The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1 |
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... living being in the gift of the family . The fourth . son , and youngest child , was Erasmus Darwin , the poet and philosopher . The table on page 5 shows Charles Darwin's descent from Robert , and his relationship to some other members ...
... living being in the gift of the family . The fourth . son , and youngest child , was Erasmus Darwin , the poet and philosopher . The table on page 5 shows Charles Darwin's descent from Robert , and his relationship to some other members ...
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... living worm , though at the expense probably of some loss of success . Once as a very little boy whilst at the day school , or be- fore that time , I acted cruelly , for I beat a puppy , I believe , simply from enjoying the sense of ...
... living worm , though at the expense probably of some loss of success . Once as a very little boy whilst at the day school , or be- fore that time , I acted cruelly , for I beat a puppy , I believe , simply from enjoying the sense of ...
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... living the life of a true schoolboy ; but as the distance was hardly more than a mile to my home , I very often ran there in the longer intervals between the callings over and before locking up at night . This , I think , was in many ...
... living the life of a true schoolboy ; but as the distance was hardly more than a mile to my home , I very often ran there in the longer intervals between the callings over and before locking up at night . This , I think , was in many ...
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... living of Hitcham . My intimacy with such a man ought to have been , and I hope was , an inestimable benefit . I cannot resist mentioning a trifling incident , which showed his kind consideration . Whilst ex- amining some pollen ...
... living of Hitcham . My intimacy with such a man ought to have been , and I hope was , an inestimable benefit . I cannot resist mentioning a trifling incident , which showed his kind consideration . Whilst ex- amining some pollen ...
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... living corals in the tidal pools at my feet . Later in the voyage , Fitz - Roy asked me to read some of my Journal , and declared it would be worth publishing ; so here was a second book in prospect ! Towards the close of our voyage I ...
... living corals in the tidal pools at my feet . Later in the voyage , Fitz - Roy asked me to read some of my Journal , and declared it would be worth publishing ; so here was a second book in prospect ! Towards the close of our voyage I ...
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