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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... thought , entrance into the University was the beginning of an entirely new life . He entered Cambridge , half - educated , utterly un- trained , with no knowledge of men or of books . He left it , to all intents and purposes , a ...
... thought , entrance into the University was the beginning of an entirely new life . He entered Cambridge , half - educated , utterly un- trained , with no knowledge of men or of books . He left it , to all intents and purposes , a ...
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... thought , and showing a remarkable know- ledge of the Bible . He seems to have been , for the rest , a bright , good- tempered , popular lad , always much chaffed for absent- minded mistakes , for his long legs , for his peculiar name ...
... thought , and showing a remarkable know- ledge of the Bible . He seems to have been , for the rest , a bright , good- tempered , popular lad , always much chaffed for absent- minded mistakes , for his long legs , for his peculiar name ...
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... weakness , and in these months of early man- hood he showed the same almost pathetic desire to work , the same activity of thought which he displayed more than twenty years later in the last days of 1873 9 BURNEY PRIZE.
... weakness , and in these months of early man- hood he showed the same almost pathetic desire to work , the same activity of thought which he displayed more than twenty years later in the last days of 1873 9 BURNEY PRIZE.
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... thought the bisecting plan the more hopeful , but if the other has yielded positive results , in the case of an eye and tubers , I think it would be worth while to try the effect of transplanting various kinds of pips into the pulps of ...
... thought the bisecting plan the more hopeful , but if the other has yielded positive results , in the case of an eye and tubers , I think it would be worth while to try the effect of transplanting various kinds of pips into the pulps of ...
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... thought will show how trying this mode of section is to nervous connections . As the animal may be cut , as in the following diagram , which represents the whole organism in projection- : the dotted lines being the canals , and the ...
... thought will show how trying this mode of section is to nervous connections . As the animal may be cut , as in the following diagram , which represents the whole organism in projection- : the dotted lines being the canals , and the ...
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