The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1887 |
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... copy in my possession is the third edition . " The second son , William Alvey , inherited Elston , and transmitted it to his granddaughter , the late Mrs. Darwin , of Elston and Creskeld . A third son , John , became rector of Elston ...
... copy in my possession is the third edition . " The second son , William Alvey , inherited Elston , and transmitted it to his granddaughter , the late Mrs. Darwin , of Elston and Creskeld . A third son , John , became rector of Elston ...
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... copy of the ' Won- ders of the World , ' which I often read , and disputed with other boys about the veracity of some of the statements ; and I believe that this book first gave me a wish to travel in re- mote countries , which was ...
... copy of the ' Won- ders of the World , ' which I often read , and disputed with other boys about the veracity of some of the statements ; and I believe that this book first gave me a wish to travel in re- mote countries , which was ...
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... copied out from Hum- boldt long passages about Teneriffe , and read them aloud on one of the above - mentioned excursions , to ( I think ) Hens- low , Ramsay , and Dawes , for on a previous occasion I had talked about the glories of ...
... copied out from Hum- boldt long passages about Teneriffe , and read them aloud on one of the above - mentioned excursions , to ( I think ) Hens- low , Ramsay , and Dawes , for on a previous occasion I had talked about the glories of ...
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... copies have been sold in England of the second edition . In 1846 my ' Geological Observations on South America ' were pub- lished . I record in a little diary , which I have always kept , that my three geological books ( * Coral Reefs ...
... copies have been sold in England of the second edition . In 1846 my ' Geological Observations on South America ' were pub- lished . I record in a little diary , which I have always kept , that my three geological books ( * Coral Reefs ...
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... copied out and still possess . But at that time I overlooked one problem of great impor- tance ; and it is astonishing to me , except on the principle of Columbus and his egg , how I could have overlooked it and its solution . This ...
... copied out and still possess . But at that time I overlooked one problem of great impor- tance ; and it is astonishing to me , except on the principle of Columbus and his egg , how I could have overlooked it and its solution . This ...
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