 I hope it is a satisfaction to you to reflect — and very few things in my life have been more satisfactory to me — that we have never felt any jealousy towards each other, though in some sense rivals. I believe I can say this of myself with truth,...  Nature - Page 146edited by - 1906Full view - About this book
 | Charles Darwin - Naturalists - 1887 - 590 pages
...that we have never felt any jealousy towards each other, though in one sense rivals. I believe that I can say this of myself with truth, and I am absolutely sure that it is true of you. * ' Comparative Longevity.' You have been a good Christian to give a list of your additions, for I... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1887 - 572 pages
...me—that we have never felt any jealousy towards each other, though in one sense rivals. I believe that I can say this of myself with truth, and I am absolutely sure that it is true of you. You have been a good Christian to give a list of your additions, for I want much to read them/and I... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Science - 1896 - 920 pages
...that we have never felt any jealousy towards each other, though in one sense rivals. I believe that I can say this of myself with truth, and I am absolutely sure that it is true of you. * 'Comparative Longevity.' You have been a good Christian to give a list of your additions, for I want... | |
 | Edward Clodd - Evolution - 1897 - 312 pages
...more satisfactory to me — that we have never felt any jealousy towards each other, though in one sense rivals. I believe I can say this of myself with truth, and I am absolutely sure it is true of you." But on one question, and that round which discussion still rages, the friends were... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - Natural selection - 1905 - 530 pages
...of a century, should be so cordial, so sympathetic, and broadminded. In 1870 he had written to me, "I hope it is a satisfaction to you to reflect —...and I am absolutely sure that it is true of you." The above long letter will show that this friendly feeling was retained by him to the last, and to... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - Natural selection - 1905 - 514 pages
...of a century, should be so cordial, so sympathetic, and broadminded. In 1870 he had written to me, "I hope it is a satisfaction to you to reflect —...and I am absolutely sure that it is true of you." The above long letter will show that this friendly feeling was retained by him to the last, and to... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - Natural selection - 1905 - 510 pages
...satisfaction to you to reflect—and very few things in my life have been more satisfactory to me—that we have never felt any jealousy towards each other,...and I am absolutely sure that it is true of you." The above long letter will show that this friendly feeling was retained by him to the last, and to... | |
 | Literature - 1906 - 856 pages
...begrudged the other his due meed of praise. Thus, if we may quote once more, we find Darwin writing to Wallace:— I hope it is a satisfaction to you...the wide sense. There is his theory of the "warning colors" of inedible insects, his theory of the correlation between the colors of female birds and the... | |
 | United States - 1906 - 774 pages
...beautiful as exceptional. On one occasion Mr. Darwin in a personal letter to Mr. Wallace wrote as follows : "I hope it is a satisfaction to you to reflect and...and I am absolutely sure that it is true of you." Darwin ever entertained a very high regard for Mr. Wallace's reasoning power and his ability to make... | |
 | Charles Henry Brent - Leadership - 1908 - 288 pages
...the spirit of John the Baptist. Long years afterwards Wallace wrote to his renowned fellow scientist: "I hope it is a satisfaction to you to reflect —...and I am absolutely sure that it is true of you." One more incident worth citing comes to mind, and I refer to it largely because it has to do with the... | |
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