Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
Sign in
Books Books
" The above various special studies were, however, of no importance compared with the habit of energetic industry and of concentrated attention to whatever I was engaged in, which I then acquired. Everything about which I thought or read was made to bear... "
The Geographical Journal - Page 376
1926
Full view - About this book

The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an ..., Volume 1

Charles Darwin - Autobiography - 1887 - 420 pages
...letters to my home, and portions were sent to England whenever there was an opportunity. The above various special studies were, however, of no importance compared with the habit of energeticindustry and of concentrated attention to whatever I was engaged in, which I then acquired....
Full view - About this book

The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an ..., Volume 1

Charles Darwin - Naturalists - 1891 - 592 pages
...letters to my home, and portions were sent to England whenever there was an opportunity. The above various special studies were, however, of no importance...I then acquired. Everything about which I thought 53 likely to see ; and this habit of mind was continued during the five years of the voyage. I feel...
Full view - About this book

Charles Darwin's Works: The life and letters of Charles Darwin... ed. by his ...

Charles Darwin - Science - 1896 - 580 pages
...letters to my home, and portions were sent to England whenever there was an opportunity. The above various special studies were, however, of no importance...was made to bear directly on what I had seen or was THE VOYAGE. 53 likely to see ; and this habit of mind was continued during the five years of the voyage....
Full view - About this book

The Method of Darwin: A Study in Scientific Method

Frank Cramer - Evolution - 1896 - 246 pages
...problems in the field. " The above various special studies were, however, of no importance," he said, "compared with the habit of energetic industry and...directly on what I had seen or was likely to see." He had problems constantly before him, and the time allowed for their solution was always limited by...
Full view - About this book

The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an ..., Volume 1

Charles Darwin - Naturalists - 1897 - 598 pages
...England whenever there was an opportunity. The above various special studies were, however, ofTro^ : importance compared with the habit of Energetic industry...\ and of concentrated attention to whatever I was engaged"tn, which I then acquired. Everything about which I thought or read was made to bear directly...
Full view - About this book

Vorlesungen über deszendenztheorien mit besonderer berücksichtigung ..., Part 1

Johannes Paulus Lotsy - Botany - 1906 - 412 pages
...anatomical knowledge, a great pile of MS. which I made during the voyage has proved almost useless The above various special studies were, however. of no importance...Everything about which I thought or read was made to bear dtrectly on what I had seen or was likely to see; and this habit of mind was continued during the five...
Full view - About this book

Vorlesungen über deszendenztheorien mit besonderer berücksichtigung ..., Part 1

Johannes Paulus Lotsy - Botany - 1906 - 422 pages
...proved almost useless — — — Tlie above various special studies were. however, of 110 iniportance compared with the habit of energetic industry and...concentrated attention to whatever I was engaged in, whicli I then acquired. Everything about which I thought or read was made to bear directly on what...
Full view - About this book

The Voyage of the Beagle

Charles Darwin - Beagle Expedition - 1909 - 584 pages
...my powers of observation were improved, though they were always fairly developed. . . ." "The above various special studies were, however, of no importance...industry and of concentrated attention to whatever / was engaged in, which I then acquired. Everything about which I thought or read was made to bear...
Full view - About this book

Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Volume 1

Alfred Russel Wallace, Sir James Marchant - Naturalists - 1916 - 352 pages
...this period may not inaptly be applied to both men : " Everything about which I thought or read wan made to bear directly on what I had seen, or was likely ti> see; aud this habit of mind was continued during the five yean of the voyage. I feel sure that...
Full view - About this book

Children and Childhood

Nannie Niemeyer - Child development - 1921 - 254 pages
...that the pleasure of observing and reasoning is a much greater one than that of skill or sport. . . . Everything about which I thought or read was made...seen or was likely to see ; and this habit of mind continued during the five years of the voyage.' ' As far as I can judge of myself, I worked from the...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF