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... . Elliott and Fry 1 am also indebted for their kindness in allowing me the use of reproductions of their photographs . FRANCIS DARWIN . CAMBRIDGE , October , 1887 . TABLE OF CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. THE DARWIN FAMILY II vi PREFACE .
... . Elliott and Fry 1 am also indebted for their kindness in allowing me the use of reproductions of their photographs . FRANCIS DARWIN . CAMBRIDGE , October , 1887 . TABLE OF CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. THE DARWIN FAMILY II vi PREFACE .
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... CAMBRIDGE LIFE - 1828-1831 V. THE APPOINTMENT TO THE BEAGLE ' —1831 VI . THE VOYAGE - 1831-1836 · VII . - LONDON AND CAMBRIDGE - 1836-1842 . VIII . RELIGION IX . - LIFE AT DOWN -1842-1854 . . 139 . 160 . . 191 . 243 . 274 . 287 X. THE ...
... CAMBRIDGE LIFE - 1828-1831 V. THE APPOINTMENT TO THE BEAGLE ' —1831 VI . THE VOYAGE - 1831-1836 · VII . - LONDON AND CAMBRIDGE - 1836-1842 . VIII . RELIGION IX . - LIFE AT DOWN -1842-1854 . . 139 . 160 . . 191 . 243 . 274 . 287 X. THE ...
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... Cambridge . He never made any pretence of practising as a doctor , and , after leaving Cambridge , lived a quiet life in London . There was something pathetic in Charles Darwin's affec- tion for his brother Erasmus , as if he always ...
... Cambridge . He never made any pretence of practising as a doctor , and , after leaving Cambridge , lived a quiet life in London . There was something pathetic in Charles Darwin's affec- tion for his brother Erasmus , as if he always ...
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... Cambridge I used to practise throwing up my gun to my shoulder before a looking - glass to see that I threw it up straight . Another and better plan was to get a friend to wave about a lighted candle , and then to fire at it with a cap ...
... Cambridge I used to practise throwing up my gun to my shoulder before a looking - glass to see that I threw it up straight . Another and better plan was to get a friend to wave about a lighted candle , and then to fire at it with a cap ...
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... Cambridge 1828-1831 . - After having spent two sessions in Edinburgh , my father perceived , or he heard from my sisters , that I did not like the thought of being a physician , so he proposed that I should become a clergyman . He was ...
... Cambridge 1828-1831 . - After having spent two sessions in Edinburgh , my father perceived , or he heard from my sisters , that I did not like the thought of being a physician , so he proposed that I should become a clergyman . He was ...
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