The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1887 - Naturalists |
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... thought of an operation almost sickened him , and he could scarcely endure to see a person bled - a horror which he has trans- mitted to me - and I remember the horror which I felt as a schoolboy in reading about Pliny ( I think ) ...
... thought of an operation almost sickened him , and he could scarcely endure to see a person bled - a horror which he has trans- mitted to me - and I remember the horror which I felt as a schoolboy in reading about Pliny ( I think ) ...
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... thoughts of those whom he saw even for a short time . We had many instances of the power , some of which seemed almost ... thought that no human being knew the fact except ourselves ! ' My father told me the story many years after the ...
... thoughts of those whom he saw even for a short time . We had many instances of the power , some of which seemed almost ... thought that no human being knew the fact except ourselves ! ' My father told me the story many years after the ...
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... thought nothing more about it until it flashed across his mind many years afterwards , whilst Lord Shelburne was talk- ing about Holland . So he answered , ' I should think from what I saw of the Rev. Mr. A , that he was a very able man ...
... thought nothing more about it until it flashed across his mind many years afterwards , whilst Lord Shelburne was talk- ing about Holland . So he answered , ' I should think from what I saw of the Rev. Mr. A , that he was a very able man ...
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... thought it proper to call at the bank ( where he had an account ) to tell the manag- ing partners of the event , as it was not improbable that it would cause a run on the bank . Well , the story was spread far and wide , that my father ...
... thought it proper to call at the bank ( where he had an account ) to tell the manag- ing partners of the event , as it was not improbable that it would cause a run on the bank . Well , the story was spread far and wide , that my father ...
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... thought that they would ever be published . To many this may seem an impossibility ; but those who knew my father will understand how it was not only possible , but natural . The autobiography bears the heading , ' Recollections of the ...
... thought that they would ever be published . To many this may seem an impossibility ; but those who knew my father will understand how it was not only possible , but natural . The autobiography bears the heading , ' Recollections of the ...
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