paleontogist

Updated: May 28, 2025

Pictet, the distinguished and widely learned paleontogist of Geneva, treats Mr. Darwin with a respect which forms a grateful contrast to the tone of some of the preceding writers, but consents to go with him only a very little way. "With regard to simple varieties and closely allied species, I believe that Mr.

Thomas Henry Huxley - On the Reception of the 'Origin of Species'