen god Grund til at antage dette. Man kunde formode, at de vidt forskjellige Livsbetingelser om Sommeren og om Vinteren paa en direkte Maade havde paavirket Fjerdragten; dette kan have havt nogen Indflydelse, men jeg har ikke megen Tro paa, at en saa stor Forskjel som den, vi undertiden se mellem de to Fjerdragter, er blevet saaledes foraarsaget. Det er en
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til, hvorvidt Pattedyrhunnerne i vild Tilstand ud ve noget Valg ved Parringen. De f lgende meget m rkelige Detailler om en af res lernes (Callorhinus ursinus) Bejlen meddeles2) med Hr. Kaptain Bryant, der havde god Lejlighed til at anstille Iagttagelser, som Hjemmelsmand. Han siger: »Mange af Hunnerne synes, naar de komme til den 0, hvor de yngle, at have Lyst til at vende tilbage til en bestemt Han 'og de kravle hyppigt op paa de fremspringende Klipper for at se hen over Sk rene og de raabe og
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Iagttager Hearne x) siger: »Det har altid v ret Skik blandt disse Folk, at M ndene k mpede for den Kvinde, som de vare hengivne; og naturligvis gaaer den st rkeste Part altid af med Sejren; en svag Mand faaer, med mindre han er en god J ger og meget yndet, sjelden Lov til at beholde en Kvinde, som en st rkere Mand synes det er v rd at l gge M rke til; saaled s forholder det sig i alle Stammer og herved fremkommer »der en stor Kappelyst iblandt Ungdommen, som ved alle Lejligheder, lige fra deres
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Darwin, C. R. 1875. Menneskets Afstamning og Parringsvalget. Translated by J. P. Jacobsen. Copenhagen: Gyldendal. Volume 2.
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overordenlig h j, men harmonisk Stemme. Hr. Waterhouse meddeler1): »Det forekom mig, som om Intervallerne i den op- og nedstigende Skala n jagtigt vare Halvtoner, og jeg er sikker paa, at den h jeste Tone bestemt var Oktav til den dybeste. Tonernes Beskaffenhed er ganske musikalsk, og jeg tvivler ikke om, at en god Violinist vilde v re i Stand til at give en korrekt'Fremstilling af Gibbonens Komposition, men saa st rke Toner som den kan han ikke frembringe.« Hr. Waterhouse meddeler der-paa
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Darwin, C. R. 1875. Menneskets Afstamning og Parringsvalget. Translated by J. P. Jacobsen. Copenhagen: Gyldendal. Volume 2.
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sig for at finde deres Udtryk for deres h jeste Skj nheds og Storheds Ideal.3) Med dette for je er det l rerigt at sammenligne Gr kernes Jupiter-eller Apollo med gypternes og Assyrernes Statuer og disse igjen med de gr sselige Basrelieffer paa Mellemamerikas Ruiner. Jeg har kun truffet faa Beretninger, der staa i Strid med det ovenfor sagte. Hr. Winwood Reade, der har havt god Lejlighed til at gj re Iagttagelser, ikke blot blandt l nderne, Mantegazza: »Viaggi e Studi«, 1867, S. 526. Om de andre
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Darwin, C. R. 1875. Menneskets Afstamning og Parringsvalget. Translated by J. P. Jacobsen. Copenhagen: Gyldendal. Volume 2.
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dr bt i det Mindste eet. Der hvor Barnemord er Skik og Brug vil Tilv relseskampen jo blive mindre streng, og alle Stammens Medlemmer ville have n sten lige god Udsigt til at opf de deres faa overlevende B rn. I de fleste Tilf lde bliver der dr bt et st rre Antal Pigeb rn end Drengeb rn; thi det er indlysende, at de Sidstn vnte ere mere v rd for Stammen, da de, naar de ere blevne voxne, ville hj lpe til at forsvare den og kunne s rge for sig selv. Men den Vanskelighed, som Kvinder af Erfaring vide
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Darwin, C. R. 1875. Menneskets Afstamning og Parringsvalget. Translated by J. P. Jacobsen. Copenhagen: Gyldendal. Volume 2.
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Abekatte end hos Menneskeracerne, og vi have god Grund til at tro, at de r de, blaa, orange, n sten hvide og sorte Farver paa deres Hud, selv naar de ere f lles for begge Kj n, og deres Peltses straalende Farver lige saa vel som de ornamentale Haartotter paa Hovedet, Altsammen er blevet erhvervet ved Parringsvalg. Da de nyf dte B rn hos de forskjellige Racer ikke afvige n r saa meget fra hinanden i Farve, som de Voksne gj re, omendskj ndt- deres Legemer ere aldeles blottede for Haar, have vi heri
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det saa end kun var delvis, realiserede, f r Arveligheds-lovene kiendes helt igjennem. Alle de, der hj lpe til at opnaa dette, tjene en god sag Naar Principerne for Op-dr tning og Nedarving blive bedre forstaaede, skulle vi ikke l ngere h re uvidende Medlemmer af Lovgivningen med Foragt forkaste en Plan om paa en nem Maade at forvisse sig om hvorvidt gteskaber mellem Blodsforvandte ere skadelige for Mennesket eller ikke. .Menneskeabens Fremskridt i Velstand er et meget indviklet Sp rgsm l
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F880.1
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Darwin, C. R. 1875. The variation of animals and plants under domestication. London: John Murray. 2d ed. vol. 1.
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affair, for he begins with a solemn invocation, in the name of God, the gracious and merciful. Many large towns, in Europe and the United States, now have their societies of devoted pigeon-fanciers: at present there are three such societies in London. In India, as I hear from Mr. Blyth, the inhabitants of Delhi and of some other great cities are eager fanciers. Mr. Layard informs me ———————————————— Européennes,' 1859, p. 399) states that there are in the ancient Sanscrit language between 25 and
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Darwin, C. R. 1875. The variation of animals and plants under domestication. London: John Murray. 2d ed. vol. 2.
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respects similar have been propounded by various authors.42 42 Mr. G. H. Lewes ('Fortnightly Review,' Nov. 1, 1868, p. 506) remarks on the number of writers who have advanced nearly similar views. More than two thousand years ago Aristotle combated a view of this kind, which, as I hear from Dr. W. Ogle, was held by Hippocrates and others. Ray, in his 'Wisdom of God' (2nd edit., 1692, p. 68), says that every part of the body seems to club and contribute to the seed. The organic molecules of Buffon
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varder forskjellige Meninger om den Maade, hvorpaadet skete. Thi medens Nogle antage, at man kanfaae Alting for Penge, gives der igjen Andre, sommene, at man f. Ex. kun kan faae Kundskaber ogUddannelse ved Selvarbeide. Dette mente Etatsraad-inden nu ikke, og da den ene Mening kan væreligesaa god som den anden, saa leiede hun Folk afalle Brancher til at virke for de unge Damers Ud-dannelse, og det under en Form, som nærmest maattekaldes at made dem. De unge Damer lode sigforedrage Historie
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existence of one God, or of many Gods, or as with the Buddists of no God. There are also many barbarian tribes who cannot be said with any truth to believe in what we call God: they believe indeed in spirits or ghosts, it can be explained, as Tyler Herbert Spencer have shown, how such a belief would be likely to arise. Formerly I was led by feelings such as those just referred to, (although I do not think that the religious sentiment was ever strongly developed in me), to the firm conviction of
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would be a valid one if all men of all races had the same inward conviction of the existence of one God; but we know that this is very far from being the case. Therefore I cannot see that such inward convictions feelings are of any weight as evidence of what really exists. The state of mind which grand scenes formerly excited in me, which was intimately connected with a belief in God, did not essentially differ from that which is often called the sense of sublimity; however difficult it may be to
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lands; gold had no temptation for him; he saw nothing to disturb his mind, and he consequently had time and peace to see the changes of the rolling heavens, and to contemplate on the omnipotence of a Great God. On the following summer he saw the flash of lightning and heard the roar of thunder, and simultaneously he saw the smiling face of a new-born babe that inspired gratitude; and this was more the appearance of a basis for religion than Mr. Darwin's dog and the parasol. Yours truly
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on some point of morality. I suppose it was the novelty of the argument that amused them. But I had gradually come, by this time, (i.e. 1836 to 1839) to see that the Old Testament from its manifestly false history of the world, with the Tower of Babel, the rainbow as a sign, c., c., from its attributing to God the feelings of a revengeful tyrant, was no more to be trusted than the sacred books of the Hindoos, or the beliefs of any barbarian. The question then continually rose before my mind
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and appeared before the others. Who told him this, or by what authority does he say there was a fish before a pig? We may conclude, he says, ''that all the others are derived from some fish animal. Well, now, I begin to ask him one question regarding this assertion. What will be the probable evolution next of man as he has arrived at a position beyond all his progenitors of being erect, with his face capable of looking up to adore God? He must change according to the evolutions, and will his
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more quickly or slowly than usual. 'God save the King' when thus played was a sore puzzle. There was another man with almost as bad an ear as I had, strange to say he played a little on the flute. Once I had the triumph of beating him in one of our musical examinations. But no pursuit at Cambridge was followed with nearly so much eagerness or gave me so much pleasure as collecting beetles. It was the mere passion for collecting, for I did not dissect them rarely compared their external
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improvement. A being so powerful so full of knowledge as a God who could create the universe, is to our finite minds omnipotent omniscient, it revolts our understanding to suppose that his benevolence is not unbounded, for what advantage can there be in the sufferings of millions of the lower animals throughout almost endless time? This very old argument from the existence of suffering against the existence of an intelligent 7
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Addendum Italy, with a pious inscription on it to the effect that the owner had erected the pump for the love of God his country, that the tired wayfarer might drink. This led Babbage to examine the pump closely he soon discovered that every time that a wayfarer pumped some water for himself, he pumped a larger quantity into the owner's house. Babbage then added — There is only one thing which I hate more than piety, that is patriotism. But I believe that his bark was much worse than his bite
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constant inculcation in a belief in God on the minds of children producing so strong perhaps an inherited effect on their brains not yet fully developed, that it would be as difficult for them to throw off their belief in God, as for a monkey to throw off its instinctive fear hatred of a snake.1 I cannot pretend to throw the least light on such abstruse problems. The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; I for one must be content to remain an Agnostic. Addendum From my
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Darwin, C. R. 1876. Rejse om Jorden. Populære Skildringer. Translated by Emil Chr. Hansen and Alfred Jørgensen. Copenhagen: Salmonsen.
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ut nkeligt at blive kastede af, hvorledes Hesten end b rer sig ad. De betragte det som et Kjendetegn paa en god Rytter, naar en Mand kan magte et ut mmet F l, naar han, hvis Hesten styrter, kan blive staaende paa sine Ben, eller naar han kan udf re andre saadanne Kunststykker. Jeg har h rt en Mand v de om, at han skulde kaste Hesten om tyve Gange, og de nitten skulde han ikke selv falde. Jeg husker at have set en Gaucho ride en meget ub ndig Hest, der tre Gange efter hinanden stejlede saa h jt
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paa hinanden; vi beklagede dem, naar de gave os gode Fisk og Krabber for Pjalter osv., de gramsede med begge H nder og vare lykkelige over at have fundet saadanne Taaber, der vilde skille sig af med dejlige Smykker bare for at faa en god Aftensmad. Det var i h j Grad morsomt at se det aabne, selvtilfredse Smil, hvor med en ung Kvinde, hvis Ansigt var malet sort, bandt flere Stykker r dt T j om sit Hoved med Siv. Hendes Mand, der n d det temmelig almindelige Privilegium at have to Koner, blev
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at faa Muldyret tilbage, som Ariero'en troede var blevet skjult i en eller anden Kl ft. Landskabet i denne Dal havde antaget en chilensisk Karakter; de lavere Bjergsider med det blege stedsegr nne Quillaytr og med de store kandelaberlignende Cactus fortjene sikkert i h jere Grad at blive beundrede end de de Dale i sten; dog kan jeg ikke fuldkommen samstemme med nogle Rejsende i deres Beundring. Den overordenlige Gl de skyldes, antager jeg, fornemlig Udsigten til en god Ed og til en god Aftensmad
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re en god H st. Det var interessant at iagttage Virkningen . af denne ringe Fugtighed. Tolv Timer derefter saa Jorden lige saa t r ud som nogen Sinde f r; men efter ti Dages Forl b vare alle Bjergene svagtfarvede med gr nne Pletter, hvis sparsomme, tynde Gr s var Aroxet op som haarlignende Traade i en god Tommes L ngde. F rend denne Byge var enhver Plet paa Overfladen lige saa n gen som en Landevej. Om Aftenen spiste Kaptejn Fitz Koy og jeg hos Hr. Edwards, en herboende Engl nder, der af Alle
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that there is no comparison between time and eternity. We know that the human mind has not the power of comprehending eternity, for, as in all the works of God, [page] 2
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time, from being a fleet runner was generally successful; but when in doubt I prayed earnestly to God to help me, I well remember that I attributed my success to the prayers not to my quick running, marvelled how generally I was aided. I have heard my father elder sisters say that I had, as a very young boy, a strong taste for long solitary walks; but what I thought about I know not. I often became quite absorbed, once, whilst returning to school on the summit of the old fortifications round
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exclaimed, Good God, Dr Darwin, who told you; we thought that no human being knew the fact except ourselves! My Father told me the story many years after the event, I asked him how he distinguished the true from the false self-accusations; it was very characteristic of my Father that he said he could not explain how it was. The following story shows what good guesses my Father could make. Lord Sherburn,1 afterwards the first Marquis of Lansdowne, was famous (as Macaulay somewhere remarks) for
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(addendum) to p. 88 A man who has no assured ever present belief in the existence of a personal God or of a future existence with retribution reward, can have for his rule of life, as far as I can see, only to follow those impulses instincts which are the strongest or which seem to him the best ones. A dog acts in this manner, but he does so blindly. A man, on the other hand, looks forwards backwards, compares his various feelings, desires recollections. He then finds, in accordance with the
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that the men who do not believe, this would include my Father, Brother almost all my best friends, will be everlastingly punished. And this is a damnable doctrine.1 Although I did not think much about the existence of a personal God until a considerably later period of my life, I will here give the vague conclusions to which I have been driven. The old argument of design in nature, as given by Paley, which formerly seemed to me so conclusive, fails, now that the law of natural selection has
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Darwin, C. R. 1876. The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom. London: John Murray.
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twenty-two seedlings thus raised only twelve were true to their kind.† * A writer in the 'Gardeners' Chronicle' (1855 page 730) says that he planted a bed of turnips (Brassica rapa) and of rape (B. napus) close together, and sowed the seeds of the former. The result was that scarcely one seedling was true to its kind, and several closely resembled rape. † Duhamel as quoted by God- [page] 39
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je, der afspejledes i en stor Lagunes blikstille Vand, virkede meget forfriskende. Da Venda'en (et portugisisk Navn paa en Kro) her var meget god, og jeg har den behagelige men sj ldne Erindring [page] 2
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om en god Middag, saa vil jeg af Taknemlighed beskrive Boligen som en Type for sin Art. Disse Huse ere ofte store og byggede af tykke oprette Stammer med Grene flettede ind imellem og senere tilklinede. De have sj lden Gulve og aldrig Glasruder, men ere s dvanlig bed kkede med et forsvarligt Tag. I Almindelighed er den forreste Del aaben og danner en Slags Veranda, i hvilken der er anbragt Borde og B nke. Sengekamrene st de op til den paa begge Sider, og her kan den Fremmede sove saa godt, han
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af en i N rheden boende Forpagter — en god Type for en halvvild brasiliansk Yngling. Han var if rt en gammel pjaltet Skjorte og et Par dito Boxer, og uden Hovedbed kning; han bar en gammeldags B sse og en lang Kniv. Det er en almindelig Skik at b re Kniv, og naar man skal gjennem en t t Skov, er det n sten n dvendigt paa Grund af Slyngplanterne. De hyppige Mord hidr re vistnok til Dels fra denne Skik. Brasilianerne f re Kniven saa beh ndigt, at de kunne kaste den med N jagtighed i nogen
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Foden af en Klippe, der var mellem en og to Hundrede Fod h j — et h jst m rkeligt Syn i dette Land. Denne Posta stod under Befaling af en Negerlieutnant, der var f dt i Afrika. Det v re sagt til hans re, at der ikke var en eneste Rancho mellem Colorado og Buenos Ayres, der tiln rmelsesvis var i saa god Orden som hans. Han havde et lille V relse til Fremmede og en lille Corral til Hestene, Alt opf rt af P le og R r. Han havde ogsaa gravet en Grav om Huset som et Forsvar imod mulige Angreb. Den vilde
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Virkningerne af et aabent Oceans B lger. I det Hele taget f lte jeg mig skuffet ved denne Bestigning. Endog Udsigten var ubetydelig; — en Slette lige som S en men uden dennes skj nne Farve og bestemte Omrids. Scenen var imidlertid ny, og lidt Fare gav den Kryderi, lige som Salt til Kj det. At Faren ikke var stor, det er sikkert; thi mine to Ledsagere ant ndte en god Ild, hvilket man aldrig gj r, naar man frygter for, at Indianere ere i N rheden. Jeg naaede vor Bivouak ved Solnedgang, og efter at jeg
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Darwin, C. R. 1876. Rejse om Jorden. Populære Skildringer. Translated by Emil Chr. Hansen and Alfred Jørgensen. Copenhagen: Salmonsen.
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eller andet Krigsredskab. Den 28. September. Vi kom igjennem den lille By Luxan, hvor der findes en Tr -Bro over Floden — en meget us dvanlig Bekvemmelighed i dette Land. Vi droge ogsaa igjennem Areco. Sletterne syntes flade men vare det i Virkeligheden ikke; thi paa forskjellige Steder var Horisonten fj rn. Estancia'erne ligge her vidt fra hverandre paa Grund af, at der er Mangel paa god Gr sning, da Landet er bed kket af Grupper, som enten bestaa af en bitter Kl verart eller af den store
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Gang-tiln rmelsesvis give nogen Forklaring deraf; det kan ikke v re for at forsvare sig, eftersom Dyngerne fornemmelig blive anbragte oven for Mundingen af Hulen, hvilken selv gaar ned i Jorden med en meget ringe B jning. Der ligger uden Tvivl god Mening deri; dog forstaa Beboerne af Egnen der lige saa lidt som jeg dette m rkelige F nomen. Det Eneste, der, saa vidt jeg ved, har nogen Lighed dermed, er den h jst m rkv rdige australske Fugl, Calodera maculatas F rd; den danner sig nemlig en
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