The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1901 - Naturalists |
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... means of illustrating my father's life . The readers of these pages will , I think , be grateful to Sir Joseph for the care with which he has preserved his valuable collection of letters , and I should wish to add my acknowledgment of ...
... means of illustrating my father's life . The readers of these pages will , I think , be grateful to Sir Joseph for the care with which he has preserved his valuable collection of letters , and I should wish to add my acknowledgment of ...
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... means of some resemblance ; and it is a singular illustration of that irony which checks or directs our sympathies , that in trying to give some notion of the man whom , among those who were not his kindred , Carlyle appears to have ...
... means of some resemblance ; and it is a singular illustration of that irony which checks or directs our sympathies , that in trying to give some notion of the man whom , among those who were not his kindred , Carlyle appears to have ...
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... means of education to me was simply a blank . During my whole life I have been singularly incapable of mastering any language . Especial attention was paid to verse - making , and this I could never do well . I had many friends , and ...
... means of education to me was simply a blank . During my whole life I have been singularly incapable of mastering any language . Especial attention was paid to verse - making , and this I could never do well . I had many friends , and ...
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... means of cilia , and were in fact larvæ . In another short paper I showed that the little globular bodies which had been supposed to be the young state of Fucus loreus were the egg - cases of the wormlike Pontobdella muricata . The ...
... means of cilia , and were in fact larvæ . In another short paper I showed that the little globular bodies which had been supposed to be the young state of Fucus loreus were the egg - cases of the wormlike Pontobdella muricata . The ...
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... means of my warm - hearted friend , Herbert , who took a high wrangler's degree . From associating with these men , and hearing them play , I acquired a strong taste for music , and used very often to time my walks so as to hear on week ...
... means of my warm - hearted friend , Herbert , who took a high wrangler's degree . From associating with these men , and hearing them play , I acquired a strong taste for music , and used very often to time my walks so as to hear on week ...
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