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"What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 man has no reason 2 book is no light 2 book is not more 2 book was not markedly 2 cases have no weight 2 darwin had no opportunity 2 fact is not more 2 facts are not opposed 2 men are not afraid 2 time has not yet 2 view is not new 2 views are not at 1 _ are not _ 1 _ does not _ 1 _ has no doubt 1 _ is no trifle 1 _ is not at 1 _ is not common 1 _ is not necessary 1 _ is not only 1 _ was not bad 1 animal does not yet 1 animal is not well 1 animals are not true 1 animals is not only 1 animals were not able 1 bird is not specifically 1 bird was not only 1 birds have no whirring 1 book have not as 1 book is not very 1 books had no place 1 books is not paint 1 case is not more 1 cases have no special 1 darwin does no such 1 darwin had no taste 1 darwin is not only 1 day is no more 1 days do not merely 1 days were not days 1 fact have no meaning 1 fact is not definitely 1 fact is not so 1 fact was not explicable 1 facts are not new 1 facts having no connection 1 friend is not very 1 friends showed no disposition 1 friends were not wholly A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 39975 author = Audubon, John James title = Audubon and His Journals, Volume 1 (of 2) date = keywords = America; April; Audubon; August; Bank; Black; Captain; December; Dr.; Edinburgh; England; France; God; Green; Hall; Harris; Indians; John; July; June; Labrador; Liverpool; Lizars; London; Lucy; March; Missouri; Mr.; Mrs.; New; October; Professor; Rathbone; River; September; Sir; Society; St.; Thomas; White; William; York summary = I seldom passed a day without drawing a bird, or noting Mrs. Audubon, who had for some time been teaching in the family of Mr. Brand, removed to that gentleman''s house with her sons; they, however, While at Natchez, the long summer days permitted the drawing of birds after looking at a few only, the great man said heartily: "Mr. Audubon, I am filled with surprise and admiration." On bidding me walked a good deal, went to the seashore, saw a Hare, and returned to _Tuesday, December 12._ This morning at ten I went to the house of Dr. Brewster, whom I found writing in a large room with several fine I looked at my work long, then walked round the room, when country we passed this day was destitute of woods, and looked to me _June 18._ I remained on board all day, drawing; our boats went off to id = 39979 author = Audubon, John James title = Audubon and His Journals, Volume 2 (of 2) date = keywords = Audubon; Bear; Bell; Black; Buffalo; Buffaloes; Creek; Culbertson; Deer; Dr.; Fort; Fox; Great; Harris; Indians; John; July; June; Kentucky; Labrador; Mississippi; Missouri; Mr.; Mrs.; New; Ohio; Owen; Provost; Red; River; Sprague; Squires; St.; States; Union; White; Wild; William; Wolf; antelope summary = Bell, Provost, Alexis, and Black Harris went over the river to try to this side the river by a hunter belonging to the fort; but Mr. Culbertson assured me that we should have enough of them in a few days. He, Harris, and Squires started on good horses, went about a mile, and of the fort, we saw a parcel of Indians coming towards the place, and taking the Red-wing and the fishing-line, I went to the river close dinner-time Owen and his man arrived, and told us they had reached Mr. Kipp and his boat at the crossings within about half a mile of Fort Assiniboins killed a Black Bear on White Earth River, about sixty miles connected with the mainland, and saw a large gang of Buffaloes, and Mr. Culbertson and a man went off; they shot at two cows and killed one, but id = 6561 author = Barrus, Clara title = Our Friend John Burroughs date = keywords = April; Burroughs; County; Emerson; Father; Hiram; John; Mother; Mr.; Muir; New; Slabsides; West; Whitman; Woodchuck; York; book; day; life; like; nature; old; thing; time; year summary = Some years ago, the New York "Globe," on announcing a new book by Mr. Burroughs, said, "It has been the lot of few writers of this country or and love of home and of father and mother, helped me to write it. life--simple food, sound sleep, the open air, daily work, kind thoughts, "Mr. Burroughs, why don''t you PAINT things?" asked a little boy of four, "I don''t like things painted, my little man; that is just why I came up writings about nature, books, men, and life in general, is here seen to when he was calling at "Woodchuck Lodge,"--the summer home where Mr. Burroughs has lived of late years, near the old place where he During the years of this early essay-writing, Mr. Burroughs was teaching It was a great pleasure to go through the old sap bush with Mr. Burroughs, for there he always lives over again the days in early spring id = 7280 author = Burroughs, John title = My Boyhood date = keywords = Burroughs; DEAR; Father; Harvard; Hiram; Mother; Riverby; Saturday; Sunday; Washington; boy; day; good; man; old; time; year summary = The love of the old hills and of Father and Mother is deep in the very table Father would say, "Dowie is coming to try the butter to-day." day before Father was to start and have a load headed and placed in the the end of the district down by the old stone school house--men and boys I remember the first day I went to school, probably near my fifth year. Times_, which Father took for more than fifty years. a time, Father gave them some grapes and sent them home. being my first time away from home Father wrote more frequently, and he He stands to me for father and mother and the old home. youth, and see the old home, the old days and father and mother and all when Father saw him coming, one day "out home," he asked me to run with id = 7404 author = Burroughs, John title = John James Audubon date = keywords = America; Audubon; Bakewell; Edinburgh; London; Louisville; Mr.; New; Philadelphia; Scott; Wilson; York; bird summary = studies and drawings of the birds probably as early as Wilson did his, but Built house in New York on "Minnie''s Land," now Audubon Park. Audubon''s heart was more and more with the birds, and his business more and former life of drawing portraits, giving lessons, painting birds, and Audubon, in the meantime, with his son Victor, and his new artist friend, near Louisville, where Audubon painted birds, landscapes, portraits and of the Crown." In a letter to his wife at this time, Audubon said: "I am Two days later Audubon again saw Scott, and writes in his journal as During these days Audubon was very busy writing, painting, receiving biography of the birds, writing all day, and Mrs. Audubon making a copy of From Boston Audubon returned in October to New York, and thence went drawings of the birds are very spirited and life like, and their id = 12405 author = Castlemon, Harry title = Frank, the Young Naturalist date = keywords = Alert; Archie; Ben; Brave; Charles; Frank; George; Harry; James; Lee; Speedwell; William summary = "Well, Frank," said Harry, as soon as they came within speaking "Now, Frank," said Harry, "turn out toward the middle of the river, "Come, Lee," said Frank, taking the former by the arm, "I guess we can "Come, Frank," said Ben. Lake, "let''s hear what you have got to say. "I say, Frank," said Charles Sheldon, "don''t you think we can catch "I know that," said Frank; "but we must make the coast-guards think "Hold on a minute, boys," said Frank. Frank instantly answered it, and the boy came down the bank, and said, "They are spears," said Archie, in answer to Frank''s question. "And some that you will not like to hear, Frank," said Harry, with a The boys then climbed in themselves, and Frank said, "Try your gun again, Archie," said Frank; "I''m afraid we are going to "Now''s our time," said Frank. "The fox has left the ridge, boys," said Frank. id = 2010 author = Darwin, Charles title = The Autobiography of Charles Darwin date = keywords = Beagle; Cambridge; England; Henslow; Journal; Lyell; Mr.; Society; man; time; year summary = and attended Mr. Case''s chapel, and my father as a little boy went there Once as a very little boy whilst at the day school, or before that time, insects with some little care, for when ten years old (1819) I went for Species.'' At this time I admired greatly the ''Zoonomia;'' but on reading interesting little discovery, and read, about the beginning of the year During these two years I also went a little into society, and acted as As I was not able to work all day at science, I read a good deal during into general society, and saw a good deal of several scientific men, and I worked steadily on this subject for the next eight years, and namely, that whenever a published fact, a new observation or thought my large books I spend a good deal of time over the general arrangement id = 2087 author = Darwin, Charles title = Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 date = keywords = America; April; Beagle; CHARLES; Cambridge; Captain; DARWIN; Dr.; England; Erasmus; Fitz; Fox; Geological; Geology; God; Henslow; Hooker; J.D.; Journal; July; June; London; Lyell; Mr.; Mrs.; Natural; October; Origin; Professor; Roy; September; Shrewsbury; Sir; Society; South; Species; Wallace; letter; think summary = was beautifully written, and my father [Dr. R.W. Darwin] declared that he believed it was published because his old letters to Fox, using words such as "my dear good old brother." In later As I was not able to work all day at science, I read a good deal during my large books I spend a good deal of time over the general arrangement After he read his paper, came his time for writing letters. And now for the time--I think I shall go for a few days to town to hear think there is time to write and receive an answer before I start, as I time you have received my letter written next day, and I hope will send the above letter, "Hooker by far best man to edit my species volume. of Natural History, and seen good specific men work out my species, and id = 2088 author = Darwin, Charles title = Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 date = keywords = ASA; Animals; April; Athenaeum; August; CHARLES; DARWIN; December; Descent; Dr.; Edinburgh; England; February; Gray; Hooker; Huxley; J.D.; January; Journal; July; June; London; Lyell; Man; March; Mr.; Murray; Natural; November; October; Origin; Professor; Review; Royal; Selection; September; Sir; Society; Species; Wallace; letter; plant summary = receive, my weariful book on species, I naturally believe it mainly for thirty years read, write, and think, on the subject of species AND I write to thank you for your work on the ''Origin of Species.'' It came, [In a letter to Sir Charles Lyell reference is made to Sedgwick''s review I am glad you had a pleasant day with Hooker (In a letter to Sir J.D. Hooker (December 1861), my father wrote: "I am very glad to hear that of good books, and thinking of what she reads. [The following letter refers to Fritz Muller''s book, ''Fur Darwin,'' which Dr. Gray''s criticism on this point is as follows: "But in Mr. Darwin''s parallel, to meet the case of nature according to his own view [In the "Times" of the following day appeared a letter headed "Mr. Darwin and Vivisection," signed by Miss Frances Power Cobbe. id = 2739 author = Darwin, Charles title = More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished Letters date = keywords = America; April; Arctic; Australia; British; Charles; Darwin; December; Dr.; Edition; Europe; February; Forbes; Gray; Hooker; Huxley; J.D.; January; Journal; July; LETTER; London; Lyell; Man; March; Mr.; Natural; New; November; October; Origin; Owen; Review; Selection; Sir; Society; Species; T.H.; Zealand; glacial; life; volume summary = Joseph Hooker, who has most generously given the original letters to Mr. Darwin''s family. February 4th: Began work on Man. February 10th: New edition of "Variation under Domestication." Read Natural History." See "Life and Letters," II., page 31.) I feel sure I be noted that these pages were written before the appearance of Mr. Darwin''s book on ''The Origin of Species''--a work which has effected a of such cases, says ("On the Nature of Limbs," pages 39, 40), ''I think "Review of Darwin''s Theory on the Origin of Species by means of Natural A passage from Agassiz''s review is given by Mr. Huxley in Darwin''s "Life and Letters," II., page 184.), but I hope to "Man''s Place in Nature," page 110, note, Huxley remarks: "Surely it is in "Life and Letters," Volume II., page 25, but not, we think in the id = 2740 author = Darwin, Charles title = More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished Letters date = keywords = America; April; Association; British; Charles; Darwin; Descent; Dr.; Edinburgh; Edition; England; February; Flora; Geological; Geology; Glen; Gray; Hooker; Huxley; Islands; J.D.; Journal; LETTER; Life; London; Lord; Lyell; Man; March; Mr.; Muller; Natural; New; November; October; Origin; Prof.; Professor; Roy; Royal; Scott; Selection; September; Sir; Society; South; Volume; Wallace; plant summary = This letter is in reply to Mr. Darwin''s criticisms on Mr. Wallace''s "Island Life," 1880.) "Animals and Plants," Edition II., Volume I., page 306.) I am very glad (page 14), he published a letter to Mr. Darwin in which he speaks of the The pages refer to Darwin''s "Geological Observations on the "Origin," Edition V., 1869, page 451, Darwin discusses Croll''s theory, page 178, 1880) Mackintosh mentions a letter received from Darwin, "who It is an interesting fact that Darwin''s work on climbing plants and Letters," III., page 279.) Judging from a long review in the "Bot. Zeitung", and from what I know of some the plants, I believe Delpino''s Plants," Volume I., page 348, Darwin added, with respect to the rarity The following five letters refer to Darwin''s work on "bloom"--a 1887; see also Darwin''s "Life and Letters," I., pages 355, 356, 362, 363.) id = 38629 author = Darwin, Charles title = Charles Darwin: His Life Told in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters date = keywords = April; Beagle; Cambridge; Charles; Darwin; Dr.; England; God; Gray; Henslow; Hooker; Huxley; Journal; July; London; Lyell; Man; Mr.; Natural; November; October; Origin; Professor; Review; Roy; September; Shrewsbury; Sir; Society; Species; Wallace summary = By the time I went to this day-school[6] my taste for natural history, As I was not able to work all day at science, I read a good deal during my large books I spend a good deal of time over the general arrangement After he had read his paper, came his time for writing letters. study in which my father worked during the later years of his life, were thirty years read, write, and think, on the subject of species _and the above letter, "Hooker by far best man to edit my species volume. Natural History, and seen good specific men work out my species, and MY DEAR DARWIN,--I write to thank you for your work on the _Origin of work has led the present writer to believe that the _Origin of Species_ In the _Times_ of the following day appeared a letter headed "Mr. Darwin id = 21356 author = Fenn, George Manville title = Nat the Naturalist: A Boy''s Adventures in the Eastern Seas date = keywords = Aunt; CHAPTER; Dick; Ebo; Ebony; Joe; Joseph; Nap; Nat; Polly; Uncle; bird; boy; look summary = "Yes, my boy," said my uncle, "I should like you to call this home, for "Come along, Nat," said Uncle Joseph, "and we''ll soon finish it." "I''m afraid we''ve made your aunt very cross, Nat, my boy," said Uncle that lovely orange and black bird, uncle?" I said, picking up "There, Nat," said Uncle Dick; "those are the fruits of a long stay in "Look here, Nat," said Uncle Dick, "time soon steps by, my boy, and you "He is shamming, Nat, like a very bashful boy," said Uncle Dick. "There, Nat, look!" said my uncle, pointing to where, in the full "That lovely buff bird, uncle?" I said; "why, it looked like what I "We must give up the birds of paradise to-day, Nat," said my uncle at "Now, Nat," said my uncle, "I think this will be a good place for you, "Only just in time, Nat," said my uncle. id = 23497 author = Fenn, George Manville title = Through Forest and Stream: The Quest of the Quetzal date = keywords = Bill; Cross; Dick; Master; Nat; Pete; Uncle; look; sir summary = "All captains are not like our friend yonder," said Uncle Dick. "Yes, Nat," said my uncle, "I think we shall be happier out in the "No," said Uncle Dick; "we shall want them to hold the specimens we "Wouldn''t do to wake up and find our boat gone, Nat," said Uncle Dick, "Like to know exactly, Nat?" said my uncle. "No," said my uncle, after a long look round and away over the "Yes, sir," said the boy, glancing at the carpenter; "we did come the "Run away?" said my uncle sternly, for the boy had stopped short. "I never saw a tree run at a boat, Master Nat," said Pete, as he raised "Thought you meant to shoot me, sir," said Pete, picking up the gun and "Strange pretty place, Mr Nat," he cried, "and it''s just like Pete said "Let me go, Master Nat, sir," said Pete eagerly; "I won''t mind." id = 36304 author = Godman, John D. (John Davidson) title = Rambles of a Naturalist date = keywords = Christian; Dr.; Godman; JOHN; animal; crab; crow; find; great; little; long; place; time; water summary = At the close of the war, young Godman received an invitation from Dr. L., the physician already mentioned, to come to his house in beautiful animals, as they lay basking in the living water, I know not, one form a satisfactory idea of the object the great Author of nature entrance of a burrow observed during the day-time. many other animals, and destroyed in great numbers by man, they would awful Author of nature, who has endowed a great number of animals with and in a short time is covered up sufficiently to escape the observation times of the year they are collected in numbers which would appear near her young, the crow has very slight chance of success; but as soon whenever crows discover an owl in the day-time, like many other birds, becomes general and very animated, and by this time all that may be id = 5084 author = Huxley, Thomas Henry title = Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 date = keywords = April; Association; Bishop; British; CHAPTER; College; Darwin; Dr.; Edinburgh; England; Forbes; Government; History; Hooker; Huxley; Institution; January; Jermyn; John; July; London; Lyell; March; Mr.; Natural; November; October; Owen; Place; Professor; Royal; Sir; Society; Street; Sydney; T.H.; Tyndall; man summary = left with the resolution to meet the great man some day on a more equal To-day I had the great pleasure of meeting my old friend Sir John If they go fairly to work I think I shall have a very good chance of Owen is an able man, but to my mind not so great as he thinks influence--which is great--to help any man who is working for the cause. for many a long year to come, and yet my demon says work! the working classes to understand that Science and her ways are great Pray give my kindest regards and best wishes for the New Year to Mrs. Hooker, and tell her that if she, of her own natural sagacity and [These lectures to working men were published in the "Natural History writing "Man''s Place in Nature," I could say with a good conscience that id = 5226 author = Huxley, Thomas Henry title = Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 date = keywords = April; Association; Board; British; CHAPTER; Commission; Darwin; December; Dohrn; Dr.; February; Foster; Huxley; January; July; June; Kensington; London; Lord; March; Marlborough; Mr.; Mrs.; November; October; Place; President; Professor; Royal; School; Science; September; Sir; Society; South; T.H.; Tyndall; University summary = written to thank Darwin for his new work, "The Descent of Man, and the naval men love Baxter and all his works." [A letter from Dr. Hooker to Sir John Hay ensured him a most hospitable welcome, though I cannot let this day go by without wishing you a happy New Year, and is better, as I shall be able to work up my lectures in peace... This must reach you in time to wish you and yours a happy New Year in The letter from Professor Huxley in the "Times" of this morning As to the working of the law, Huxley referred to it the following year [A good deal of time was taken up in the first half of the year by the From the time of Aristotle to the present day I know of but one man Darwin "Life and Letters" 3 242), and asked Huxley to look over the id = 5799 author = Huxley, Thomas Henry title = Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 date = keywords = April; Association; British; Century; Collected; College; Darwin; December; Dr.; Eastbourne; Essays; February; Foster; Geological; Hon; Hooker; Huxley; January; John; Journal; June; London; Lord; March; Marlborough; Memoirs; Mr.; Mrs.; Nature; Nineteenth; November; October; Oxford; Place; Professor; Quarterly; Romanes; Royal; Science; Scientific; Sir; Society; T.H.; University; proceeding summary = honour in the world of Science, Letters, and Art. Lord Salisbury smilingly summed up. [Of the two following letters, one refers to the account of Sir J.D. Hooker''s work in connection with the award of the Copley medal; the [The British Association was to meet at Plymouth this year; and Mr. W.F. Collier (an uncle of John Collier, his son-in-law) invited Huxley Club, and considering the hard work of scientific men in these days, Human Inequality, he changed his mind about the Letters to Working Men, On the other hand, the man who is going out in natural science ought to A letter to an old pupil contains reflections upon the years of work to think that men of letters and science who have been of use to the length in a letter to Mrs. Huxley from London on his way back from and a half of letter-writing or working at an essay. id = 46482 author = Ingersoll, Ernest title = The Mentor: American Naturalists, Vol. 7, Num. 9, Serial No. 181, June 15, 1919 date = keywords = America; Audubon; Burroughs; John; Muir; Nature; New; Thoreau; York; illustration summary = _AMERICAN NATURALISTS_ _John James Audubon_ Here Audubon first had opportunity to study American bird Nine years later, "America''s pioneer naturalist and animal painter" died At Walden Thoreau compiled and wrote two of his best-known books--"A John Muir, "grandest character in Nature literature," died at the age of IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK IN THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK Ernest Thompson Seton, Nature illustrator and writer, was born in South this author''s books are contributions to natural history. _Author of "Nature''s Calendar," "Wild Life of Orchard and Field," By W.E. Couper, in the American Museum of Natural History, New York] [Illustration: Photograph by courtesy of the American Museum of Natural [Illustration: Photograph by courtesy of the American Museum of Natural [Illustration: Photograph by courtesy of the American Museum of Natural id = 2317 author = Jefferies, Richard title = The Story of My Heart: An Autobiography date = keywords = earth; human; idea; life; mind; sea; soul; sun; thing; thought; time summary = grass, I spoke in my soul to the earth, the sun, the air, and the I drank the thought of the element; I desired soul-nature pure and Of the mind, the inner consciousness, the soul, my prayer desired that soul-life, things outside the experience of all the ages. From earth and sea and sun, from night, the stars, from day, the trees, soul-life illimitable; I realise the existence of a cosmos of thought; my existence, with the whole force of my thought, mind, and soul, I earth, the sea, the sun, the air, the immense forces working on, while Give me fulness of life like to the sea and the sun, to the earth and and sea; give me the soul-life of my desire. existence; let my mind be furnished with highest thoughts of soul-life. more beautiful body, a happy existence, and a soul-life now. id = 42559 author = Mills, Enos A. title = The Story of Scotch date = keywords = Peak; Scotch; start; time; way summary = have watched him play football by my cabin on the slope of Long''s Peak I carried little Scotch all day long in my overcoat pocket as I rode Scotch had minded his own affairs and enjoyed himself in his own way all At the close of one of our winter trips, Scotch and I started across the Scotch on Guard at the Timber-Line Cabin] Scotch on Guard at the Timber-Line Cabin] Returning for Scotch, I started him climbing just ahead of Many times Scotch and I had been in ticklish places together, and more I clung to Scotch with one arm; we came to a stop, both mitten, Scotch; I will wait for you here." He started, but went I waited a reasonable time for Scotch to return, but he did not come coat upon the rocks two or three times I commanded, "Water, Scotch, id = 20556 author = Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring) title = Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work date = keywords = Animaux; Ann; Blainville; Buffon; Cuvier; Darwin; Discours; Dr.; France; Geoffroy; Hilaire; Jardin; Lamarck; Les; Linné; Museum; Natural; Paris; Philosophie; Plantes; Professor; Saint; St.; Vertèbres; animal; change; cuvi; des; form; french; lamarckian; life; nature; specie; time; view; work summary = efficient causes of organic change, and thus to account for the origin organization of the present Museum of Natural History as it is to-day. But the life-work of Lamarck and his theory of organic evolution, as of course it takes a new form if Lamarck''s views, improved by yours, great length of geological time; (2) The continuous existence of animal WHEN DID LAMARCK CHANGE HIS VIEWS REGARDING THE MUTABILITY OF SPECIES? vulgar have generally formed on the nature and origin of living "_It is not the organs, i.e., the nature and form of the parts of the state of organization of the different animals now living! nature has gradually formed the different animals that we know, "It is known that different places change in nature and character by general form, the parts, and the very organization of these animals, "Naturalists having observed that the forms of the parts of animals id = 51426 author = Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin) title = Henry D. Thoreau date = keywords = Alcott; Boston; Channing; Concord; Dr.; Dunbar; Emerson; England; God; Greeley; Hawthorne; Henry; Hosmer; John; Maine; March; Massachusetts; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; New; Rev.; Ripley; Thoreau; Walden; Webster summary = Emerson read a few unpublished notes on Thoreau, made years before, I ''Miss Elizabeth Thoreau, Concord, near Boston,'' and dated In 1857, when Mrs. Thoreau was seventy years old, and Miss Emerson eighty-four, the Concord, to which John Thoreau had removed for three years, in the Mr. Bulkeley, from whom Mr. Emerson and many of the other Concord citizens of Thoreau''s day were Emerson, visiting his friends in Concord, wrote thus of what he saw It originated in this way: A lady connected with Mr. Emerson''s family was visiting at Mrs. Thoreau''s while Henry was in Concord, and a close friend of the Thoreaus, who at one time lived February, 1843, Mr. Emerson, writing to Henry Thoreau from New York, years after Thoreau''s death, when writing to another friend, this In a letter to his sister Sophia, July 21, 1843, written from Mr. William Emerson''s house at Staten Island, Thoreau says:-- id = 15997 author = Wallace, Alfred Russel title = Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 date = keywords = ALFRED; America; Archipelago; Bromley; Charles; Darwin; Dr.; Hooker; Kent; Lyell; Man; Mr.; Natural; New; Origin; S.E.; Selection; Singapore; Sir; Society; Spencer; Wallace; Wallace,--I; letter; life summary = the present book discloses--Wallace''s home life, the large collection of that he should undertake a new work, to be called "Darwin and Wallace," the points in which Wallace differed from Darwin when the time came for Papers, his own and Darwin''s, on the theory of Natural Selection had Darwin and Wallace as an alternative for "natural selection," was, as is Charles Darwin" and "More Letters," others in "My Life," by A.R. Wallace, whilst many have not before been published. Dear Darwin,--The more I think of your views as to the colours of _great work_ is progressing, believe me, dear Darwin, yours very My dear Wallace,--I have just received your book ["Natural with your great work, believe me, dear Darwin, yours very faithfully, Dear Darwin,--I have sent your letter to _Nature_, as I think it will Wallace ascribed the theory of Natural Selection to Darwin. id = 15998 author = Wallace, Alfred Russel title = Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2 date = keywords = A.R.; ALFRED; Archipelago; Broadstone; Darwin; Dorset; Dr.; Malay; Man; Mr.; Mrs.; Natural; New; Old; Orchard; Origin; Parkstone; Prof.; Romanes; Royal; Selection; Sir; Society; Species; Wallace; Weismann; Wimborne; life summary = acceptance of the theory of Natural Selection, both Wallace and Darwin The Limits of Natural Selection as applied to Man. His reasons for publishing this work were, first, that the first two Dear Wallace,-...I am reading your new book,[10] of which you kindly Dear Mr. Wallace,--I have been waiting to thank you for "Island Life" Dear Mr. Wallace,--A few days ago there reached me a copy of your new Dear Sir,--Darwin believed that all living things originated from "a few Selection in the world of life; and I do not think I could read a book Wallace lived to see the theory of evolution applied to the life-history and position of Darwin and Wallace and the theory of Natural Selection "Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection," Wallace''s, i. "Development of Human Races under Law of Natural Selection," Wallace''s, ii. Wallace''s paper on Natural Selection sent to Darwin from, i.