The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1901 - Naturalists |
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... given in italics , - a rendering which would unfairly exaggerate their effect . The Diary or Pocket - book , from which quotations occur in the following pages , has been of value as sup- plying a frame - work of facts round which ...
... given in italics , - a rendering which would unfairly exaggerate their effect . The Diary or Pocket - book , from which quotations occur in the following pages , has been of value as sup- plying a frame - work of facts round which ...
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... given throughout my work . To Mr. Huxley I owe a debt of thanks , not only for much kind help , but for his willing compliance with my request that he should contribute a chapter on the reception of the ' Origin of Species . ' Finally ...
... given throughout my work . To Mr. Huxley I owe a debt of thanks , not only for much kind help , but for his willing compliance with my request that he should contribute a chapter on the reception of the ' Origin of Species . ' Finally ...
Page vi
... given me the use of their illustrations . To Messrs . Maull and Fox and Messrs . Elliott and Fry I am also indebted for their kindness in allowing me the ⚫ use of reproductions of their photographs . FRANCIS DARWIN . CAMBRIDGE ...
... given me the use of their illustrations . To Messrs . Maull and Fox and Messrs . Elliott and Fry I am also indebted for their kindness in allowing me the ⚫ use of reproductions of their photographs . FRANCIS DARWIN . CAMBRIDGE ...
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... given to detail , and not to generalising . Again , those who knew him intimately describe him as eating remarkably little , so that he was not a great feeder , eating a goose for his din- ner , as easily as other men do a partridge ...
... given to detail , and not to generalising . Again , those who knew him intimately describe him as eating remarkably little , so that he was not a great feeder , eating a goose for his din- ner , as easily as other men do a partridge ...
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... given in the present chapter , were written for his children , and written without any 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 ...
... given in the present chapter , were written for his children , and written without any 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 ...
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