 The astonishment which I felt on first seeing a party of Fuegians on a wild and broken shore will never be forgotten by me, for the reflection at once rushed into my mind— such were our ancestors.  The Strand Magazine - 261 psl.redagavo - 1901Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | Nancy Armstrong - 1987 - 318 psl.
...of cultural history revives itself in his memory: The astonishment which I felt on first seeing the Fuegians on a wild and broken shore will never be...ancestors. These men were absolutely naked and bedaubed by paint, their long hair was tangled, their mouths frothed with excitment, and their expression was... | |
 | Norman Yoffee, Andrew Sherratt - 1993 - 156 psl.
...the astonishment which I felt on first seeing a party of [natives] on a wild and broken shore . . . , for the reflection at once rushed into my mind - such were our ancestors (187 1:404). We can now make our voyage by broadening such horizons to include not only those on the... | |
 | Roger Smith - 1997 - 1070 psl.
...reverted to their native ways. Years later, Darwin reconstructed his experiences at Tierra del Fuego: The astonishment which I felt on first seeing a party...their expression was wild, startled, and distrustful ... He who has seen a savage in his native land will not feel much shame if forced to acknowledge that... | |
 | Judith Fryer Davidov - 1998 - 516 psl.
...the barbarity and savagery of nonwhites to Darwin's The Descent of Man, where we read, for example, "The astonishment which I felt on first seeing a party...on a wild and broken shore will never be forgotten . . . , for the reflection at once rushed into my mind — such were our ancestors . . . [and that]... | |
 | Adam Lively - 2000 - 306 psl.
...inhabitants. The Fuegians were to crop up again in a crucial passage at the end of The Descent of Man: The astonishment which I felt on first seeing a party...once rushed into my mind — such were our ancestors. He who has seen a savage in his native land will not feel much shame, if forced to acknowledge that... | |
 | Steve Jones - 2003 - 280 psl.
...less than charitable about his experiences in South America on his Beagle voyage, forty years before: "The astonishment which I felt on first seeing a party...their expression was wild, startled and distrustful ... He who has seen a savage in his native land will not feel much shame, if forced to acknowledge... | |
 | Marjorie Grene, David J. Depew - 2004 - 446 psl.
...continues: . . . there can hardly be a doubt that we are descended from barbarians. The astonishment I felt on first seeing a party of Fuegians on a wild...absolutely naked and bedaubed with paint, their long hair entangled, their 24 See, eg, Ryan 1985. At the same time it should be noted that Darwin is thoroughly... | |
 | Ronald E. Martin - 2005 - 292 psl.
...recalled with a full measure of Victorian revulsion his own unfortunate encounter with primitives: The astonishment which I felt on first seeing a party...forgotten by me, for the reflection at once rushed into my mind—such were our ancestors. These men were absolutely naked and bedaubed with paint, their long... | |
 | Bruce Mazlish - 2004 - 204 psl.
...traumatic encounter. As he repeated toward the end of his Descent of Man, "The astonishment which I felt on seeing a party of Fuegians on a wild and broken shore will never be forgotten by me."23 That astonishment, I want to maintain, helped transform Darwin into an unconscious racist of... | |
 | Harry Liebersohn - 2006 - 412 psl.
...highly distasteful to many. But there can hardly be a doubt that we are descended from barbarians. The astonishment which I felt on first seeing a party...rushed into my mind — such were our ancestors." Thus he connected his mature theory to the shock of his youthful encounter.16 The Descent of Man used... | |
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