The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1901 - Naturalists |
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... was unable to give any legal security . My father heard his reasons for believing that he could ulti- mately repay the money , and from [ his ] intuitive perception of character felt sure that he was to be trusted DR . R. W. DARWIN . II.
... was unable to give any legal security . My father heard his reasons for believing that he could ulti- mately repay the money , and from [ his ] intuitive perception of character felt sure that he was to be trusted DR . R. W. DARWIN . II.
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... felt as a schoolboy in reading about Pliny ( I think ) bleeding to death in a warm bath . . . . " Owing to my father's power of winning confidence , many patients , especially ladies , consulted him when suffering from any misery , as a ...
... felt as a schoolboy in reading about Pliny ( I think ) bleeding to death in a warm bath . . . . " Owing to my father's power of winning confidence , many patients , especially ladies , consulted him when suffering from any misery , as a ...
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... felt sure that the man was not to be trusted . After a few months he suddenly bolted , being heavily in debt , and was found out to be little better than an habitual swindler . Here is a case of trustfulness which not many men would ...
... felt sure that the man was not to be trusted . After a few months he suddenly bolted , being heavily in debt , and was found out to be little better than an habitual swindler . Here is a case of trustfulness which not many men would ...
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... I think that he must have told the story to his children ; for Sir C. Lyell asked me many years ago why the Marquis of Lansdowne ( the son or grand- to son of the first marquis ) felt so much interest 14 THE DARWIN FAMILY .
... I think that he must have told the story to his children ; for Sir C. Lyell asked me many years ago why the Marquis of Lansdowne ( the son or grand- to son of the first marquis ) felt so much interest 14 THE DARWIN FAMILY .
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... felt so much interest about me , whom he had never seen , and my family . When forty new members ( the forty thieves as they were then called ) were added to the Athenæum Club , there was much canvassing to be one of them ; and without ...
... felt so much interest about me , whom he had never seen , and my family . When forty new members ( the forty thieves as they were then called ) were added to the Athenæum Club , there was much canvassing to be one of them ; and without ...
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