The Life and Letters of George John Romanes ...Longmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 391 pages |
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... things to his wife . Three sons and two daughters were born . Of these , only two , the eldest son and youngest daughter , now survive . In 1848 , the inheritance of a considerable fortune relieved Dr. Romanes from any necessity to ...
... things to his wife . Three sons and two daughters were born . Of these , only two , the eldest son and youngest daughter , now survive . In 1848 , the inheritance of a considerable fortune relieved Dr. Romanes from any necessity to ...
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... thing for me to find that you are so . Without appreciative sym- pathy success soon palls ; but the two combined go to make up the best happiness . I saw I went to Cambridge yesterday to get the manuscript , and as there happened to be ...
... thing for me to find that you are so . Without appreciative sym- pathy success soon palls ; but the two combined go to make up the best happiness . I saw I went to Cambridge yesterday to get the manuscript , and as there happened to be ...
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... thing about the whole affair is , not so much the award , as the opinion which the adjudicators entertain of the work . I do not know how it is that , stranded on a sandbank and in a half dead- and - alive state , without thinking I was ...
... thing about the whole affair is , not so much the award , as the opinion which the adjudicators entertain of the work . I do not know how it is that , stranded on a sandbank and in a half dead- and - alive state , without thinking I was ...
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... thing ; for one of the best parts of it is , that if one member be honoured , all the members rejoice with it . ' Ever your loving Brother , GEO . J. ROMANES . During his convalescence Mr. Romanes finally abandoned the idea of a ...
... thing ; for one of the best parts of it is , that if one member be honoured , all the members rejoice with it . ' Ever your loving Brother , GEO . J. ROMANES . During his convalescence Mr. Romanes finally abandoned the idea of a ...
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... thing by vague allusions to the most ultimate generalisation of science . We might just as well say that Canadian institutions resemble British ones because force is persistent . This doubtless is the ultimate reason , but our ...
... thing by vague allusions to the most ultimate generalisation of science . We might just as well say that Canadian institutions resemble British ones because force is persistent . This doubtless is the ultimate reason , but our ...
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