The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1887 - Naturalists |
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... island to my knowledge . ' Judging from a sort of litany written by Robert , and handed down in the family , he was a strong advocate of temperance , which his son ever afterwards so strongly advocated : - From a morning that doth shine ...
... island to my knowledge . ' Judging from a sort of litany written by Robert , and handed down in the family , he was a strong advocate of temperance , which his son ever afterwards so strongly advocated : - From a morning that doth shine ...
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... islands , showed me clearly the wonderful superiority of Lyell's manner of treating geology , compared with that of any other author , whose works I had with me or ever after- wards read . Another of my occupations was collecting ...
... islands , showed me clearly the wonderful superiority of Lyell's manner of treating geology , compared with that of any other author , whose works I had with me or ever after- wards read . Another of my occupations was collecting ...
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... islands , and making out the geological structure of certain islands , for instance , St. Helena . Nor must I pass over the discovery of the singular relations of the animals and plants inhabiting the several islands of the Galapagos ...
... islands , and making out the geological structure of certain islands , for instance , St. Helena . Nor must I pass over the discovery of the singular relations of the animals and plants inhabiting the several islands of the Galapagos ...
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... islands of the Pacific and to consult many charts . It was thought highly of by scientific men , and the theory therein given is , I think , now well established . No other work of mine was begun in so deductive a spirit as this , for ...
... islands of the Pacific and to consult many charts . It was thought highly of by scientific men , and the theory therein given is , I think , now well established . No other work of mine was begun in so deductive a spirit as this , for ...
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... islands visited during the voyage of the Beagle were published . In 1845 , I took much pains in correcting a new edition of my ' Journal of Researches , ' which was originally published in 1839 as part of Fitz - Roy's work . The success ...
... islands visited during the voyage of the Beagle were published . In 1845 , I took much pains in correcting a new edition of my ' Journal of Researches , ' which was originally published in 1839 as part of Fitz - Roy's work . The success ...
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