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I Have Landed

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by Stephen Jay Gould

of Renaissance, (i), (ii), (iii)

  teaching authority of, (i)

  human sexual behavior, Kinsey on, (i)

  Humboldt, Alexander von, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  humoral theory, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Huxley, Aldous, (i)

  Huxley, Henrietta Anne Heathorn “Nettie,” (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Huxley, Julian Sorel, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Huxley, Thomas Henry “Hal,” (i), (ii)

  on bird-dinosaur link, (i), (ii)

  and Henrietta, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  and Lankester, (i), (ii), (iii)

  on “Tiedemann’s line,” (i)

  and von Baer, (i)

  Hyman, Libbie, (i)

  Ice age, (i)

  Icebergs, The (Church), (i), (ii), (iii)

  ideas, origins vs. later uses of, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Iguanodon, (i)

  incest taboos, (i)

  infinity, comprehension of, (i), (ii)

  insects

  art and science combined in, (i)

  evolution of, (i)

  intellect, vs. feeling, (i)

  intellectual promiscuity, paradox of, (i), (ii)

  intelligence, use of term, (i)

  interaction, virtues of, (i), (ii)

  interdisciplinary unification, (i)

  Iolanthe (Gilbert and Sullivan), (i)

  Italian (Neapolitan) disease, (i)

  Ives, Charles, (i)

  James, Benito, (i)

  James Bowie (Hopewell), (i)

  Jefferson, Thomas, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Jensen, Jens, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Jesus Christ

  birth date of, (i)

  second coming of, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Jews, and anti-Semitism, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  “jew stones,” (i)

  Ji Qiang, (i)

  Johnson, Pyke, (i)

  Jones, Chuck, (i)

  Jones, T. D., (i), (ii)

  Jung, Carl, (i), (ii), (iii)

  junk DNA, (i)

  Kansas Board of Education, (i), (ii)n,, (iii), (iv)

  Karges, Joann, (i)

  Kensington, SS, (i), (ii)

  Kepler, Johannes, (i)

  Kerensky, Aleksandr Fyodorovich, (i)

  kindness, effects of, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Kinsey, Alfred, (i)

  Kipling, Rudyard, (i)

  Kircher, Athanasius, (i), (ii)

  Knight, Ray, (i)

  knowledge

  archaeology of, (i)

  and creativity, (i)

  desire for, (i)

  deterioration and rediscovery of, (i)

  forbidden access to, (i), (ii)

  new, old science superseded by, (i), (ii), (iii)

  relativity of, (i)

  salvation through, (i)

  Kobayashi, M., (i)

  Koch, Robert, (i)

  Kosmos (Humboldt), (i), (ii)

  Kovalevsky, Aleksandr, (i)

  Kretschmar (collector), (i)

  Labeling fallacy, (i)

  Lafargue, Paul, (i)

  Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Lamarckism, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  lampreys, (i), (ii)

  landscape painting, (i)

  language

  control over, (i)

  etymology and, (i), (ii)

  misunderstandings in, (i)

  Lankester, E. Ray, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  La Peyrère, Isaac, (i)

  Lapis judaicus (jew stone), (i)

  Lapis lyncis (lynx stone), (i)

  lateral gene transfer (LGT), (i)

  Laughter in the Dark (Nabokov), (i)

  Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent, (i)

  Lear, Edward, (i)

  Lee, Robert E., (i), (ii)

  legends, debunking of, (i)

  Leigh, Mike, (i)

  Lely, Durward, (i)

  Lenin, V. I., (i)

  Leonardo da Vinci, (i), (ii)

  lepidoptery, see butterflies

  Lessner, Friedrich, (i)

  Lester, Joseph, (i)

  Levine, James, (i)

  Lewes, G. H., (i)

  Lewontin, Dick, (i)

  LGT (lateral gene transfer), (i)

  Libavius, Andreas, (i)

  liberalism

  and Darwinism, (i)

  reaction against, (i)

  libertarianism, (i)

  Liebknecht, Wilhelm, (i)

  lignum vitae, (i)

  Lincoln, Abraham, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  Lindbergh, Charles, (i)

  Linnaean taxonomy, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

  Linnaeus, Carolus, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  literature

  agelessness of, (i)

  Nabokov’s accuracy in, (i), (ii)

  and science, (i), (ii), (iii)

  translations in, (i)

  Lochner, G., (i)

  Lodge, Henry Cabot, (i)

  Lolita (Nabokov), (i)

  Lombroso, Cesare, (i)

  Longuet, Charles, (i)

  Looney Tunes, (i)

  “Lost Chord” (Sullivan), (i)

  Lost World, The (Doyle), (i)

  Louis XIV, king of France, (i)

  Lucifer, (i)

  Lucretius, (i)

  Luther, Martin, (i)

  Lyell, Charles, (i)

  Lying Stones of Marrakech, The (Gould), (i)

  Lyme disease, (i)

  Macaques, potato-washing by, (i)

  McClellan, George, (i)

  McGinnis, John O., (i)

  McGwire, Mark, (i)

  McNamara, John, (i)

  magnetism, physical effect of, (i)

  Mahale Mountain chimps, (i)

  Malays, classification of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Malthus, Thomas Robert, (i)

  mammals

  Cenozoic, (i)

  egg cells of, (i)

  evolution of, (i), (ii), (iii)

  vs. dinosaurs, (i)

  Man in Full, A (Wolfe), (i)

  maniraptors, (i)

  maps, (i), (ii)

  Marx, Karl, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Marx, Eleanor, (i)

  Mary (Nabokov), (i)

  mathematics, zero lacking in, (i)

  Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, (i)

  Mayr, Ernst, (i)n

  Medawar, P. B., (i)

  melancholy (dry-cold humor), (i), (ii)

  Melanchthon, (i)

  mementos, (i)

  memory

  and aging, (i)

  associative, (i)

  paradox of, (i)

  Mendel, Gregor Johann, (i), (ii), (iii)

  mental retardation, (i)

  Mercati, Michael, (i), (ii)

  mercury, as syphilis cure, (i), (ii)

  Merian, Maria, (i)

  Mesmer, Friedrich Anton, (i), (ii)

  Mesozoa, (i), (ii)

  Metamorphosis (Ovid), (i)

  metapsychology, Freudian, (i)

  Metazoa, (i)

  Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, (i)

  Metropolitan Opera, New York, (i), (ii)

  mice, genetic research on, (i)

  Michelangelo, (i)

  Mikado, The (Gilbert and Sullivan), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Milky Way galaxy, (i), (ii)

  millennium, (i)n, (ii), (iii)

  new, start of, (i), (ii)

  odometer rationale of, (i)

  original, (i)

  and second coming, (i), (ii)

  Miller, Jonathan, (i)

  Milton, John, (i), (ii), (iii)

  mimicry, (i), (ii)

  minerals, classification of, (i)

  Mismeasure of Man, The (Gould), (i), (ii)

  moa, extinction of, (i)

  Mongolians, classification of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de, (i)

  morals, anthropology of, (i)

  More, Henry, (i)

  morphology, (i)

&n
bsp; Moscardo, Ludovico, (i)

  Moses, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Moses and Monotheism (Freud), (i), (ii)

  moths, (i), (ii)

  motivation, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Mount Caucasus, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Mourning and Melancholia (Freud), (i)

  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, (i), (ii)

  Mundus subterraneus (Kircher), (i)

  Murray, John, (i)

  Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Museum of Natural History, New York, (i), (ii)

  mutual reinforcement, (i)

  Nabokov, Vera, (i)

  Nabokov, Vladimir

  accuracy esteemed by, (i), (ii)

  and attention to detail, (i)

  childhood of, (i), (ii)

  as conservative specialist, (i), (ii)

  at Cornell, (i), (ii)

  drawings by, (i)

  equal impact argument and, (i)

  error of, (i)

  at Harvard, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  language mastery of, (i)n

  lepidoptery of, (i), (ii)

  literary work of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  methods of, (i), (ii)

  and myth of artistry, (i)

  and myth of courage, (i)

  and myth of innovation, (i)

  and myth of literary quality, (i)

  natural selection challenged by, (i)

  and paradox of intellectual promiscuity, (i), (ii)

  as professional taxonomist, (i), (ii), (iii)

  unique contributions of, (i), (ii)

  naming, social change in, (i)

  Napoleon III, (i), (ii)

  narcissistic neuroses, (i), (ii)

  National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C., (i)

  National Park Service, U.S., (i)

  Native Americans, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)

  native plants, (i)

  adaptation argument for, (i)

  definition of, (i)

  exotics vs., (i)

  fortuitous transplant of, (i)

  geographic argument for, (i)

  “weeds,” (i)

  nativism, downside of, (i)

  natural history

  collections in, (i)

  creation myths and, (i), (ii)

  descriptive, (i)

  diversity in, (i), (ii), (iii)

  humanistic, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  mimicry in, (i), (ii)

  primary subject matter of, (i)

  professional joys of, (i)

  replication with difference in, (i), (ii)

  variation in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Natural History (Pliny), (i)

  natural selection

  absence of directionality in, (i), (ii), (iii)

  adaptation in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  competition in, (i), (ii)

  complexity of, (i)

  Darwinian sense of, (i)

  Darwin’s theory of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii)

  impact of, (i), (ii)

  Nabokov’s challenge to, (i)

  predictability and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  randomness of, (i)

  variational basis of, (i), (ii)

  nature

  competition in, (i)

  complexity of, (i)

  continuity in, (i), (ii), (iii)

  convention vs., (i)

  Darwin’s heartless view of, (i), (ii)

  harmony in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)

  human domination over, (i)

  indifference of, (i)

  interaction of mind and, (i)

  in landscape painting, (i)

  love of, (i), (ii), (iii)

  microcosm and macrocosm in, (i)

  modification of, (i)

  presuppositions about, (i)

  understanding of, (i), (ii)

  universal pattern sought in, (i)

  Nature magazine, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Nature’s Designs (Smyser), (i)

  “Nature’s Questioning” (Hardy), (i)

  Neapolitan (Italian) disease, (i)

  neuroses, classification of, (i)

  Newcastle, Duchess of, (i)

  Newton, Isaac, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  New York City

  Central Park in, (i)

  Ground Zero in, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  subways of, (i)

  Woolworth Building in, (i)

  New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players (GASP), (i)

  New York Mets, (i)

  New York Post, (i)

  New York Times, The, (i), (ii), (iii)

  New York Yankees, (i), (ii)

  Nishida, Toshisada, (i)

  Noah, and the flood, (i)

  novelty, (i), (ii), (iii)

  numerology, (i)

  Occidentals, use of term, (i)

  odor, metaphors of, (i)

  Oedipus complex, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Oken, Lorenz, (i)

  Olmsted, Frederick Law, (i)

  “only local” theory, (i)

  ontogeny, (i), (ii)

  Ontogeny and Phylogeny (Gould), (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  “Onward Christian Soldiers” (Sullivan), (i)

  opera houses, supertitles in, (i)

  orangutans, (i)

  orient, derivation of word, (i)

  Orientals, use of term, (i)

  originality, criteria of, (i)

  Origin of Species (Darwin), (i)n, (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix)

  Osborn, H. F., (i)

  ostiocolla (bone stones), (i), (ii)

  Our Native Landscape (Jensen), (i)

  Ovid, (i)

  Oviraptor, (i), (ii)

  Owen, Richard, (i), (ii)

  Ozymandias, (i)

  Paderewski, Ignace Jan, (i)

  Pagel, Walter, (i)

  paleontology, (i), (ii), (iii)

  pangenesis, (i)

  Papp, Joseph, (i)

  Paracelsus, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Paradise Lost (Milton), (i)

  parasite, ultimate, (i)

  Pascal, Blaise, (i)

  Pasteur, Louis, (i)

  pattern recognition, (i), (ii)

  patterns, as stories, (i)

  Paul, Diane B., (i), (ii)

  Paul, Saint, (i)

  Pavlova, Anna, (i)

  Peacock, George, (i)

  pelycosaurs, (i)

  penicillin, discovery of, (i)

  Pennisi, Elizabeth, (i)

  Pentateuch, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Personal Narrative (Humboldt), (i)

  Pharmacopoeia medicochymica (Schröder), (i), (ii), (iii)

  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, (i), (ii)

  philosophy, role of, (i)

  phlegm (wet-cold humor), (i), (ii)

  phrenology, (i)

  Phylogenetic Fantasy, A (Freud), (i), (ii)

  phylogeny, (i), (ii)

  Picasso, Pablo, (i)

  Pilot, Agnes, (i)

  Pinax (Bauhin), (i)

  Pinocchio (film), (i)

  Pirates of Penzance, The (Gilbert and Sullivan), (i), (ii)

  placebo effect, (i)

  plague, spread of, (i)

  planetary physics, (i)

  plants, native, see native plants

  Plato, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  platyhelminth flatworms, (i)

  Pliny, (i)

  Poe, Edgar Allan, (i)

  Point, Jack (fict.), (i)

  politics, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Pol Pot, (i)

  polygenist theory, (i)

  Ponti, Mrs. (teacher), (i)

  Pope, Alexander, (i)

  pornography, definition of, (i)

  pre-Adamite Man (Duncan), (i), (ii)

  pre-Adamite Theory, (i)

  preformationism, (i)
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br />   Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural History (Herschel), (i)

  primates, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Princess Ida (Gilbert and Sullivan), (i)

  Principles of Geology (Lyell), (i)

  probability, (i), (ii)

  Proctor, Ben H., (i)

  Protagoras, (i)

  protein, (i), (ii)

  Protozoa, (i)

  Pseudodoxia Epidemica (Browne), (i)

  psychoanalysis

  and evolution, (i), (ii)

  Lamarckism and, (i)

  recapitulation and, (i)

  psychosexual stages, (i), (ii)

  Ptolemy, (i)

  Purcell, Henry, (i), (ii)

  purging, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Quartzum, (i)

  Questioning the Millennium (Gould), (i)

  quintessential, derivation of word, (i)

  Racial classification, (i), (ii)

  racial diversity, (i), (ii), (iii)

  racism

  and evolution, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  and genocide, (i)

  “primitive” cultures and, (i)

  and surrogacy, (i)

  radioactive dating, (i)

  Rainer, Peter, (i)

  random systems, (i), (ii)

  Rattlesnake, HMS, (i)

  Ray, John, (i)

  readers, interaction with, (i), (ii), (iii)

  recapitulation theory, (i), (ii)

  Freud’s convictions about, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  Haeckel and, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  threefold parallelism of, (i)

  reconciliationists, (i), (ii)

  reductionism, (i)

  Religio Medici (Browne), (i), (ii)

  religion

  and ethical values, (i), (ii)

  and evolution, (i)

  and moral code, (i), (ii), (iii)

  and politics, (i)

  and science, (i), (ii)

  and spiritual meaning, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Remington, Charles Lee, (i)

  Renaissance

  on harmony of the cosmos, (i)

  humanism in, (i), (ii), (iii)

  names in, (i)

  on rediscovery of knowledge, (i)

  replication with difference, (i), (ii)

  restriction, (i)

  Richardson, Michael, (i), (ii)

  Rights of Man, (i)

  Roberts, Mary, (i)

  Robespierre, Maximilien, (i)

  rocks

  classification of, (i)

  curative powers of, (i)

  Romberg, Sigmund, (i), (ii)

  Roosevelt, Theodore, (i)

  Rose, Pete, (i)

  Rosenberg, Farkas (Wolf) (i)

  Rosenberg, Gisella “Gus,” (i), (ii)

  Rosenberg, Irene (Grammy), (i), (ii)n, (iii)

  Rosenberg, Joseph A. (Papa Joe), (i), (ii), (iii)

  immigration papers of, (i), (ii), (iii)

  inscription on book of, (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)

  Rosenberg, Leni, (i), (ii), (iii)

  Rosenberg, Regina, (i), (ii)

  Rossini, Gioacchino Antonio, (i)

  rote memorization, (i), (ii)

  roundworm research, (i)

  Royal Society of London, (i), (ii)

 

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