. Biology and its makers. Biology -- History. 412 BIOLOGY AND ITS MAKERS Packard, who has studied his writings with care, says that he was an evolutionist throui^h all periods of his life, not, as is commonly maintained, belie\ing first in the fixity of species, later in their changeability, and lastly returning to his earlier position. ''The impression left on the mind after. Fig. ii6.—Buffon, 1707-1788. reading Buffon is that even if he threw out these suggestions and then retracted them, from fear of annoyance or even persecution from the bigots of his time, he did not himself always take t
. Biology and its makers. Biology -- History. 412 BIOLOGY AND ITS MAKERS Packard, who has studied his writings with care, says that he was an evolutionist throui^h all periods of his life, not, as is commonly maintained, belie\ing first in the fixity of species, later in their changeability, and lastly returning to his earlier position. ''The impression left on the mind after. Fig. ii6.—Buffon, 1707-1788. reading Buffon is that even if he threw out these suggestions and then retracted them, from fear of annoyance or even persecution from the bigots of his time, he did not himself always take them seriously, but rather jotted them down as passing thoughts. Certainly he did not present them in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Locy, William A. (William Albert), 1857-1924. New York, H. Holt and company
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