...extended field of scientific research to which he applied himself. He says: " I have steadily endeavored to keep my mind free, so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved, as soon as facts are shown, to be opposed to it." And again: " I soon saw that selection was the keystone...

...mind is beautifully described in Darwin's own words concerning himself: "I have steadily endeav-' ored to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis,...exception of the Coral Reefs, I cannot remember a single first -formed hypothesis which had not after a time to be given up or greatly modified. This has naturally...

...other men. I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis, ho-.vever much beloved (and I cannot resist forming one on every subject), as soon as facts a.rf shown to be opposed to it. Indeed, I have had no choice but to act in this manner, for with the...

...mates of observed but unmatched facts may be fairly found. Darwin wrote: "I have steadily endeavored to keep my mind free, so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved as soon as facts are shown to be opposed to it Indeed I have had no choice but to act in this manner,...

...people not at all worth testing.' In his Autobiography Darwin remarks: — 'I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis,...however much beloved (and I cannot resist forming one on e.cery subject), as soon as facts are shown to be opposed to it.' The italics in these passages are...

...article in the Atlantic Monthly, February, 1903, p. 153. forming one on every subject), as soon as the facts are shown to be opposed to it. Indeed, I have...single firstformed hypothesis which had not after a short time to be given up or greatly modified." 8 It has been said that an hypothesis is a question.7...

...lessons of Darwin's life. In his autobiographical sketch, he tells us, "I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved... as soon as facts are shown to be opposed to it" Writing to Mr J. Scott, he says, "It is a golden rule,...

...far as I can judge, I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men. I have steadily endeavored to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis,...no choice but to act in this manner, for with the 5 exception of the Coral Reefs, I cannot remember a single first-formed hypothesis which had not after...

...as for his own." What a fine temper there is in Darwin's statement — " I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis,...— as soon as facts are shown to be opposed to it." " I had," he says, " during many years followed a golden rule, namely, that whenever a published fact,...

...order. He is his own best witness to the truth of this assertion. He says, " I have steadily endeavored to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis,...on every subject), as soon as facts are shown to be opposite to it," adding that he could not remember " a single first formed hypothesis which had not...