The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1901 - Naturalists |
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... speaks of his almost utter ruin from having adhered to the royal cause . During the Commonwealth , William Darwin became a barrister of Lincoln's Inn , and this circumstance probably led to his marriage with the daughter of Erasmus ...
... speaks of his almost utter ruin from having adhered to the royal cause . During the Commonwealth , William Darwin became a barrister of Lincoln's Inn , and this circumstance probably led to his marriage with the daughter of Erasmus ...
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... speaks of it as a great rarity , ' the like whereof has not been observed before in this island to my knowledge . ' Judging from a sort of litany written by Robert , and handed down in the family , he was a strong advocate of temperance ...
... speaks of it as a great rarity , ' the like whereof has not been observed before in this island to my knowledge . ' Judging from a sort of litany written by Robert , and handed down in the family , he was a strong advocate of temperance ...
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... speaks as strongly characteristic of Eras- mus , and as leading " to his overpowering tendency to theo- rise and generalise . " This tendency , in the case of Charles Darwin , was fully kept in check by the determination to test his ...
... speaks as strongly characteristic of Eras- mus , and as leading " to his overpowering tendency to theo- rise and generalise . " This tendency , in the case of Charles Darwin , was fully kept in check by the determination to test his ...
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... speak English for a time , the habit of stammering might be lost ; and it is a curious fact , that in after years , when speaking French , he never stammered . At a very early age he collected specimens of all kinds . When sixteen years ...
... speak English for a time , the habit of stammering might be lost ; and it is a curious fact , that in after years , when speaking French , he never stammered . At a very early age he collected specimens of all kinds . When sixteen years ...
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... speaks with much affection of Eras- mus in his letters to Fox , using words such as " my dear good old brother . " ' In later years Erasmus Darwin came to Down occasionally , or joined his brother's family in a summer holi- day . But ...
... speaks with much affection of Eras- mus in his letters to Fox , using words such as " my dear good old brother . " ' In later years Erasmus Darwin came to Down occasionally , or joined his brother's family in a summer holi- day . But ...
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