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Page 61
Of course I could not do it ; so I brought them back and told my mother . Then ,
after another day or two of trial , one morning the dreaded thunderbolt fell upon
me . On entering school I was called up to the master ' s desk , he produced the ...
Of course I could not do it ; so I brought them back and told my mother . Then ,
after another day or two of trial , one morning the dreaded thunderbolt fell upon
me . On entering school I was called up to the master ' s desk , he produced the ...
Page 64
Our most valuable guide was the “ Boy ' s Own Book , " which told us how to
make numbers of things boys never think of making now , partly because
everything is made for them , and also because children get so many presents of
elaborate ...
Our most valuable guide was the “ Boy ' s Own Book , " which told us how to
make numbers of things boys never think of making now , partly because
everything is made for them , and also because children get so many presents of
elaborate ...
Page 70
In this house there was a loft in the roof , which I was told was full of old furniture
and other things , so I one day asked if I might go up into it . Miss Davies , who
was very kind though melancholy , said I might . So I went up , and found all kinds
...
In this house there was a loft in the roof , which I was told was full of old furniture
and other things , so I one day asked if I might go up into it . Miss Davies , who
was very kind though melancholy , said I might . So I went up , and found all kinds
...
Page 81
Again , Mrs . Ellis , a Huddersfield pattern - weaver , told the conference that Mr .
Giffen ' s statements in the same table , of the earnings of her fellow - workers ,
were grossly inaccurate . He gave them as 255 . a week against 16s . fifty years ...
Again , Mrs . Ellis , a Huddersfield pattern - weaver , told the conference that Mr .
Giffen ' s statements in the same table , of the earnings of her fellow - workers ,
were grossly inaccurate . He gave them as 255 . a week against 16s . fifty years ...
Page 88
After the most terrible description had been given of the unimaginable torments of
hell - fire , we were told to suppose that the whole earth was a mass of fine sand ,
and that at the end of a thousand years one single grain of this sand flew away ...
After the most terrible description had been given of the unimaginable torments of
hell - fire , we were told to suppose that the whole earth was a mass of fine sand ,
and that at the end of a thousand years one single grain of this sand flew away ...
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| Title | My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köide My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Author | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Publisher | Dodd, Mead, 1905 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 juuli 2007 |
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