The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1887 - Naturalists |
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... thanks , not only for much kind help , but for his willing compliance with my request that he should contribute a chapter on the reception of the ' Origin of Species . ' Finally , it is a pleasure to acknowledge the cour- tesy of the ...
... thanks , not only for much kind help , but for his willing compliance with my request that he should contribute a chapter on the reception of the ' Origin of Species . ' Finally , it is a pleasure to acknowledge the cour- tesy of the ...
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... thanks , and enclosing , as he said , a £ 20 Bank of England note , but no note was enclosed . I asked my father whether this did not stagger him , but he an- swered ' not in the least . ' On the next day another letter came with many ...
... thanks , and enclosing , as he said , a £ 20 Bank of England note , but no note was enclosed . I asked my father whether this did not stagger him , but he an- swered ' not in the least . ' On the next day another letter came with many ...
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... thank the donors of books , but not of pamphlets . sometimes expressed surprise that so few people thanked him for his books which he gave away liberally ; the letters that he did receive gave him much pleasure , because he habitually ...
... thank the donors of books , but not of pamphlets . sometimes expressed surprise that so few people thanked him for his books which he gave away liberally ; the letters that he did receive gave him much pleasure , because he habitually ...
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... Thank God , you'll have bread and cheese , " when I was so young that I was rather inclined to take it literally . When letters were finished , about three in the afternoon , he rested in his bedroom , lying on the sofa and smoking a ...
... Thank God , you'll have bread and cheese , " when I was so young that I was rather inclined to take it literally . When letters were finished , about three in the afternoon , he rested in his bedroom , lying on the sofa and smoking a ...
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... thank God I hardly ever cast one on her ) , but of want of sympathy , would for some minutes alter her whole countenance . " The other point in her character , which made her joy- ousness and spirits so delightful , was her strong ...
... thank God I hardly ever cast one on her ) , but of want of sympathy , would for some minutes alter her whole countenance . " The other point in her character , which made her joy- ousness and spirits so delightful , was her strong ...
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