Collected Works of Charles Kingsley: Scientific lectures and essaysMacmillan and Company, 1893 |
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... answer : By all means . Learn any branch of Natural Science you will . It matters little to me which you learn , provided you learn one at least . But bear in mind , and settle it in your hearts , that you will learn no branch of ...
... answer : By all means . Learn any branch of Natural Science you will . It matters little to me which you learn , provided you learn one at least . But bear in mind , and settle it in your hearts , that you will learn no branch of ...
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... answer : " We do not want occupation , we want amusement . Work is very dull , and we want something which will excite our fancy , imagination , sense of humour . We want poetry , fiction , even a good laugh or a game of play " -I shall ...
... answer : " We do not want occupation , we want amusement . Work is very dull , and we want something which will excite our fancy , imagination , sense of humour . We want poetry , fiction , even a good laugh or a game of play " -I shall ...
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... answer- -Do you suppose that I will not say what I choose , and that I dare not speak my own mind to any man ? Doubtless . But are you sure first , that you think what you choose , or only what someone else chooses for you ? Are you ...
... answer- -Do you suppose that I will not say what I choose , and that I dare not speak my own mind to any man ? Doubtless . But are you sure first , that you think what you choose , or only what someone else chooses for you ? Are you ...
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... answer , a poor man now can obtain better scientific books than a duke or a prince could sixty years ago , simply because then the books did not exist . When I was a boy I would have given much , or rather my father would have given ...
... answer , a poor man now can obtain better scientific books than a duke or a prince could sixty years ago , simply because then the books did not exist . When I was a boy I would have given much , or rather my father would have given ...
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... answer an objection which I have heard in my youth from many pious and virtuous people - better people in God's sight , than I , I fear , can pretend to be . They used to say , " This would be all very true if there were not a curse ...
... answer an objection which I have heard in my youth from many pious and virtuous people - better people in God's sight , than I , I fear , can pretend to be . They used to say , " This would be all very true if there were not a curse ...
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