 I had, also, during many years, followed a golden rule, namely, that whenever a published fact, a new observation or thought came across me, which was opposed to my general results, to make a memorandum of it without fail and at once; for I had found...  The American Journal of Psychology - Page 480edited by - 1911Full view - About this book
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1909 - 872 pages
...which ww opposed to my general results, to make a memorandum of it without fail and at once ; for I bad found by experience that such facts and thoughts were...apt to escape from the memory than favourable ones. Owing to this habit, very few objections were raised against my views which I bod not at least noticed... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Naturalists - 1887 - 588 pages
...facts and conclusions. * Miss Bird is mistaken, as I learn from Prof. Mitsukuri. — FD I had, also, during many years followed a golden rule, namely,...apt to escape from the memory than favourable ones. Owing to this habit, very few objections were raised against my views which I had not at least noticed... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Autobiography - 1887 - 420 pages
...abstract. By this means I was enabled to select the more striking facts and conclusions. I had, also, during many years followed a golden rule, namely,...apt to escape from the memory than favourable ones. Owing to this habit, very few objections were raised against my views which I had not at least noticed... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1887 - 570 pages
...which was opposed to my general results, to make a memorandum of it without fail and at once ; for I I had found by experience that such facts and thoughts...apt to escape from the memory than favourable ones. Owing to this habit, very few objections were raised against my views which I had not at least noticed... | |
 | William Parker Cutler - 1888 - 1034 pages
...facts and conclusions. * Miss Bird is mistaken, as I learn from Prof. Mitsukuri. — FD I had, also, during many years followed a golden rule, namely,...apt to escape from the memory than favourable ones. Owing to this habit, very few objections were raised against my views which I had not at least noticed... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1888 - 572 pages
...abstract. By this means I was enabled to select the more striking facts and conclusions. I had also during many years followed a golden rule, namely,...apt to escape from the memory than favourable ones. Owing to this habit, very few objections were raised against my -views which I had not at least noticed... | |
 | Literature - 1888 - 1004 pages
...abstract. By this means I was enabled to select the more striking facts and conclusions. I had also during many years followed a golden rule, namely,...thoughts were far more apt to escape from the memory than favorable ones. Owing to this habit, very few objections were raised against my views which I had not... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1888 - 438 pages
...thought, came across me, which was opposed to my general results, to make a memorandum of it without fail, for I had found by experience that such facts and...apt to escape from the memory than favourable ones. Perhaps this practice of itself might be sufficient to distinguish Mr. Darwin from ordinary men. We... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - Humanities - 1888 - 436 pages
...thought, came across me, which was opposed to my general results, to make a memorandum of it without fail, for I had found by experience that such facts and...apt to escape from the memory than favourable ones. Perhaps this practice of itself might be sufficient to distinguish Mr. Darwin from ordinary men. We... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1888 - 438 pages
...thought, came across me, which was opposed to my general results, to make a memorandum of it without fail, for I had found by experience that such facts and...apt to escape from the memory than favourable ones. Perhaps this practice of itself might be sufficient to distinguish Mr. Darwin from ordinary men. We... | |
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