On the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Mammalia: Being the Lecture on Sir Robert Reade's Foundation, Delivered Before the University of Cambridge in the Senate House, May 10, 1859. to Which Is Added an Appendix on the Gorilla and on
On the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Mammalia: Being the Lecture on Sir Robert Reade's Foundation, Delivered Before the University of Cambridge in the Senate House, May 10, 1859. to Which Is Added an Appendix on the Gorilla and on
Excerpt from On the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Mammalia: Being the Lecture on Sir Robert Reade's Foundation, Delivered Before the University of Cambridge May 10, May to Which to Added Is Added an Appendix, Gorilla, and on the Extinction Centuries elapsed ere any advance was made in the science of Zoology as it was bequeathed to the intellectual world by the mind of Aristotle. Of no other branch of human know ledge does the history so strongly exemplify the fearful phe nomenon of the arrest of ...
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Excerpt from On the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Mammalia: Being the Lecture on Sir Robert Reade's Foundation, Delivered Before the University of Cambridge May 10, May to Which to Added Is Added an Appendix, Gorilla, and on the Extinction Centuries elapsed ere any advance was made in the science of Zoology as it was bequeathed to the intellectual world by the mind of Aristotle. Of no other branch of human know ledge does the history so strongly exemplify the fearful phe nomenon of the arrest of intellectual progress, resulting in the dark ages.' The well-lit torch which should have guided to further explorations of the mighty maze of animated nature was suffered to fall from the master-hand, and left, to grow dim and smoulder through many generations ere it was re sumed, fanned anew into brightness, and a clear view re gained both of the extent of ancient discovery and of the right course to be pursued by modern research. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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