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BY THE SAME AUTHOR
MEN OF THE OLD STONE AGE
THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF LIFE
THE AGE OF MAMMALS
EVOLUTION OF MAMMALIAN MOLAR TEETH
FROM THE GREEKS TO DARWIN
EVOLUTION AND RELIGION
HUXLEY AND EDUCATION
IMPRESSIONS OF
GREAT NATURALISTS
IMPRESSIONS OF GREAT NATURALISTS REMINISCENCES OF DARWIN, HUXLEY, BALFOUR, COPE AND OTHERS
BY
HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN
RESEARCH PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY; SENIOR GEOLOGIST IN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
ILLUSTRATED WITH PORTRAITS
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
NEW YORK · LONDON
1924
Copyright, 1913, 1924, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
Copyright, 1909, 1924, by SCIENCE
Copyright, 1896, by GINN and COMPANY
Copyright, 1896, 1909, 1913, 1924, by POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY
Printed in the United States of America
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THE MEMORY OF
THE NATURALISTS, EXPLORERS, AND AUTHORS
WHOSE CREATIVE LIVES
ARE BRIEFLY TOUCHED UPON HERE
“... those immortal dead who live again
In minds made better by their presence: live
In pulses stirr’d to generosity,
In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn
For miserable aims that end with self,
In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars,
And with their mild persistence urge man’s search
To vaster issues.”
—George Eliot
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