The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1887 - Naturalists |
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... write the fol- lowing account of myself , as if I were a dead man in another world looking back at my own life . Nor have I found this * Mr. Hensleigh Wedgwood's house in Surrey . difficult , for life is nearly over with me . 3.
... write the fol- lowing account of myself , as if I were a dead man in another world looking back at my own life . Nor have I found this * Mr. Hensleigh Wedgwood's house in Surrey . difficult , for life is nearly over with me . 3.
Page 55
... write a book on the geology of the various countries visited , and this made me thrill with delight . That was a memorable hour to me , and how distinctly I can call to mind the low cliff of lava beneath which I rested , with the sun ...
... write a book on the geology of the various countries visited , and this made me thrill with delight . That was a memorable hour to me , and how distinctly I can call to mind the low cliff of lava beneath which I rested , with the sun ...
Page 68
... write even the briefest sketch of it . In June 1842 I first allowed myself the satisfaction of writing a very brief abstract of my theory in pencil in 35 pages ; and this was enlarged during the sum- mer of 1844 into one of 230 pages ...
... write even the briefest sketch of it . In June 1842 I first allowed myself the satisfaction of writing a very brief abstract of my theory in pencil in 35 pages ; and this was enlarged during the sum- mer of 1844 into one of 230 pages ...
Page 69
... write out my views pretty fully , and I began at once to do so on a scale three or four times as extensive as that which was afterwards followed in my ' Origin of Species ; ' yet it was only an abstract of the materials which I had ...
... write out my views pretty fully , and I began at once to do so on a scale three or four times as extensive as that which was afterwards followed in my ' Origin of Species ; ' yet it was only an abstract of the materials which I had ...
Page 71
... write in 1856 , the book would have been four or five times as large as the ' Origin , ' and very few would have had the patience to read it . I gained much by my delay in publishing from about 1839 , when the theory was clearly ...
... write in 1856 , the book would have been four or five times as large as the ' Origin , ' and very few would have had the patience to read it . I gained much by my delay in publishing from about 1839 , when the theory was clearly ...
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