The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1887 - Naturalists |
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... hope of curing him , his father sent him to France , when about eight years old ( 1766- '67 ) , with a private tutor , thinking that if he was not allowed . to speak English for a time , the habit of stammering might be lost ; and it is ...
... hope of curing him , his father sent him to France , when about eight years old ( 1766- '67 ) , with a private tutor , thinking that if he was not allowed . to speak English for a time , the habit of stammering might be lost ; and it is ...
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... hope to any near relative nursing a patient . You made me despair , and from that moment I lost strength . ' My father said that he had often since seen the paramount importance , for the sake of the patient , of keeping up the hope and ...
... hope to any near relative nursing a patient . You made me despair , and from that moment I lost strength . ' My father said that he had often since seen the paramount importance , for the sake of the patient , of keeping up the hope and ...
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Including an Autobiographical Chapter Charles Darwin Sir Francis Darwin. on chemistry by Hope ; but to my mind there are no advan- tages and many disadvantages in lectures compared with read- ing . Dr. Duncan's lectures on Materia Medica ...
Including an Autobiographical Chapter Charles Darwin Sir Francis Darwin. on chemistry by Hope ; but to my mind there are no advan- tages and many disadvantages in lectures compared with read- ing . Dr. Duncan's lectures on Materia Medica ...
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... hope was , an inestimable benefit . I cannot resist mentioning a trifling incident , which showed his kind consideration . Whilst ex- amining some pollen - grains on a damp surface , I saw the tubes exserted , and instantly rushed off ...
... hope was , an inestimable benefit . I cannot resist mentioning a trifling incident , which showed his kind consideration . Whilst ex- amining some pollen - grains on a damp surface , I saw the tubes exserted , and instantly rushed off ...
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... Hope , and afterwards at his London house . I saw him , also , on a few other occasions . He never talked much , but every word which he uttered was worth listen- ing to . I once met at breakfast at Sir R. Murchison's house the ...
... Hope , and afterwards at his London house . I saw him , also , on a few other occasions . He never talked much , but every word which he uttered was worth listen- ing to . I once met at breakfast at Sir R. Murchison's house the ...
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