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" I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved (and I cannot resist forming one on every subject), as soon as facts are shown to be opposed to it. "
Darwinism and Human Life: The South African Lectures for 1909 - Page 25
by John Arthur Thomson - 1910 - 245 pages
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The Shipley Collection of Scientific Papers, Volume 293

1921 - 472 pages
...fallacy), and then as much deduction as you please.'" (Frank Cramer, op.cit., pp. 34-35.) And again: "'I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free...subject), as soon as facts are shown to be opposed to it. Indeed, I have had no choice but to act in this manner, for, with the exception of the Coral Reefs,...
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The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an ..., Volume 1

Charles Darwin - 1887 - 588 pages
...any unexplained problem. As far as I can judge, I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men. I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free so...subject), as soon as facts are shown to be opposed to it. Indeed, I have had no choice but to act in this manner, for with the exception of the Coral Reefs,...
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The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter

Charles Darwin - 1887 - 570 pages
...any unexplained problem. As far as I can judge, I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men. I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free so...subject), as soon as facts are shown to be opposed to it. Indeed, I have had no choice but to act in this manner, for with the exception of the Coral Reefs,...
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The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an ..., Volume 1

Charles Darwin - 1887 - 420 pages
...any unexplained problem. As far as I can judge, I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men. I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free so...subject), as soon as facts are shown to be opposed to it. Indeed, I have had no choice but to act in this manner, for with the exception of the Coral Reefs,...
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Life, Journals and Correspondence of Rev. Manasseh Cutler, L.L.D.

William Parker Cutler - 1888 - 1034 pages
...any unexplained problem. As far as I can judge, I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men. I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free so...subject), as soon as facts are shown to be opposed to it. Indeed, I have had no choice but to act in this manner, for with the exception of the Coral Reefs,...
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Wallace's Monthly, Volume 14

1888 - 1018 pages
...extended field of scientific research to which he applied himself. He says: " I have steadily endeavored to keep my mind free, so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved, as soon as facts are shown, to be opposed to it." And again: " I soon saw that selection was the keystone...
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Charles Darwin: His Life Told in an Autobiographical Chapter and in a ...

Charles Darwin - 1892 - 372 pages
...over any unexplained problem. As far as I can judge, I am not fofollow blindly the lead of other men. I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free so...subject), as soon as facts are shown to be opposed to it. Indeed, I have had no choice but to act in this manner, for with the exception of the Coral Reefs,...
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Charles Darwin's Works: The life and letters of Charles Darwin... ed. by his ...

Charles Darwin - 1896 - 580 pages
...any unexplained problem. As far as I can judge, I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men. I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free so...subject), as soon as facts are shown to be opposed to it. Indeed, I have had no choice but to act in this manner, for with the exception of the Coral Reefs,...
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The Method of Darwin: A Study in Scientific Method

Frank Cramer - 1896 - 246 pages
...mind is beautifully described in Darwin's own words concerning himself: "I have steadily endeav-' ored to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis,...subject,) as soon as facts are shown to be opposed to it. Indeed, I have had no choice but to act in this manner, for, with the exception of the Coral Reefs,...
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The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an ..., Volume 1

Charles Darwin - 1898 - 588 pages
...other men. I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis, ho-.vever much beloved (and I cannot resist forming one on every subject), as soon as facts a.rf shown to be opposed to it. Indeed, I have had no choice but to act in this manner, for with the...
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