The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1901 - Naturalists |
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... 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 possible ...
... 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 possible ...
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... present Sir J. Kay - Shuttleworth . Dr. Grant took me occasionally to the meetings of the Wernerian So- ciety , where various papers on natural history were read , dis- cussed , and afterwards published in the ' Transactions . ' I heard ...
... present Sir J. Kay - Shuttleworth . Dr. Grant took me occasionally to the meetings of the Wernerian So- ciety , where various papers on natural history were read , dis- cussed , and afterwards published in the ' Transactions . ' I heard ...
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... present time more vividly than anything else ; though the sense of sub- limity , which the great deserts of Patagonia and the forest- clad mountains of Tierra del Fuego excited in me , has left an indelible impression on my mind . The ...
... present time more vividly than anything else ; though the sense of sub- limity , which the great deserts of Patagonia and the forest- clad mountains of Tierra del Fuego excited in me , has left an indelible impression on my mind . The ...
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... present total oblivion of Elie de Beau- mont's wild hypotheses , such as his ' Craters of Elevation ' and Lines of Elevation ' ( which latter hypothesis I heard Sedgwick at the Geological Society lauding to the skies ) , may be largely ...
... present total oblivion of Elie de Beau- mont's wild hypotheses , such as his ' Craters of Elevation ' and Lines of Elevation ' ( which latter hypothesis I heard Sedgwick at the Geological Society lauding to the skies ) , may be largely ...
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... present time , 1876 . After several fruitless searches in Surrey and elsewhere , we found this house and purchased it . I was pleased with the diversified appearance of vegetation proper to a chalk district , and so unlike what I had ...
... present time , 1876 . After several fruitless searches in Surrey and elsewhere , we found this house and purchased it . I was pleased with the diversified appearance of vegetation proper to a chalk district , and so unlike what I had ...
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