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... DARWINISM , " GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS , " " NATURAL SELECTION AND TROPICAL NATURE , " ETC. WITII FACSIMILE LETTERS , ILLUSTRATIONS AND PORTRAITS TWO VOLUMES VOLUME I LONDON : CHAPMAN & HALL , LD . PREFACE למזיג . * ץ .
... DARWINISM , " GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS , " " NATURAL SELECTION AND TROPICAL NATURE , " ETC. WITII FACSIMILE LETTERS , ILLUSTRATIONS AND PORTRAITS TWO VOLUMES VOLUME I LONDON : CHAPMAN & HALL , LD . PREFACE למזיג . * ץ .
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Having never kept a diary , except when abroad , nor preserved any of the earlier letters of my friends , I at first thought that I had no materials for any full record of my life and experiences . But when I set to work in earnest to ...
Having never kept a diary , except when abroad , nor preserved any of the earlier letters of my friends , I at first thought that I had no materials for any full record of my life and experiences . But when I set to work in earnest to ...
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A few old letters are in my possession , from a Mr. E. A. Rendall to my father , written in 1812 and 1813 , relating to the affair . They are dated from Bloomsbury Square , and are exceedingly long and verbose , so that it is hardly ...
A few old letters are in my possession , from a Mr. E. A. Rendall to my father , written in 1812 and 1813 , relating to the affair . They are dated from Bloomsbury Square , and are exceedingly long and verbose , so that it is hardly ...
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Almost every letter , therefore , was sealed , and many of them had either coats - ofarms , crests , heads , or mottoes , so that besides the contents , which were , perhaps , only of importance to the recipient , the seal would often ...
Almost every letter , therefore , was sealed , and many of them had either coats - ofarms , crests , heads , or mottoes , so that besides the contents , which were , perhaps , only of importance to the recipient , the seal would often ...
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It was then carefully trimmed round with a sharp pen - knife , and accurately shaped to resemble the usual form of the gold or silver seals which most persons carried on their watch - chains to seal their letters . The seal itself would ...
It was then carefully trimmed round with a sharp pen - knife , and accurately shaped to resemble the usual form of the gold or silver seals which most persons carried on their watch - chains to seal their letters . The seal itself would ...
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| Pealkiri | My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köide My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Autor | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Publisher | Dodd, Mead, 1905 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 juuli 2007 |
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