 Exposition was not Darwin's forte and his English is sometimes wonderful. But there is a marvellous dumb sagacity about him — like that of a sort of miraculous dog — and he gets to the truth by ways as dark as those of the Heathen Chinee.  A Life of George Westinghouse - Page 307by Henry Goslee Prout, American Society of Mechanical Engineers - 1922 - 375 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1909 - 872 pages
...forth the following humorous criticism after a re-reading of the ' Origin.' Exposition was not Darwin's forte — and his English is sometimes wonderful....miraculous dog — and he gets to the truth by ways as dark as those of the heathen Chinee. It was this also, in more serious vein, that inspired the concluding... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley, Leonard Huxley - 1900 - 586 pages
...notice. Nothing entertains me more than to hear people call it easy reading. Exposition was not Darwin's forte — and his English is sometimes wonderful....miraculous dog — and he gets to the truth by ways as dark as those of the Heathen Chinee. I am getting quite sick of all the " paper philosophers," as... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley, Leonard Huxley - Naturalists - 1900 - 584 pages
...notice. Nothing entertains me more than to hear people call it easy reading. Exposition was not Darwin's forte — and his English is sometimes wonderful....miraculous dog — and he gets to the truth by ways as dark as those of the Heathen Chinee. I am getting quite sick of all the " paper philosophers," as... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 846 pages
...forth the following humorous criticism after a rereading of the "Origin ": Exposition was not Darwin's forte and his English is sometimes wonderful. But...miraculous dog — and he gets to the truth by ways as dark as those of the Heathen Chinee. It was this, also, in more serious vein, that inspired the... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 812 pages
...forth the following humorous criticism after a rereading of the "Origin": Exposition was not Darwin's forte and his English is sometimes wonderful. But...miraculous dog — and he gets to the truth by ways as dark as those of the Heathen Chinee. It was this, also, in more serious vein, that inspired the... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 838 pages
...forth the following humorous criticism after a rereading of the "Origin": Exposition was not Darwin's forte and his English is sometimes wonderful. But...miraculous dog — and he gets to the truth by ways as dark as those of the Heathen Chinee. It was this, also, in more serious vein, that inspired the... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - Authors, English - 1919 - 286 pages
...the scientific critic. "Exposition," he observes, "is not Darwin's forte. But there is a marvelous dumb sagacity about him like that of a sort of miraculous dog, and he gets to the truth by ways as dark as those of the Heathen Chinee." The final cause of Huxley might seem — though the theory... | |
 | Leonard Huxley - Evolution (Biology) - 1921 - 144 pages
...wth time " preparatory to writing the Eoyal Society Obituary Notice: " Exposition was not Darwin's forte, and his English is sometimes wonderful. But...of miraculous dog, and he gets to the truth by ways as dark as those of the heathen Chinee." Yet there was something more than simply intellectual power... | |
 | Leonard Huxley - Naturalists - 1927 - 160 pages
...the wth time" preparatory to writing the Royal Society Obituary Notice: "'Exposition was not Darwin's forte, and his English is sometimes wonderful. But...of miraculous dog, and he gets to the truth by ways as dark as those of the heathen Chinee." Yet there was something more than simply intellectual power... | |
 | Surendra Nath Dutt - Education - 1928 - 358 pages
..."are not two things, but two sides of one thing." "Exposition," he observes, "is not Darwin's forte. But there is a marvellous dumb sagacity about him...of miraculous dog, and he gets to the truth by ways as dark as those of the Heathen Chinese." The final cause of Huxley might seem — though the theory... | |
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