The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1887 - Naturalists |
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... Journal an account of all the circumstances which then occurred ; I will here only say that I was instantly eager to accept the offer , but my father strongly objected , adding the words , fortunate for me , * ' Philosophical Magazine ...
... Journal an account of all the circumstances which then occurred ; I will here only say that I was instantly eager to accept the offer , but my father strongly objected , adding the words , fortunate for me , * ' Philosophical Magazine ...
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... Journal , and took much pains in describing carefully and vividly all that I had seen ; and this was good practice . My Journal served also , in part , as letters to my home , and portions were sent to England whenever there was an ...
... Journal , and took much pains in describing carefully and vividly all that I had seen ; and this was good practice . My Journal served also , in part , as letters to my home , and portions were sent to England whenever there was an ...
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... Journal . The glories of the vege- tation of the Tropics rise before my mind at the present time more vividly than anything else ; though the sense of sub- limity , which the great deserts of Patagonia and the forest- clad mountains of ...
... Journal . The glories of the vege- tation of the Tropics rise before my mind at the present time more vividly than anything else ; though the sense of sub- limity , which the great deserts of Patagonia and the forest- clad mountains of ...
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... Journal , and declared it would be worth publishing ; so here was a second book in prospect ! Towards the close of our voyage I received a letter whilst at Ascension , in which my sisters told me that Sedgwick had called on my father ...
... Journal , and declared it would be worth publishing ; so here was a second book in prospect ! Towards the close of our voyage I received a letter whilst at Ascension , in which my sisters told me that Sedgwick had called on my father ...
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... Journal of Travels , ' which was not . hard work , as my MS . Journal had been written with care , and my chief labour was making an abstract of my more in- teresting scientific results . I sent also , at the request of Lyell , a short ...
... Journal of Travels , ' which was not . hard work , as my MS . Journal had been written with care , and my chief labour was making an abstract of my more in- teresting scientific results . I sent also , at the request of Lyell , a short ...
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