The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1901 - Naturalists |
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Page 40
... appear , almost everything which I had learnt , even to some few of the Greek letters . I did not therefore proceed to Cambridge at the usual time in October , but worked with a private tutor in Shrewsbury , and went to Cambridge after ...
... appear , almost everything which I had learnt , even to some few of the Greek letters . I did not therefore proceed to Cambridge at the usual time in October , but worked with a private tutor in Shrewsbury , and went to Cambridge after ...
Page 52
... appear more hopeless than the chaos of rocks ; but by recording the strati- fication and nature of the rocks and fossils at many points , always reasoning and predicting what will be found else- where , light soon begins to dawn on the ...
... appear more hopeless than the chaos of rocks ; but by recording the strati- fication and nature of the rocks and fossils at many points , always reasoning and predicting what will be found else- where , light soon begins to dawn on the ...
Page 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.
... 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.
Page 105
... appears when we consider the number of different problems which he solved , and the early period at which some of ... appear- ance , even of the most modest kind , was an effort to him . In 1871 he went to the little village church for ...
... appears when we consider the number of different problems which he solved , and the early period at which some of ... appear- ance , even of the most modest kind , was an effort to him . In 1871 he went to the little village church for ...
Page 115
... the Westerham nurseries for plants , or the like . As a host my father had a peculiar charm : the presence of visitors excited him , and made him appear to his best advantage . At Shrewsbury , he used to say , WITH HIS FAMILY . 115.
... the Westerham nurseries for plants , or the like . As a host my father had a peculiar charm : the presence of visitors excited him , and made him appear to his best advantage . At Shrewsbury , he used to say , WITH HIS FAMILY . 115.
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