The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1901 - Naturalists |
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... remarks ) for his knowledge of the affairs of Europe , on which he great- ly prided himself . He consulted my father medically , and afterwards harangued him on the state of Holland . My father had studied medicine at Leyden , and one ...
... remarks ) for his knowledge of the affairs of Europe , on which he great- ly prided himself . He consulted my father medically , and afterwards harangued him on the state of Holland . My father had studied medicine at Leyden , and one ...
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... remark reminds me of a case showing how a witness under the most favourable cir- cumstances may be utterly mistaken . A gentleman - farmer was strongly urged by my father not to drink , and was en- couraged by being told that he himself ...
... remark reminds me of a case showing how a witness under the most favourable cir- cumstances may be utterly mistaken . A gentleman - farmer was strongly urged by my father not to drink , and was en- couraged by being told that he himself ...
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... remark made by my father , who was the most acute observer whom I ever saw , of a sceptical disposition , and far from being a believer in phre- nology ; for on first seeing me after the voyage , he turned round to my sisters , and ...
... remark made by my father , who was the most acute observer whom I ever saw , of a sceptical disposition , and far from being a believer in phre- nology ; for on first seeing me after the voyage , he turned round to my sisters , and ...
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... remarks , but they almost always related to minute points , and he never with me discussed large or general questions in science . * During these two years I took several short excursions as a relaxation , and one longer one to the ...
... remarks , but they almost always related to minute points , and he never with me discussed large or general questions in science . * During these two years I took several short excursions as a relaxation , and one longer one to the ...
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... remark to him on Geology , he never rested until he saw the whole case clearly , and often made me see it more clearly than I had done before . He would advance all possible objections to my suggestion , and even after these were ...
... remark to him on Geology , he never rested until he saw the whole case clearly , and often made me see it more clearly than I had done before . He would advance all possible objections to my suggestion , and even after these were ...
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