The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1901 - Naturalists |
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... thought ( in the words of his father ) that the ' vigour of his mind languished in the pursuit of clas- sical elegance like Hercules at the distaff , and sighed to be removed to the robuster exercise of the medical school of Edinburgh ...
... thought ( in the words of his father ) that the ' vigour of his mind languished in the pursuit of clas- sical elegance like Hercules at the distaff , and sighed to be removed to the robuster exercise of the medical school of Edinburgh ...
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... thoughts of those whom he saw even for a short time . We had many instances of the power , some of which seemed almost ... thought that no human being knew the fact except ourselves ! ' My father told me the story many years after the ...
... thoughts of those whom he saw even for a short time . We had many instances of the power , some of which seemed almost ... thought that no human being knew the fact except ourselves ! ' My father told me the story many years after the ...
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... thought of him . ' She had already called , but her courage had failed , and no one could have been more courteous and friendly . As a boy , I went to stay at the house of - whose wife was insane ; and the poor creature , as soon as she ...
... thought of him . ' She had already called , but her courage had failed , and no one could have been more courteous and friendly . As a boy , I went to stay at the house of - whose wife was insane ; and the poor creature , as soon as she ...
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... thought Carlyle had missed the essence of his most lovable nature . I am tempted by the wish of illustrating further the character of one so sincerely beloved by all Charles Darwin's children , to reproduce a letter to the Spectator ...
... thought Carlyle had missed the essence of his most lovable nature . I am tempted by the wish of illustrating further the character of one so sincerely beloved by all Charles Darwin's children , to reproduce a letter to the Spectator ...
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... 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 , but natural . The autobiography bears the heading , Recollections of the ...
... 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 , but natural . The autobiography bears the heading , Recollections of the ...
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