My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page ix
... SIR CHARLES LYELL . 409 ILLUSTRATIONS ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE . 1902 . MY FATHER . CONTENTS ix.
... SIR CHARLES LYELL . 409 ILLUSTRATIONS ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE . 1902 . MY FATHER . CONTENTS ix.
Page 355
... Sir Charles Lyell and Mr. Edward Blyth , two very good men , specially called his attention to it . I was , however , rewarded later , when in Huxley's chapter , " On the Reception of the Origin of Species , " contributed to the " Life ...
... Sir Charles Lyell and Mr. Edward Blyth , two very good men , specially called his attention to it . I was , however , rewarded later , when in Huxley's chapter , " On the Reception of the Origin of Species , " contributed to the " Life ...
Page 363
... Sir Charles Lyell , who had thought so highly of my former paper . The subsequent history of this article is fully given in the " Life and Letters , " volume ii . , and I was , of course , very much surprised to find that the same idea ...
... Sir Charles Lyell , who had thought so highly of my former paper . The subsequent history of this article is fully given in the " Life and Letters , " volume ii . , and I was , of course , very much surprised to find that the same idea ...
Page 365
... Sir Charles Lyell , who thought so highly of it that they had it read before the Linnean Society . This insures me the acquaintance of these eminent men on my return home . " I also refer to my next voyage as follows : - " I am now ...
... Sir Charles Lyell , who thought so highly of it that they had it read before the Linnean Society . This insures me the acquaintance of these eminent men on my return home . " I also refer to my next voyage as follows : - " I am now ...
Page 366
... Sir Charles Lyell and Dr. Hooker , which ( as I know neither of them ) I am a little proud of . As to politics , I hate and abominate them . The news from India I now never read , as it is all an inextricable confusion without good maps ...
... Sir Charles Lyell and Dr. Hooker , which ( as I know neither of them ) I am a little proud of . As to politics , I hate and abominate them . The news from India I now never read , as it is all an inextricable confusion without good maps ...
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