The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1887 |
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... question had done good to some one else , he firmly refused his assent . " He gave one day an odd little specimen of human na- ture . When a very young man he was called in to consult with the family physician in the case of a gentleman ...
... question had done good to some one else , he firmly refused his assent . " He gave one day an odd little specimen of human na- ture . When a very young man he was called in to consult with the family physician in the case of a gentleman ...
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... questions in Paley , by doing Euclid well , and by not failing miserably in Classics , I gained a good place among the oi woλλoì or crowd of men who do not go in for honours . Oddly enough , I cannot remember how high I stood , and my ...
... questions in Paley , by doing Euclid well , and by not failing miserably in Classics , I gained a good place among the oi woλλoì or crowd of men who do not go in for honours . Oddly enough , I cannot remember how high I stood , and my ...
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... questions in science . During these two years I took several short excursions as a relaxation , and one longer one to the Parallel Roads of Glen Roy , an account of which was published in the ' Philosoph- ical Transactions . ' This ...
... questions in science . During these two years I took several short excursions as a relaxation , and one longer one to the Parallel Roads of Glen Roy , an account of which was published in the ' Philosoph- ical Transactions . ' This ...
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... pictures of things and men - far more vivid , as it appears to me , than any drawn by Macaulay . Whether his pictures of men were true ones is another question . He has been all - powerful in impressing some grand LONDON . 63.
... pictures of things and men - far more vivid , as it appears to me , than any drawn by Macaulay . Whether his pictures of men were true ones is another question . He has been all - powerful in impressing some grand LONDON . 63.
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... drunk too much at Cambridge . I was much impressed , so that I know now the place where the question was asked . After his lunch , he read the newspaper , lying on the sofa in the drawing - room . I think the paper 96 REMINISCENCES .
... drunk too much at Cambridge . I was much impressed , so that I know now the place where the question was asked . After his lunch , he read the newspaper , lying on the sofa in the drawing - room . I think the paper 96 REMINISCENCES .
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