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DARWINIANA
Volume II
Author: Thomas Huxley
Illustrations: Illustrations
Publisher: D Appleton and Company, New York
Copyright Date: 1896
Authorized Edition
Content
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Classic Americana Historical Vintage
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.. I HAVE entitled this volume " Darwiniana " because the pieces republished in it either treat of the ancient doctrine of Evolution, rehabilitated and placed upon a sound scientific foundation, since and in consequence of, the publication of the " Origin of Species ; " or they attempt to meet the more weighty of the unsparing criticisms with which that great work was visited for several years after its appearance ; or they record the impression left by the personality of Mr. Darwin on one who had the privilege and the happiness of enjoying his friendship for some thirty years ; or they endeavour to sum up his work and indicate its enduring influence on the course of scientific thought.
Those who take the trouble to read the first two essays, published in 1859 and 1860, will, I think, do me the justice to admit that my zeal to secure fair play for Mr. Darwin, did not drive me into the position of a mere advocate ; and that, while doing justice to the greatness of the argument I did not fail to indicate its weak points. I have never seen any reason for departing from the position which I took up in these two essays ; and the assertion which I sometimes meet with nowadays, that I have " recanted " or changed my opinions about Mr. Darwin s views, is quite unintelligible to me.
So I have reprinted the lectures as they stand, with all their imperfections on their heads. It would seem that many people must have found them useful thirty years ago ; and, though the sixties appear now to be reckoned by many of the rising generation as a part of the dark ages, I am not without some grounds for suspecting that there yet remains a fair sprinkling even of "philosophic thinkers" to whom it may be a profitable, perhaps even a novel, task to descend from the heights of speculation and go over the A B C of the great biological problem as it was set before a body of shrewd artisans at that remote epoch.
HE DARWINIAN HYPOTHESIS [1859] ....,,... 1
THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES [1860]
CRITICISMS ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES " [1864]
THE GENEALOGY OF ANIMALS [1869]
MR. Darwin's Critics[1871]
Evolution in biology [1878]
THE COMING OF AGE OF " THB ORIGIN OF SPECIES "
[1880]
CHARLES DARWIN [1882]
THE DARWIN MEMORIAL [1885]
OBITUARY [1888]
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Book Condition
Color Boards: Very Nice decorated outer boards with leather spine and letter tipped corners, with some rubbing and wear, see photos, book is protected with clear mylar protective cover, marbled center boards, gold lettering, Clean and Tight for the Age, see photos.
Corners / Outer Boards: Slight bumped corners, slight scuffing and rubbing,
overall nice condition for the age of the book, see photos
Binding: Overall tight
binding for the age
Pages: Overall appears to be
clean good "collectible" condition.
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