From the Greeks to Darwin: An Outline of the Development of the Evolution Idea (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from From the Greeks to Darwin: An Outline of the Development of the Evolution Idea T1115 volume has grown out of lectures first de vered in Princeton in 1890, upon the period Buffon and Darwin, and completed in a course delivered in Columbia in 1893, which covered also the period before Buffon. When I began the study, my object was to bring forward the many strong and true features of pre-darwinian Evolution, which are so generally passed over or misunderstood. When all the materials were brought together from the earliest times, the evi dence of continuity in the development of the idea became more clear, and to trace these lines of development has gradually become the central motive bf these lectures. More thorough research, which may, perhaps, be stimulated by these out lines will, I believe, strengthen this evidence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.