My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 2. köideDodd, Mead, 1905 |
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Page 39
... amount of Huxley's knowledge was of a kind of which I possessed only an irreducible minimum , and of which I often felt the want . In the general anatomy and physiology of the whole animal kingdom , living and extinct , Huxley was a ...
... amount of Huxley's knowledge was of a kind of which I possessed only an irreducible minimum , and of which I often felt the want . In the general anatomy and physiology of the whole animal kingdom , living and extinct , Huxley was a ...
Page 41
... amount of curvature on different parts of the earth's surface , not an equal angle measured from its centre , which is what the term " degree " usually and properly means . From this point of view the astronomers are all wrong , since ...
... amount of curvature on different parts of the earth's surface , not an equal angle measured from its centre , which is what the term " degree " usually and properly means . From this point of view the astronomers are all wrong , since ...
Page 45
... amount of knowledge of comparative anatomy he acquired , largely from dissections and study carried on at home , was very great , and placed him in the first rank among the many great anatomists of his time . This is the opinion of the ...
... amount of knowledge of comparative anatomy he acquired , largely from dissections and study carried on at home , was very great , and placed him in the first rank among the many great anatomists of his time . This is the opinion of the ...
Page 49
... amount of evidence and is still actively at work . I and my wife were entertained at Glasgow by Mr. and Mrs. Mirlees , and at one of their dinner - parties we enjoyed the company of William Pengelly , of Torquay , the well- known ...
... amount of evidence and is still actively at work . I and my wife were entertained at Glasgow by Mr. and Mrs. Mirlees , and at one of their dinner - parties we enjoyed the company of William Pengelly , of Torquay , the well- known ...
Page 57
... amounts to protection and class legislation , and I have yet to learn that these can be justified by the urgent necessity of our producing shawls and calicoes , or hardware and crockery , as elegantly designed as those of our neigh ...
... amounts to protection and class legislation , and I have yet to learn that these can be justified by the urgent necessity of our producing shawls and calicoes , or hardware and crockery , as elegantly designed as those of our neigh ...
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