... conceive. To place stuffed birds and beasts in glass cases, to arrange insects in cabinets, and dried plants in drawers, is merely the drudgery and preliminary of study; to watch their habits, to understand their relations to one another, to study... Days Out of Doors, - Página 152por Charles Conrad Abbott - 1889 - 323 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1889 - 922 páginas
...of the rays we see, but of these and the ultraviolet, it would appear that the colors of objects and the general aspect of nature must present to animals...to the forces of nature, to realize what the world ap|>ears to them — these constitute, as it seems to me at least, the true interest of natural history,... | |
| Sir John Lubbock - 1889 - 296 páginas
...cannot see, of sensations which we cannot conceive. To place stuffed birds and beasts in glass cases, to arrange insects in cabinets, and dried plants in...adaptations and their relations to the forces of Nature, to realise what the world appears to them; these constitute, as it seems to me at least, the true interest... | |
| Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1890 - 894 páginas
...sensations we can not conceive. To place stuffed birds and beasts in glass cases, to arrange insects iu cabinets and dried plants in drawers, is merely the...constitute, as it seems to me, at least, the true interests of natural history, and may even give us the clue to senses and perceptions of which at present... | |
| Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1890 - 894 páginas
...sensations we can not conceive. To place stuffed birds and beasts in glass cases, to arrange insects iu cabinets and dried plants in drawers, is merely the...constitute, as it seems to me, at least, the true interests of natural history, and may even give ns the clue to senses and perceptions of which at present... | |
| Sir John Lubbock - 1890 - 514 páginas
...cannot see, of sensations which we cannot conceive. To place stuffed birds and beasts in glass cases, to arrange insects in cabinets, and dried plants in...adaptations and their relations to the forces of Nature, to realise what the world appears to them ; these constitute, as it seems to me at least, the true interest... | |
| Sir John Lubbock - 1891 - 304 páginas
...cannot see, of sensations which we cannot conceive. To place stuffed birds and beasts in glass cases, to arrange insects in cabinets, and dried plants in...adaptations and their relations to the forces of Nature, to realise what the world appears to them ; these constitute, as it seems to me at least, the true interest... | |
| ANZAAS (Association). Meeting - 1893 - 1094 páginas
...observations. As Sir JohnLubbock well puts it — " to place stuffed birds and beasts in glass cases, to arrange insects in cabinets, and dried plants in...their relations to one another, — to study their structure and intelligence, — to ascertain their adaptations and their relations to the forces of... | |
| W. T. B. Martin, T. E. S. T. - 1894 - 536 páginas
...some cases, perhaps, tenfold. Speaking of animal instincts and intelligence, Sir John Lubbock says : " To ascertain their adaptations and their relations to the forces of Nature . . . constitutes the true interest of Natural History, and may even give us a clue to senses and perceptions... | |
| New Zealand Institute - 1902 - 744 páginas
...conceive. To place stuffed birds and beasts in glass cases, to arrange insects in cabinets and dry plants in drawers, is merely the drudgery and preliminary...adaptations and their relations to the forces of nature, to_ realise what the world appears to them— these constitute, as it seems to me at least, the true... | |
| Abel Chapman - 1928 - 534 páginas
...cannot see; of sensations which we cannot conceive. To place stuffed birds and beasts in glass cases, to arrange insects in cabinets and dried plants in drawers, is merely the drudgery and the preliminary of study. To watch their habits, to understand their relations one to another, to study... | |
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