My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 2. köideDodd, Mead, 1905 |
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... interest of carrying out observations or experiments lasting for months , and often for years , seem to have been beneficial . On the other hand , writing his books and correcting the MSS . and the proofs in the very careful manner he ...
... interest of carrying out observations or experiments lasting for months , and often for years , seem to have been beneficial . On the other hand , writing his books and correcting the MSS . and the proofs in the very careful manner he ...
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... interest to Mr. Darwin and myself ? I will first state what observations are wanted , and then explain briefly why they are wanted . A number of our smaller birds devour quantities of caterpillars , but there is reason to suspect that ...
... interest to Mr. Darwin and myself ? I will first state what observations are wanted , and then explain briefly why they are wanted . A number of our smaller birds devour quantities of caterpillars , but there is reason to suspect that ...
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... interest he took in the personal affairs of all his friends . As my article of which he thought so highly is buried in an early volume of Nature , I will here reproduce the rather long paragraph which so specially interested him . It is ...
... interest he took in the personal affairs of all his friends . As my article of which he thought so highly is buried in an early volume of Nature , I will here reproduce the rather long paragraph which so specially interested him . It is ...
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... interest to all students of the marvels and mysteries of vegetable life . And when , in 1881 , he published his last volume upon " Worms , " giving the result of observations and experiments carried on for forty- four years , he enjoyed ...
... interest to all students of the marvels and mysteries of vegetable life . And when , in 1881 , he published his last volume upon " Worms , " giving the result of observations and experiments carried on for forty- four years , he enjoyed ...
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... interest to me . I will here give only some extracts from a few of the latest of the letters I received from him . On November 3 , 1880 , he wrote me the following very kind letter upon my " Island Life , " on which I had asked for his ...
... interest to me . I will here give only some extracts from a few of the latest of the letters I received from him . On November 3 , 1880 , he wrote me the following very kind letter upon my " Island Life , " on which I had asked for his ...
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