My Life a Record of Events and OpinionsRead Books Ltd, 25. mai 2016 - 504 pages This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1908 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'My Life a Record of Events and Opinions' is an autobiography that details Wallace's experiences from schoolboy to scientist. It discusses his exploration of the Amazon, his lecture tour of America, and many other interesting periods of his life. Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8th January 1823 in the village of Llanbadoc, in Monmouthshire, Wales. Wallace was inspired by the travelling naturalists of the day and decided to begin his exploration career collecting specimens in the Amazon rainforest. He explored the Rio Negra for four years, making notes on the peoples and languages he encountered as well as the geography, flora, and fauna. While travelling, Wallace refined his thoughts about evolution and in 1858 he outlined his theory of natural selection in an article he sent to Charles Darwin. Wallace made a huge contribution to the natural sciences and he will continue to be remembered as one of the key figures in the development of evolutionary theory. |
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... wood after dark, and while Merton could do nothing but cry at the idea of having to pass the night without supper or bed, the resourceful Sandford comforted him by promising that he should have both, and set him to gather sticks for a ...
... wood after dark, and while Merton could do nothing but cry at the idea of having to pass the night without supper or bed, the resourceful Sandford comforted him by promising that he should have both, and set him to gather sticks for a ...
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... woods beyond, to my great delight a fire was made, and we also feasted on potatoes with salt, as Sandford and Merton had done. Of course we did not complete the imitation of the story by sleeping in the wood, which would have been too ...
... woods beyond, to my great delight a fire was made, and we also feasted on potatoes with salt, as Sandford and Merton had done. Of course we did not complete the imitation of the story by sleeping in the wood, which would have been too ...
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... woods around us. As will be seen later on, this immunity ceased as soon as we went to live in a town. I remember only one childish accident. The cook was taking away a fryingpan with a good deal of boiling fat in it, which for some ...
... woods around us. As will be seen later on, this immunity ceased as soon as we went to live in a town. I remember only one childish accident. The cook was taking away a fryingpan with a good deal of boiling fat in it, which for some ...
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... wood, tapered to the lower edge, was pushed down on one side of it, and outside this again another wedgeshaped piece was inserted. The top of this was now just under the iron cap of the heavy pile or rammer, and on pulling a rope, this ...
... wood, tapered to the lower edge, was pushed down on one side of it, and outside this again another wedgeshaped piece was inserted. The top of this was now just under the iron cap of the heavy pile or rammer, and on pulling a rope, this ...
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... woods; but nothing afterwards seemed to make up for the quiet hours spent with my brother in the delightful privacy of the loft. It was during our residence at this house near the Old Cross that, I think, my father enjoyed his life more ...
... woods; but nothing afterwards seemed to make up for the quiet hours spent with my brother in the delightful privacy of the loft. It was during our residence at this house near the Old Cross that, I think, my father enjoyed his life more ...
Contents
LIFE AT LEICESTER AND NEATH | |
FOUR YEARS IN THE AMAZON VALLEY | |
LONDON AND VOYAGE TO THE EAST | |
THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO | |
THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO | |
LIFE IN LONDON 18621871SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY WORK | |
SIR CHARLES LYELL AND CHARLES DARWIN | |
HERBERT SPENCER HUXLEY AND OTHER FRIENDS | |
BRECKNOCKSHIRE AND GLAMORGANSHIRE | |
SELFEDUCATION IN SCIENCE AND LITERATURE | |
HOME LIFE AND WORK | |
A LECTURE TOUR IN AMERICA | |
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