We behold the face of nature bright with gladness.

Nothing can be more improving to a young naturalist, than a journey in a distant country.

About weak points [of the Origin] I agree. The eye to this day gives me a cold shudder, but when I think of the fine known gradations, my reason tells me I ought to conquer the cold shudder.

Why does man regret, even though he may endeavour to banish any such regret, that he has followed the one natural impulse, rather than the other; and why does he further feel that he ought to regret his conduct? Man in this respect differs profoundly from the lower animals.

Animals manifestly enjoy excitement, and suffer from annul and may exhibit curiosity.

But Geology carries the day: it is like the pleasure of gambling, speculating, on first arriving, what the rocks may be; I often mentally cry out 3 to 1 Tertiary against primitive; but the latter have hitherto won all the bets.

Man is developed from an ovule, about 125th of an inch in diameter, which differs in no respect from the ovules of other animals.