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Page 26
... and from that very cause attracted less close attention ; while the greater
activity of the latter group gave interest and attractiveness to the ever - changing
combinations in outdoor scenery , while the varied opportunities for the exercise
of the ...
... and from that very cause attracted less close attention ; while the greater
activity of the latter group gave interest and attractiveness to the ever - changing
combinations in outdoor scenery , while the varied opportunities for the exercise
of the ...
Page 43
Among the other features of interest in the town were All Saints ' Church ,
adjoining the Grammar School . I used to wonder at what seemed to me a curious
and rather dangerous plan of groups of four very slender pillars instead of one
large ...
Among the other features of interest in the town were All Saints ' Church ,
adjoining the Grammar School . I used to wonder at what seemed to me a curious
and rather dangerous plan of groups of four very slender pillars instead of one
large ...
Page 51
The eight or ten boys in the class had an hour to prepare the translation , and
they all sat together in a group opposite each other and close to Mr . Crutwell ' s
desk , but under pretence of work there were always two or three of the boys who
...
The eight or ten boys in the class had an hour to prepare the translation , and
they all sat together in a group opposite each other and close to Mr . Crutwell ' s
desk , but under pretence of work there were always two or three of the boys who
...
Page 102
... beneficial results at which all visitors were so much astonished were only
onetenth part of what could and would be produced if his principles were fully
applied . If the labour of such a community , or of groups of such communities ,
had been ...
... beneficial results at which all visitors were so much astonished were only
onetenth part of what could and would be produced if his principles were fully
applied . If the labour of such a community , or of groups of such communities ,
had been ...
Page 200
I explained the principles on which the various natural orders were founded , and
showed how often they gave us a clue to the properties of large groups of
species , and enabled us to detect real affinities under very diverse external
forms .
I explained the principles on which the various natural orders were founded , and
showed how often they gave us a clue to the properties of large groups of
species , and enabled us to detect real affinities under very diverse external
forms .
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| Title | My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köide My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Author | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Publisher | Dodd, Mead, 1905 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 juuli 2007 |
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