The Life and Letters of George John RomanesLongmans Breen and C, 1896 - 776 pages "In writing my husband's life I have tried, so far as it was possible, to let him, especially in matters scientific, speak for himself. The letters relating to his work will, I hope, interest any one who cares for biological science"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
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... Evolution in Animals , ' pp . 156 , 157 , 158 . It was also at Dunskaith that he began his first attempts at verse making , but for some years these did not come to much . His scientific work at Dunskaith led to a paper communicated to ...
... Evolution in Animals , ' pp . 156 , 157 , 158 . It was also at Dunskaith that he began his first attempts at verse making , but for some years these did not come to much . His scientific work at Dunskaith led to a paper communicated to ...
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... evolution , that reflex action ought to be present before the lines in which it flows are sufficiently differentiated to become distinguishable as nerves . I am very glad that you are pleased with my pro- gress so far . From C. Darwin ...
... evolution , that reflex action ought to be present before the lines in which it flows are sufficiently differentiated to become distinguishable as nerves . I am very glad that you are pleased with my pro- gress so far . From C. Darwin ...
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... Evolution , which he re- printed in the Fortnightly , ' and afterwards worked up into a little book called The Scientific Evidences of Organic Evolution . ' About this lecture Mr. Darwin wrote : - ( Down . My dear Romanes , -I have just ...
... Evolution , which he re- printed in the Fortnightly , ' and afterwards worked up into a little book called The Scientific Evidences of Organic Evolution . ' About this lecture Mr. Darwin wrote : - ( Down . My dear Romanes , -I have just ...
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... an awkward place to reach . C. D. ( Would it be worth while to try if the Fortnightly ' would publish it ? ) To this Mr. Romanes replied : 18 Cornwall Terrace : Dec. 2 , 1877 . It 1877 69 EVIDENCES OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION.
... an awkward place to reach . C. D. ( Would it be worth while to try if the Fortnightly ' would publish it ? ) To this Mr. Romanes replied : 18 Cornwall Terrace : Dec. 2 , 1877 . It 1877 69 EVIDENCES OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION.
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... evolution , and yet can also believe in a personal God and in the doctrines which logically follow on such a belief . But it was not so at first . To many on both sides the new teaching seemed to threaten destruction to Theism , at ...
... evolution , and yet can also believe in a personal God and in the doctrines which logically follow on such a belief . But it was not so at first . To many on both sides the new teaching seemed to threaten destruction to Theism , at ...
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