The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1901 - Naturalists |
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... feel sure , as the spot was near the house This act lay heavily on my conscience , as is shown by my remember- ing the exact spot where the crime was committed . It prob- ably lay all the heavier from my love of dogs being then , and ...
... feel sure , as the spot was near the house This act lay heavily on my conscience , as is shown by my remember- ing the exact spot where the crime was committed . It prob- ably lay all the heavier from my love of dogs being then , and ...
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... feeling fitted for such a position . I looked at him and at the whole scene with some awe and reverence , and I think it ... feel sure that I was prepared for a philosophical treatment of the subject ; for an old Mr. Cotton in Shropshire ...
... feeling fitted for such a position . I looked at him and at the whole scene with some awe and reverence , and I think it ... feel sure that I was prepared for a philosophical treatment of the subject ; for an old Mr. Cotton in Shropshire ...
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... feel ashamed of days and evenings thus spent , but as some of my friends were very pleasant , and we were all in the highest spirits , I cannot help looking back to these times with much pleasure . But I am glad to think that I had many ...
... feel ashamed of days and evenings thus spent , but as some of my friends were very pleasant , and we were all in the highest spirits , I cannot help looking back to these times with much pleasure . But I am glad to think that I had many ...
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... feel sure that it was this train- ing which has enabled me to do whatever I have done in science . Looking backwards , I can now perceive how my love for science gradually preponderated over every other taste . Dur- ing the first two ...
... feel sure that it was this train- ing which has enabled me to do whatever I have done in science . Looking backwards , I can now perceive how my love for science gradually preponderated over every other taste . Dur- ing the first two ...
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... feel sure , have often thus been deterred from experiment or observations , which would have proved directly or indirectly serviceable . In illustration , I will give the oddest case which I have known . A gentleman ( who , as I ...
... feel sure , have often thus been deterred from experiment or observations , which would have proved directly or indirectly serviceable . In illustration , I will give the oddest case which I have known . A gentleman ( who , as I ...
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