[Ads-l] Antedating of "Endangered Species"

[Mark Mandel]

Is the expression used in the same sense as today, namely, (a) species in
danger of extinction? In this context, might it refer to (the) species
whose members are endangered by "the wintry frost and storm"? I admit that
this is not a powerful conjecture, but without more context for the
citation, it seems possible.

Mark A. Mandel

On Tue, Sep 15, 2020, 4:58 PM MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY CCDC
AVMC (USA) <0000099bab68be9a-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> 1883 _The Popular Science News and Boston Journal of Chemistry_ 1 May 55/3
> [Proquest]
>
> "Thus it is that the grass and flowers and trees are provided for and
> preserved by the physiological laws of their own growth, and the animal
> kingdom has the added power of instinct supplementing the physiological
> function of organs; structure, function, and instinct all working together
> in effective concert prepare the endangered species for the wintry frost
> and storms, and for the work of another spring when the round of life is
> once more to begin."
>
>
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> Shapiro, Fred [fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU]
> Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2020 6:49 PM
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> Subject:  Antedating of "Endangered Species"
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> endangered species (OED 1964)
>
> 1899 in JSTOR
>
> Fred Shapiro
>

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