The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1 |
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... admirable to see a scientific institution founded in so young a nation . I thank you for the very honourable notice of my ' Origin of Species . ' You will easily believe how much I have been interested by your striking facts on the old ...
... admirable to see a scientific institution founded in so young a nation . I thank you for the very honourable notice of my ' Origin of Species . ' You will easily believe how much I have been interested by your striking facts on the old ...
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... admiration at this new classification ! ( Do not repeat this . ) I remember it , because , though I knew nothing whatever about the brain , I felt a conviction that a classification thus founded on a single character would break down ...
... admiration at this new classification ! ( Do not repeat this . ) I remember it , because , though I knew nothing whatever about the brain , I felt a conviction that a classification thus founded on a single character would break down ...
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... admirable chapter on this . . . . * I read Cairns's excellent Lecture , which shows so well how your quarrel arose from Slavery . It made me for a time wish honestly for the North ; but I could never help , though I tried , all the time ...
... admirable chapter on this . . . . * I read Cairns's excellent Lecture , which shows so well how your quarrel arose from Slavery . It made me for a time wish honestly for the North ; but I could never help , though I tried , all the time ...
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... admirable skill with which you have selected the striking points , and explained them . No praise can be too strong , in my opinion , for the inimitable chapter on language in comparison with species . p . 505 - A sentence * at the top ...
... admirable skill with which you have selected the striking points , and explained them . No praise can be too strong , in my opinion , for the inimitable chapter on language in comparison with species . p . 505 - A sentence * at the top ...
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... admiration at his work . With cordial thanks , believe me , dear Bentham , Yours very sincerely , CH . DARWIN . P.S. - In fact the belief in Natural Selection must at present be grounded entirely on general considerations . ( 1 ) On its ...
... admiration at his work . With cordial thanks , believe me , dear Bentham , Yours very sincerely , CH . DARWIN . P.S. - In fact the belief in Natural Selection must at present be grounded entirely on general considerations . ( 1 ) On its ...
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