My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 2. köideDodd, Mead, 1905 |
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... phenomena by a cooling of the tropical lowlands of the whole earth during the glacial period to such an extent as to allow large numbers of north - temperate and Arctic plants to spread across the continents to the southern hemisphere ...
... phenomena by a cooling of the tropical lowlands of the whole earth during the glacial period to such an extent as to allow large numbers of north - temperate and Arctic plants to spread across the continents to the southern hemisphere ...
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... phenomena of life , its essential nature and its origin remain as great a mystery as ever . Whatever light we do possess is from a source which Spencer and Darwin neglected or ignored . In 1865 , when Spencer was , I believe , one of ...
... phenomena of life , its essential nature and its origin remain as great a mystery as ever . Whatever light we do possess is from a source which Spencer and Darwin neglected or ignored . In 1865 , when Spencer was , I believe , one of ...
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... phenomena of nature or of society , I feel able to hold my own with them ; my inferiority consists in my limited knowledge , and perhaps also in my smaller power of concentration for long periods of time . With Huxley also I felt quite ...
... phenomena of nature or of society , I feel able to hold my own with them ; my inferiority consists in my limited knowledge , and perhaps also in my smaller power of concentration for long periods of time . With Huxley also I felt quite ...
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... had to make a new garden and began to take an interest in horticulture . He was also greatly interested in psychical research and spiritualistic phenomena ; but this I shall refer to again when I come 44 [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
... had to make a new garden and began to take an interest in horticulture . He was also greatly interested in psychical research and spiritualistic phenomena ; but this I shall refer to again when I come 44 [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
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... phenomena by them , without having the words ' un- known causes ' substituted , and thus making nonsense ? " I am no blind admirer of Mr. Darwin , as my works show ; but I must say your criticism of him in your present work completely ...
... phenomena by them , without having the words ' un- known causes ' substituted , and thus making nonsense ? " I am no blind admirer of Mr. Darwin , as my works show ; but I must say your criticism of him in your present work completely ...
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