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Excerpt from Where Did Life Begin?: A Brief Enquiry as to the Probable Place of Beginning and the Natural Course of Migration Therefrom of the Flora and Fauna of the Earth; A Monogrpah
It nas oeen my earnest desire, however, in writing tnese pages, to oe as orief, con cise, and straigntforward as possiole in all statements of fact, even wnere a little more elaooration mignt nave made a more favoraole impression. I liave also striven to put fortn my views in a plain garo, and snall 6e alundantly satisfied I nave made myself understood; more tnan repaid tne few and crude suggestions I have gatnered snall incite aoler and letter equipped men to enter tnis very interesting field of inquiry, and oring fortn suck good results as I am sure await tne careful and conscientious investigator and only regretful I nave used unwit tingly any error for fact, or drawn, in t/ce course of Me argument, any false or nuwar ranted conclusions.
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Excerpt from Where Did Life Begin?: A Brief Enquiry as to the Probable Place of Beginning and the Natural Course of Migration Therefrom of the Flora and Fauna of the Earth; A Monogrpah
HE subject of the distribution of plants and animals has for a long time eu gaged the attention of many able, persist ent, and discriminating investigators. Imuch time and effort have been expended in simply observing and describing the various means by which they get about from place to place. The methods and means by which the seeds of plants are carried and deposited in new localities, the agency of insects, birds, and other animals in their distribution, no less than their own ingenious contrivances for floating with the wind and tide, and for catch ing on to every moving object, all have been carefully observed and faithfully chronicled. The first important truth enforced by these observations is that all organic life on the earth is in a generic, or tribal sense at least.
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.