...thirty years' observation in 1881 ; and now we all say with him, " It may be doubted whether thefe are many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world as have these lowly-organised creatures." Prof. Drummond, while admitting the supreme importance of the work of earthworms,...

...one of the greatest little helpers that ever a farmer had. The greatest scientist, Darwin, has said, "It may be doubted whether there are many other animals...important a part in the history of the world as have these lowly-organized creatures." The earthworm is like a tiny plowman, continually working over and enriching...

...look upon with so much contempt. He says, " It may be doubted whether there are any other animals who have played so important a part in the history of the world." And, again, " in Great Britain alone, the worms have rendered serviceable for vegetable life, three...

...jn each acre annually jwork does much to is one of the :Sns ; but long before and still continues ?e doubted whether there are many other animals which...so important a part in the history of the world as these lowly organized creatures."1 Thus streams, waves, glaciers, winds, changes in temperature, surface...

...him. This picture by Millet is called "Springtime" and hangs in the Louvre, in Paris. CHAPTER V (MAY) It may be doubted whether there are many other animals...so important a part in the history of the world as these lowly organized creatures. — Darwin : " The Formation of Vegetable Mould." WHAT THE EARTH OWES...

...man's inventions; but long before he existed the land was, in fact, regularly ploughed by earthworms. It may be doubted whether there are many other animals...have played so important a part in the history of the earth as have these lowly organised creatures. Earthworms are thus great promoters of vegetation. They...

...existed the land was in fact regularly ploughed, and still continues to be thus ploughed by earthworms. It may be doubted whether there are many other animals...part in the history of the world as have these lowly organized creatures. " LABORATORY PROJECT 17 To STUDY THE HABITS OF THE EARTHWORM From Hegner's Practical...

...become cold, hard-bound, and void of fermentation ; and consequently sterile. '—Gilbert White, 1777. 'It may be doubted whether there are many other animals...important a part in the history of the world as have these lowly-organised creatures.' — Darwin, 1881. See Darwin, The Formation of Vegetable Mould through'...

...existed the land was in fact regularly ploughed, and still continues to be thus ploughed, by earthworms. It may be doubted whether there are many other animals...part in the history of the world as have these lowly organized creatures." In three years eighty-five hundred copies of the "Earthworms" were sold. Mr....

...point of fact, it was Darwin's conclusion that " It may be doubted whether there are many other nnimals which have played so important a part in the history of the world, as have these lowly organized creatures." It is apparent, therefore, that in their proper place earthworms ure beneficial...