The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1887 |
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... once stood , and a field is still locally known as the " Darwin Charity , " from being subject to a charge in favour of the poor of Marton . William Darwin must , at least in part , have owed his rise in station to his appointment in ...
... once stood , and a field is still locally known as the " Darwin Charity , " from being subject to a charge in favour of the poor of Marton . William Darwin must , at least in part , have owed his rise in station to his appointment in ...
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... once borrow £ 10,000 , but that he was unable to give any legal security . My father heard his reasons for believing that he could ulti- mately repay the money , and from [ his ] intuitive perception of character felt sure that he was ...
... once borrow £ 10,000 , but that he was unable to give any legal security . My father heard his reasons for believing that he could ulti- mately repay the money , and from [ his ] intuitive perception of character felt sure that he was ...
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... once told me that this power annoyed him ; for if he once heard a date , he could not forget it ; and thus the deaths of many friends were often recalled to his mind . Owing to his strong memory he knew an extraordi- - nary number of ...
... once told me that this power annoyed him ; for if he once heard a date , he could not forget it ; and thus the deaths of many friends were often recalled to his mind . Owing to his strong memory he knew an extraordi- - nary number of ...
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... once asked him , when he was old and could not walk , why he did not drive out for exercise ; and he answered , ' Every road out of Shrewsbury is associated in my mind with some painful event . ' Yet he was generally in high spirits ...
... once asked him , when he was old and could not walk , why he did not drive out for exercise ; and he answered , ' Every road out of Shrewsbury is associated in my mind with some painful event . ' Yet he was generally in high spirits ...
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... once discerned him to be , and of sound worth and kindli- ness in the most unaffected form . " * Charles Darwin did not appreciate this sketch of his brother ; he thought Carlyle had missed the essence of his most lovable nature . I am ...
... once discerned him to be , and of sound worth and kindli- ness in the most unaffected form . " * Charles Darwin did not appreciate this sketch of his brother ; he thought Carlyle had missed the essence of his most lovable nature . I am ...
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