The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1901 - Naturalists |
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... suppose that it was his sympathy which gave him un- bounded power of winning confidence , and as a consequence made him highly successful as a physician . He began to practise before he was twenty - one years old , and his fees during ...
... suppose that it was his sympathy which gave him un- bounded power of winning confidence , and as a consequence made him highly successful as a physician . He began to practise before he was twenty - one years old , and his fees during ...
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... suppose that any one would say that he possessed much original genius . He was deeply religious , and so orthodox that he told me one day he should be grieved if a single word of the Thirty - nine Articles were altered . His moral ...
... suppose that any one would say that he possessed much original genius . He was deeply religious , and so orthodox that he told me one day he should be grieved if a single word of the Thirty - nine Articles were altered . His moral ...
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... suppose any other professor of botany could have helped laughing at my coming in such a hurry to make such a communication . But he agreed how interesting the phenomenon was , and explained its meaning , but made me clearly understand ...
... suppose any other professor of botany could have helped laughing at my coming in such a hurry to make such a communication . But he agreed how interesting the phenomenon was , and explained its meaning , but made me clearly understand ...
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... suppose he never found an occasion that seemed exactly suitable . I remember an occasion on which it might have been used with advantage . He received a letter from a stranger stating that the writer had undertaken to uphold Evolution ...
... suppose he never found an occasion that seemed exactly suitable . I remember an occasion on which it might have been used with advantage . He received a letter from a stranger stating that the writer had undertaken to uphold Evolution ...
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... suppose his health prevented any rough play . He used sometimes to tell us stories , which were considered especially delightful , partly on account of their rarity . The way he brought us up is shown by a little story about my brother ...
... suppose his health prevented any rough play . He used sometimes to tell us stories , which were considered especially delightful , partly on account of their rarity . The way he brought us up is shown by a little story about my brother ...
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