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" Everything about which I thought or read was made to bear directly on what I had seen or was likely to see ; and this habit of mind was continued during the five years of the voyage. I feel sure that it was this training which has enabled me to do whatever... "
Charles Darwin's Works: The life and letters of Charles Darwin... ed. by his ... - Page 53
by Charles Darwin - 1896
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The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an ..., Volume 1

Charles Darwin - Autobiography - 1887 - 420 pages
...acquired. Everything about which I thought or read was made to bear directly on what I had seen or was likely to see ; and this habit of mind was continued during the five yearsof the voyage. I feel sure that it was this training which has enabled me to do whatever I have...
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The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an ..., Volume 1

Charles Darwin - Autobiography - 1888 - 426 pages
...acquired. Everything about which I thought or read was made to bear directly on what I had seen or was likely to see ; and this habit of mind was continued...training which has enabled me to do whatever I have done ir* science. Looking backwards, I can now perceive how my love for science gradually preponderated...
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Darwinianism: Workmen and Work

James Hutchison Stirling - Evolution - 1894 - 392 pages
...acquired. Everything about which I thought or read was made to bear directly on what I had seen or was likely to see ; and this habit of mind was continued...enabled me to do whatever I have done in science." " I worked to the utmost," he103 says again, " from the mere pleasure of investigation, and from my...
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Darwin, His Work and Influence: A Lecture Delivered in the Hall of Christ's ...

Ernest Albert Parkyn - 1894 - 52 pages
...in. Everything about which he thought or read was made to bear directly on what he had seen, or was likely to see ; and this habit of mind was continued...during the five years of the voyage. "I feel sure," he says, "that it was this training which has enabled me to do whatever I have done in Science." It...
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The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an ..., Volume 1

Charles Darwin - Naturalists - 1897 - 598 pages
...acquired. Everything about which I thought or read was made to bear directly on what I had seen or was likely to see ; and this habit of mind was continued...enabled me to do whatever I have done in science. J Looking backwards, I can now perceive how my love for science gradually preponderated over every...
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The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an ..., Volume 1

Charles Darwin - Naturalists - 1898 - 588 pages
...acquired. Everything about which I thought or read was made to bear directly on what I had seen or was likely to see ; and this habit of mind was continued...years my old passion for shooting survived in nearly fulr force, and I shot myself all the birds and animals for my collection ; but gradually I gave up...
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Vorlesungen über deszendenztheorien mit besonderer berücksichtigung ..., Part 1

Johannes Paulus Lotsy - Botany - 1906 - 412 pages
...acquired. Everything about which I thought or read was made to bear dtrectly on what I had seen or was likely to see; and this habit of mind was continued...backwards I can now perceive how my love for science preponderated over every other taste. Über die Resultate seiner Reise schreibt er selhst: I also reflect...
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Vorlesungen über deszendenztheorien mit besonderer berücksichtigung ..., Part 1

Johannes Paulus Lotsy - Botany - 1906 - 424 pages
...acquired. Everything about which I thought or read was made to bear directly on what I had seen or was likely to see; and this habit of mind was continued...five years of the voyage. I feel sure that it was tliis training whicli has enabled nie to <lo whatever I have done in science. Looking backwards I can...
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Little Masterpieces of Autobiography, Volume 3

George Iles - 1908 - 206 pages
...acquired. Everything about which I thought or read was made to bear directly on what I had seen or was likely to see ; and this habit of mind was continued...enabled me to do whatever I have done in science. 19 Looking backward, I can now perceive how my love for science gradually preponderated over every...
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Autobiography: Men of Science

George Iles - 1909 - 202 pages
...acquired. Everything about which I thought or read was made to bear directly on what I had seen or was likely to see ; and this habit of mind was continued...enabled me to do whatever I have done in science. 19 Looking backward, I can now perceive how my love for science gradually preponderated over every...
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