...than in the investigation of what was the course of nature in their own times. It appeared to them more philosophical to speculate on the possibilities...patiently to explore the realities of the present, and having invented theories under the influence of such maxims, they were consistently unwilling to...

...speculation. The course directly opposed to these theoretical views consists in an earnest and patient endeavour to reconcile the former indications of change...the evidence of gradual mutations now in progress ; restricting us, in the first instance, to known causes, and then speculating on those which may be...

...quoted the fourth edition of Mr. Lyell's Principles, in which he recommends " an earnest and patient endeavour to reconcile the former indications of change with the evidence of gradual mutation now in progress." In the sixth edition, in that which is, I presume, the corresponding passage,...

...quoted the fourth edition of Mr. Lyell's Principles, in which he recommends " an earnest and patient endeavour to reconcile the former indications of change with the evidence of gradual mutation now in progress." In the sixth edition, in that which is, I presume, the corresponding passage,...

...than in the investigation of what was the course of nature in their own t ¡mes. " It appeared to them more philosophical to speculate on the possibilities...patiently to explore the realities of the present ; and having invented theories under the influence of such maxims, they were consistently unwilling...

...fourth edition of Mr. Lyell'o Principlet, in which he recommends '• an earnest and patient endeavor to reconcile the former indications of change with the evidence of gradual mutat ion In truth, we know causes only by their effects ; and in order to learn the nature of the...

...fourth edition of Mr. Lyell's Principles, in which he recommends " an earnest and patient endeavor to reconcile the former indications of change -with the evidence of gradual mutation In truth, we know causes only by their effects ; and in order to learn the nature of the causes...

...the fourth edition of Mr. Lyell's Principle^ in which he recommends "an earnest and patient endeavor to reconcile the former indications of change with the evidence of gradual mutation In truth, we know causes only by their effects; and in order to learn the nature of the causes...

...for it, both when he wrote and when he suppressed the sentence recommending " an earnest and patient endeavour to reconcile the former indications of change...the evidence of gradual mutations now in progress."* Could he have ventured to assert as a clear result from safe premises the principle that former changes...

...than in the investigation of what was the course of Nature in their own times. It appeared to them far more philosophical to speculate on the possibilities...patiently to explore the realities of the present ; and having invented theories under the influence of such maxims, they were consistently unwilling...