The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1901 - Naturalists |
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... Asa Gray , dated September 5 , 1857 , to be published at the same time with Wallace's Essay , are given in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society , ' 1858 , p . 45. I was at first very unwilling to consent , as I thought ...
... Asa Gray , dated September 5 , 1857 , to be published at the same time with Wallace's Essay , are given in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society , ' 1858 , p . 45. I was at first very unwilling to consent , as I thought ...
Page 72
... Asa Gray . Within late years several reviewers have given the whole credit to Fritz Müller and Häckel , who undoubtedly have worked it out much more fully , and in some respects more correctly than I did . I had materials for a whole ...
... Asa Gray . Within late years several reviewers have given the whole credit to Fritz Müller and Häckel , who undoubtedly have worked it out much more fully , and in some respects more correctly than I did . I had materials for a whole ...
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... Asa Gray , published in 1858 . He sent me seeds , and on raising some plants I was so much fascinated and perplexed by the revolving movements of the tendrils and stems , which movements are really very simple , though appearing at ...
... Asa Gray , published in 1858 . He sent me seeds , and on raising some plants I was so much fascinated and perplexed by the revolving movements of the tendrils and stems , which movements are really very simple , though appearing at ...
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... Asa Gray , and did not dream of or desire any such wide and general fame as he attained to . Connected with his contempt for the undue love of fame , was an equally strong dislike of all questions of priority . The letters to Lyell , at ...
... Asa Gray , and did not dream of or desire any such wide and general fame as he attained to . Connected with his contempt for the undue love of fame , was an equally strong dislike of all questions of priority . The letters to Lyell , at ...
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... Asa Gray and some others look at each variation , or at least at each beneficial variation ( which A. Gray would compare with the rain drops † which do not fall on the sea , but on to the land to fertilize it ) as having been ...
... Asa Gray and some others look at each variation , or at least at each beneficial variation ( which A. Gray would compare with the rain drops † which do not fall on the sea , but on to the land to fertilize it ) as having been ...
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