 | Charles Darwin, Robert Fitzroy - Nature - 1979 - 438 pages
...disappointment on first landing on the coast of Brazil. Amongst the scenes which are deeply impressed on my mind, none exceed in sublimity the primeval forests,...predominant, or those of Tierra del Fuego, where death & decay prevail. Both are temples filled with the varied productions of the God of Nature. No one can... | |
 | William Dean Howells - Fiction - 1984 - 508 pages
...disappointment on first landing on the shores of Brazil. Among the scenes which are deeply impressed on my mind, none exceed in sublimity the primeval forests...productions of the God of Nature: no one can stand in these solitudes unmoved, and not feel that there is more in man than the mere breath of his body.... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Nature - 2001 - 504 pages
...disappointment on first landing on the coast of Brazil. Among the scenes which are deeply impressed on my mind, none exceed in sublimity the primeval forests,...predominant, or those of Tierra del Fuego, where death & decay prevail. Both are temples filled with the varied productions of the God of Nature: — No one... | |
 | Robert Finch, John Elder - Nature - 1990 - 930 pages
...first and final landing on the shores of Brazil. Among the scenes which are deeply impressed on my mind, none exceed in sublimity the primeval forests...productions of the God of Nature: — no one can stand in these solitudes unmoved, and not feel that there is more in man than the mere breath of his body.... | |
 | Jane Maienschein, Michael Ruse - Medical - 1999 - 348 pages
...be glimpsed in a concluding passage of his diary: Among the scenes which are deeply impressed on my mind, none exceed in sublimity the primeval forests,...predominant, or those of Tierra del Fuego, where death & decay prevail. Both are temples filled with the varied productions of the God of Nature: - No one... | |
 | History - 408 pages
...vision. During the voyage of the HMS Beagle, he wrote: "Among the scenes which are deeply impressed on my mind, none exceed in sublimity the primeval forests undefaced by the hand of man. No one can stand in these solitudes unmoved, and not feel that there is more in man than the mere breath... | |
 | Elizabeth Royte - Nature - 2002 - 340 pages
...one. The South American forests, undefaced by the hand of man, were "sublime," Darwin said, a temple "filled with the varied productions of the God of Nature: — no one can stand in these solitudes unmoved, and not feel that there is more in man than the mere breath of his body."... | |
 | William E. Phipps - Religion - 2002 - 234 pages
...Darwin told of his experiences in South America: Among the scenes which are deeply impressed on my mind, none exceed in sublimity the primeval forests,...productions of the God of Nature: — No one can stand unmoved in these solitudes, without feeling that there is more in man than the mere breath of his body.17... | |
 | Robert Finch, John Elder - Fiction - 2002 - 1160 pages
...first and final landing on the shores of Brazil. Among the scenes which are deeply impressed on my exploitative agriculture, ie they have already exceeded...the prospective longevity of reclamation projects i in these solitudes unmoved, and not feel that there is more in man than the mere breath of his body.... | |
 | Vaclav Smil - Science - 2003 - 362 pages
...after his 1831-1836 circumnavigation of the Earth: Among the scenes which are deeply impressed on my mind, none exceed in sublimity the primeval forests...productions of the God of Nature. No one can stand in these solitudes unmoved, and not feel that there is more in man than the mere breath of his body.... | |
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Among the scenes which are deeply impressed on my mind, none exceed in sublimity the primeval forests undefaced by the hand of man ; whether those of Brazil, where the powers of Life are predominant, or those of Tierra del Fuego, where Death and Decay... 
