The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1887 |
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... SPECIES ' -- LETTERS- 1843-1856 . XII . - THE UNFINISHED BOOK - MAY 1856 - JUNE 1858 . XIII . THE WRITING OF THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES ' - JUNE 18 , 1858 - Nov . 1859 OF SPECIES ' . XIV . PROFESSOR HUXLEY ON THE RECEPTION OF THE ORIGIN ...
... SPECIES ' -- LETTERS- 1843-1856 . XII . - THE UNFINISHED BOOK - MAY 1856 - JUNE 1858 . XIII . THE WRITING OF THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES ' - JUNE 18 , 1858 - Nov . 1859 OF SPECIES ' . XIV . PROFESSOR HUXLEY ON THE RECEPTION OF THE ORIGIN ...
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... species to class ; and my work was of con- siderable use to me , when I had to discuss in the ' Origin of Species ' the principles of a natural classification . Neverthe- less , I doubt whether the work was worth the consumption of so ...
... species to class ; and my work was of con- siderable use to me , when I had to discuss in the ' Origin of Species ' the principles of a natural classification . Neverthe- less , I doubt whether the work was worth the consumption of so ...
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... species . Here then I had at last got a theory by which to work ; but I was so anxious to avoid prejudice , that I determined not for some time to write even the briefest sketch of it . In June 1842 I first allowed myself the ...
... species . Here then I had at last got a theory by which to work ; but I was so anxious to avoid prejudice , that I determined not for some time to write even the briefest sketch of it . In June 1842 I first allowed myself the ...
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... Species ; ' yet it was only an abstract of the materials which I had collected , and I got through about half the work on this scale . But my plans were over- thrown , for early in the summer of 1858 Mr. Wallace , who was then in the ...
... Species ; ' yet it was only an abstract of the materials which I had collected , and I got through about half the work on this scale . But my plans were over- thrown , for early in the summer of 1858 Mr. Wallace , who was then in the ...
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... species , but was often interrupted by ill - health , and short visits to Dr. Lane's delightful hydropathic establishment at Moor Park . I abstracted the MS . begun on a much larger scale in 1856 , and completed the volume on the same ...
... species , but was often interrupted by ill - health , and short visits to Dr. Lane's delightful hydropathic establishment at Moor Park . I abstracted the MS . begun on a much larger scale in 1856 , and completed the volume on the same ...
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