Naturalists

Examples

• Yet so strong is the appearance of this having occurred that naturalists can hardly avoid employing language having this plain signification. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The attractive power of amber is mentioned by Theophrastus and Pliny, and from them by later naturalists. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Naturalists continually refer to external conditions, such as climate, food, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• I formerly spoke to very many naturalists on the subject of evolution, and never once met with any sympathetic agreement. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Until recently the great majority of naturalists believed that species were immutable productions, and had been separately created. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• It has been named by naturalists _Pithecanthropus erectus_ (the walking ape-man). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• No one definition has satisfied all naturalists; yet every naturalist knows vaguely what he means when he speaks of a species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• I may venture to express my conviction of the high value of such studies, although they have been very commonly neglected by naturalists. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Why, it may be asked, until recently did nearly all the most eminent living naturalists and geologists disbelieve in the mutability of species? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• I think it will be admitted by naturalists, without my entering on details, that secondary sexual characters are highly variable. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Here naturalists are divided. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• This principle has been broadly confessed by some naturalists to be the true one; and by none more clearly than by that excellent botanist, Aug. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• With respect to many of these forms, hardly two naturalists agree whether to rank them as species or as varieties. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Naturalists, as we have seen, try to arrange the species, genera and families in each class, on what is called the Natural System. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• At the present day almost all naturalists admit evolution under some form. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• For the highest clouds cannot rise above two miles, as naturalists agree, at least they were never known to do so in that country. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.

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