My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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Page 13
... becoming more and more in- volved , till at last the family became almost wholly dependent on my mother's small marriage settlement of less than a hun- dred a year , supplemented by his taking a few pupils and by a small salary which he ...
... becoming more and more in- volved , till at last the family became almost wholly dependent on my mother's small marriage settlement of less than a hun- dred a year , supplemented by his taking a few pupils and by a small salary which he ...
Page 17
... becomes really beautiful . The long procession during the morning of women and children carrying baskets of flowers , and coming in from various directions , often from many miles distant , adds greatly to the interest of the scene ...
... becomes really beautiful . The long procession during the morning of women and children carrying baskets of flowers , and coming in from various directions , often from many miles distant , adds greatly to the interest of the scene ...
Page 25
... become intelligible from the phrenological point of view . The shape of my head shows that I have form and individuality but moderately developed , while locality , ideality , colour , and comparison are decidedly stronger . Deficiency ...
... become intelligible from the phrenological point of view . The shape of my head shows that I have form and individuality but moderately developed , while locality , ideality , colour , and comparison are decidedly stronger . Deficiency ...
Page 27
... become quite familiar to me . It was , in fact , the form my childish night- mare took at that period , and though I was always afraid of it , it was not nearly so distressing as many of the nightmares I have had since . I may here add ...
... become quite familiar to me . It was , in fact , the form my childish night- mare took at that period , and though I was always afraid of it , it was not nearly so distressing as many of the nightmares I have had since . I may here add ...
Page 29
... become possible . The sensation of pain does not , probably , reach its maximum till the whole organism is fully developed in the adult individual . This is rather a comforting conclu- sion in view of the sufferings of so many infants ...
... become possible . The sensation of pain does not , probably , reach its maximum till the whole organism is fully developed in the adult individual . This is rather a comforting conclu- sion in view of the sufferings of so many infants ...
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