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These parson-naturalists made a significant contribution to the development of British scientific natural history, and played an important role in the foundation of the conservation movement and in the origins of organisations such as the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the National Trust. This book presents a full range of interesting and sometimes eccentric individuals from the early days of the Christian faith in the British Isles to modern times. Missionary endeavor and service to the Empire brought the influence of the English parson-naturalist to the very ends of the earth. A key to the appreciation of the success of the parson-naturalist phenomenon is understanding the social milieu in which these men worked. Until the twentieth century clergy were members of a relatively tightly-knit social group, often related to one another by kinship or marriage; a man's clerical colleagues were also his scientific colleagues and his kinsfolk.
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Rambles of a Naturalist is a loving and affectionate description of the flora and fauna of 19th century England by Dr. John D. Goodman. Excerpt: One of my favorite walks was through Turner's Lane, which is about a quarter of a mile long, and not much wider than an ordinary street, being closely fenced in on both sides...
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 edition. Excerpt: ...English (or Bible) names for those which their heathen converts had before baptism It is questionable if such a course did not retard rather than advance the true faith, by wounding human nature on one of its tenderest as well as most innocent points. I have no doubt the clergy found it a difficult matter to induce a man to call his children Peter and Martha when the honest fellow was desirous of perpetuating some revered family names sent down to him from his heathen sea-king ancestors. When opposition arose it is probable that the holy men found a way to overcome the difficulty without wounding the parental feelings, for Norse proper names seem to have gone through a most ingenious process of alteration at the font. Breeta, or Brenda, became Bertha; Olaf changed into Oliver; Yaspard made an easy descent into Jasper; Osla, sweet sounding and doubtless the property of sweet lasses, was transformed into bearish Ursula; Saneva (heathen-born) was baptized by the name of sainted Cecilia; Hunder was christened Henry, and Laulie (literally a plaything) was named Lilias; Hoskauld, Ingath, and a few such names being too stubborn to twist into anything Christian or Hebrew, were persecuted to the death, and are now almost extinct. This dialect abounds in sounds so foreign to English ears that it is quite impossible to convey to an English reader the correct pronunciation of some of those strange utterances. Indeed, the Shetlandic "tongue" would be more vigorous than pleasing if it were not for the tender and most plaintive intonation which softens all harsh sounds into musical accord. Before giving an example of the dialect it may be useful to mention how some of the principal letters are usually pronounced. A is usually spoken long, as...
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