The astonishment which I felt on first seeing a party of Fuegians on a wild and broken shore will never be forgotten by me, for the reflection at once rushed into my mind — such were our ancestors. These men were absolutely naked and bedaubed with paint,... Medical Record - Page 88edited by - 1898Full view - About this book
| Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1871 - 508 pages
...distasteful to many persons. But there can hardly be a doubt that we are descended from barbarians. The astonishment which I felt on first seeing a party...naked and bedaubed with paint, their long hair was tangled, their mouths frothed with excitement, and their expression was wild, startled, and distrustful.... | |
| Edward Everett Hale - Liberalism (Religion) - 1871 - 780 pages
...tolerate, then admire. Then, turning to the end of the book, a less pleasing picture is presented to us. " The astonishment which I felt on first seeing a party...forgotten by me ; for the reflection at once rushed to my mind, — such were our ancestors. These men were absolutely naked, and bedaubed with paint;... | |
| Charles Darwin - Evolution (Biology) - 1872 - 468 pages
...distasteful to many persons. But there can hardly be a doubt that we are descended from barbarians. The astonishment which I felt on first seeing a party...into my mind — such were our ancestors. These men wei*e absolutely naked and bedaubed with paint, their long hair was tangled, their mouths frothed with... | |
| Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1874 - 840 pages
...descended from barbarians. The astonishment which I felt on first seeing a party of Feugians on a vild and broken shore will never be forgotten by me, for...naked and bedaubed with paint, their long hair was tangled, their moutlis frothed with cxcitelUL-nt, and their expression was wild, startled, and distrustful.... | |
| Medicine - 1874 - 618 pages
...quote the passage as being so opposite to what he had before written. " The astonishment," he says, " which I felt on first seeing a party of Fuegians on...forgotten by me ; for the reflection at once rushed into mind, Such were our ancestors. These men were absolutely naked and bedaubed with paint, their long... | |
| Sir Frederick Bateman - Evolution - 1877 - 262 pages
...Fuegians are described in " The Descent of Man," as ranking amongst the lowest barbarians.* Captain * 'The astonishment which I felt on first seeing a party...forgotten by me, for the reflection at once rushed into my mind-'-such were our ancestors. These men were absolutely naked and bedaubed with paint, their long... | |
| Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1882 - 722 pages
...highly distasteful to many. But there can hardly be a doubt that we are descended from barbarians. The astonishment which I felt on first seeing a party...of Fuegians on a wild and broken shore will never bo forgotten by me, for the reflection at once rushed into my mind — such were our ancestors. These... | |
| Charles Bray - 1883 - 352 pages
...distasteful to many persons. But there can hardly be any doubt that we are descended from barbarians. The astonishment which I felt on first seeing a party...naked, and bedaubed with paint, their long hair was tangled, their mouths frothed •with excitement, and their expression was wild, startled, and distrustful.... | |
| Louis Compton Miall - 1883 - 72 pages
...the voyage. The account of the wretched inhabitants is at once vivid and pathetic. Darwin says :—" The astonishment which I felt on first seeing a party...forgotten by me, for the reflection at once rushed into my mind—such were our ancestors. These men were absolutely naked, and bedaubed with paint; their long... | |
| Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1884 - 396 pages
...highly distasteful to many. But there can hardly be a doubt that we are descended from barbarians. The astonishment which I felt on first seeing a party...naked and bedaubed with paint, their long hair was tangled, their mouths frothed with excitement, and their expression was wild, startled, and distrustful.... | |
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