My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 2. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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... present I feel sick of every- thing , and if I could occupy my time and forget my daily discomforts , or rather miseries , I would never publish another word . But I shall cheer up , I dare say , soon , having only just got over a bad ...
... present I feel sick of every- thing , and if I could occupy my time and forget my daily discomforts , or rather miseries , I would never publish another word . But I shall cheer up , I dare say , soon , having only just got over a bad ...
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... or possible that seeds may thus be carried for great distances , I do not believe that there is at present any evidence of their being thus carried more than a few miles . " 2 This is the most connected piece of criticism in the 12 MY LIFE.
... or possible that seeds may thus be carried for great distances , I do not believe that there is at present any evidence of their being thus carried more than a few miles . " 2 This is the most connected piece of criticism in the 12 MY LIFE.
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... present . I also have just finished a book which has interested me greatly , but whether it would interest any- one else I know not . It is the Creed of Science , ' by W. Graham , A.M. Who or what he is I know not , but he dis- cusses ...
... present . I also have just finished a book which has interested me greatly , but whether it would interest any- one else I know not . It is the Creed of Science , ' by W. Graham , A.M. Who or what he is I know not , but he dis- cusses ...
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... present . We did not yet know enough of matter in its essential constitution nor of the various forces of nature ; and all he could say was that everything pointed to its having been a development out of matter - a phase of that ...
... present . We did not yet know enough of matter in its essential constitution nor of the various forces of nature ; and all he could say was that everything pointed to its having been a development out of matter - a phase of that ...
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... present condition . So we had to wait and work contentedly at minor problems . And now , after forty years , though Spencer and Darwin and Weismann have thrown floods of light on the phenomena of life , its essential nature and its ...
... present condition . So we had to wait and work contentedly at minor problems . And now , after forty years , though Spencer and Darwin and Weismann have thrown floods of light on the phenomena of life , its essential nature and its ...
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