The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1901 - Naturalists |
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... interest to preserve intact the hurried character of the letter . Other small words , such as of , to , & c . , have been inserted usually within brackets . I have not followed the originals as regards the spelling of names , the use of ...
... interest to preserve intact the hurried character of the letter . Other small words , such as of , to , & c . , have been inserted usually within brackets . I have not followed the originals as regards the spelling of names , the use of ...
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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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... 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 my having ...
... 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 my having ...
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... interest excited by that tribute , and may receive with a certain attention the record of a unique and indelible impression , even though it be made only on the hearts of those who cannot bequeath it , and with whom , there- fore , it ...
... interest excited by that tribute , and may receive with a certain attention the record of a unique and indelible impression , even though it be made only on the hearts of those who cannot bequeath it , and with whom , there- fore , it ...
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... interest my children or their children . I know that it would have interested me greatly to have read even so short and dull a sketch of the mind of my grandfather , written by himself , and what he thought and did , and how he worked ...
... interest my children or their children . I know that it would have interested me greatly to have read even so short and dull a sketch of the mind of my grandfather , written by himself , and what he thought and did , and how he worked ...
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