My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 2. köideDodd, Mead, 1905 |
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Page 39
... never had an hour's instruction in either of them , had never seen a dissection of any kind , and never had any inclination to practise the art myself . Whenever I had to touch upon these subjects , or to use them to enforce my ...
... never had an hour's instruction in either of them , had never seen a dissection of any kind , and never had any inclination to practise the art myself . Whenever I had to touch upon these subjects , or to use them to enforce my ...
Page 42
... never hesitated to differ from Lyell , Darwin , and even Spencer , and , so far as I can judge , in all the cases in which I have so differed , the weight of scientific opinion is gradually turning in my direction . In reasoning power ...
... never hesitated to differ from Lyell , Darwin , and even Spencer , and , so far as I can judge , in all the cases in which I have so differed , the weight of scientific opinion is gradually turning in my direction . In reasoning power ...
Page 43
... never really intimate ; and a few years later we entered on a rather acute controversy upon mesmerism and clairvoyance , to which I shall refer later on . Among the more prominent naturalists , one of my chief friends , and the one ...
... never really intimate ; and a few years later we entered on a rather acute controversy upon mesmerism and clairvoyance , to which I shall refer later on . Among the more prominent naturalists , one of my chief friends , and the one ...
Page 44
... never concealed my opinion that he was not justified in going so far as he did . I also criticized some of his own writings , but he took it all very good - naturedly , and we always remained excellent friends . Besides natural history ...
... never concealed my opinion that he was not justified in going so far as he did . I also criticized some of his own writings , but he took it all very good - naturedly , and we always remained excellent friends . Besides natural history ...
Page 45
... never have earned a penny yet , and I suppose you never will . " This rather put him on his mettle , and shortly afterwards he wrote an article for some periodical , and on receiving a liberal honorarium he produced the cheque ...
... never have earned a penny yet , and I suppose you never will . " This rather put him on his mettle , and shortly afterwards he wrote an article for some periodical , and on receiving a liberal honorarium he produced the cheque ...
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