The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1887 |
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... thought of an operation almost sickened him , and he could scarcely endure to see a person bled - a horror which he has trans- mitted to me - and I remember the horror which I felt as a schoolboy in reading about Pliny ( I think ) ...
... thought of an operation almost sickened him , and he could scarcely endure to see a person bled - a horror which he has trans- mitted to me - and I remember the horror which I felt as a schoolboy in reading about Pliny ( I think ) ...
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... thoughts of those whom he saw even for a short time . We had many instances of the power , some of which seemed almost ... thought that no human being knew the fact except ourselves ! ' My father told me the story many years after the ...
... thoughts of those whom he saw even for a short time . We had many instances of the power , some of which seemed almost ... thought that no human being knew the fact except ourselves ! ' My father told me the story many years after the ...
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... thought that I should be a doctor , he talked much to me about his patients . In the old days the practice of bleeding largely was universal , but my father maintained that far more evil was thus caused than good done ; and he advised ...
... thought that I should be a doctor , he talked much to me about his patients . In the old days the practice of bleeding largely was universal , but my father maintained that far more evil was thus caused than good done ; and he advised ...
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... thought of him . ' She had already called , but her courage had failed , and no one could have been more courteous and friendly . As a boy , I went to stay at the house of whose wife was insane ; and the poor creature , as soon as she ...
... thought of him . ' She had already called , but her courage had failed , and no one could have been more courteous and friendly . As a boy , I went to stay at the house of whose wife was insane ; and the poor creature , as soon as she ...
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... thought it proper to call at the bank ( where he had an account ) to tell the manag- ing partners of the event , as it was not improbable that it would cause a run on the bank . Well , the story was spread far and wide , that my father ...
... thought it proper to call at the bank ( where he had an account ) to tell the manag- ing partners of the event , as it was not improbable that it would cause a run on the bank . Well , the story was spread far and wide , that my father ...
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