The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1887 |
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... letters for publication I have been largely guided by the wish to illustrate my father's personal character . But his life was so essentially one of work , that a history of the man could not be writ- ten without following closely the ...
... letters for publication I have been largely guided by the wish to illustrate my father's personal character . But his life was so essentially one of work , that a history of the man could not be writ- ten without following closely the ...
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... letters give fre- quent evidence of having been written when he was tired or hurried , and they bear the marks of this cir ... letter . Other small words , such as of , to , & c . , have been inserted usually within brackets . I have not ...
... letters give fre- quent evidence of having been written when he was tired or hurried , and they bear the marks of this cir ... letter . Other small words , such as of , to , & c . , have been inserted usually within brackets . I have not ...
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... letter came with many apologies for having forgotten ( like a true . Irishman ) to put the note into his letter of the day before . ... [ A gentleman ] brought his nephew , who was insane but quite gentle , to my father ; and the young ...
... letter came with many apologies for having forgotten ( like a true . Irishman ) to put the note into his letter of the day before . ... [ A gentleman ] brought his nephew , who was insane but quite gentle , to my father ; and the young ...
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... letter whilst at Ascension , in which my sisters told me that Sedgwick had called on my father , and said that I should take a place among the leading scientific men . I could not at the time under- stand how he could have learnt ...
... letter whilst at Ascension , in which my sisters told me that Sedgwick had called on my father , and said that I should take a place among the leading scientific men . I could not at the time under- stand how he could have learnt ...
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