My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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... DARWINISM , " GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS , " " NATURAL SELECTION AND TROPICAL NATURE , " ETC. WITH FACSIMILE letters , ILLUSTRATIONS AND PORTRAITS TWO VOLUMES VOLUME I LONDON : CHAPMAN & HALL , LD . PREFACE THE present volumes ...
... DARWINISM , " GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS , " " NATURAL SELECTION AND TROPICAL NATURE , " ETC. WITH FACSIMILE letters , ILLUSTRATIONS AND PORTRAITS TWO VOLUMES VOLUME I LONDON : CHAPMAN & HALL , LD . PREFACE THE present volumes ...
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... when it first appeared was almost as much abused , and for very much the same reasons , as was Darwin's " Origin of Species , " fifteen years later . In a letter dated April 11 , 1846 , there XVII ] 255 RESIDENCE AT NEATH.
... when it first appeared was almost as much abused , and for very much the same reasons , as was Darwin's " Origin of Species , " fifteen years later . In a letter dated April 11 , 1846 , there XVII ] 255 RESIDENCE AT NEATH.
Page 256
... Darwin's ' Journal ' three or four years ago , and have lately re - read it . As the Journal of a scientific traveller , it is second only to Humboldt's ' Personal Narrative ' - as a work of general interest , perhaps superior to it ...
... Darwin's ' Journal ' three or four years ago , and have lately re - read it . As the Journal of a scientific traveller , it is second only to Humboldt's ' Personal Narrative ' - as a work of general interest , perhaps superior to it ...
Page 355
... Darwin expressed surprise that no notice appeared to have been taken of my paper , to which he replied that both Sir Charles Lyell and Mr. Edward Blyth , two very good men , specially called his attention to it . I was , however ...
... Darwin expressed surprise that no notice appeared to have been taken of my paper , to which he replied that both Sir Charles Lyell and Mr. Edward Blyth , two very good men , specially called his attention to it . I was , however ...
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... Darwin , in which he says that he agrees with ' almost every word ' of my paper . He is now preparing his great work on ' Species and Varieties , ' for which he has been collect- ing materials twenty years . He may save me the trouble ...
... Darwin , in which he says that he agrees with ' almost every word ' of my paper . He is now preparing his great work on ' Species and Varieties , ' for which he has been collect- ing materials twenty years . He may save me the trouble ...
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