 | 1907 - 686 pages
...(in 1831) as Bachelor of Arts, and not long before his father in a fit of impatience had said to him: "You care for nothing but shooting, dogs, and rat-catching,...will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family". But the oracles were silent then and for some time to come. Can we imagine the incredulity of father... | |
 | 1888 - 570 pages
...teachers had formed of Darwin's abilities at this period may be summed up in his father's words : — " You care for nothing but shooting, dogs, and rat-catching,...will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family." As he was doing no good at Shrewsbury, Darwin's father removed him from school at an early age, and... | |
 | Medicine - 1922 - 754 pages
...law that genius skips a generation, and is now remembered chiefly because he once said to his son : "You care for nothing but shooting, dogs, and rat-catching,...will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family." Nevertheless, the love and esteem in which Charles Darwin held his father is proof that the latter... | |
 | William Josephus Robinson - Medicine - 1915 - 498 pages
...NEW YORK, MAY, 1915. No. 5. EDITORIALS AND EDITORI ALETTES. "YOU WILL BE A DISGRACE TO YOUR FAMILY." "You care for nothing but shooting, dogs, and rat-catching,...will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family." Thus did a father once address his son. That son was Charles Darwin. Which shows that fathers do not... | |
 | 1889 - 488 pages
...rather below the common standard in intellect. To my deep mortification my father once said to me, ' You care for nothing but shooting dogs and rat-catching, and you will be a disgrace to yourself and all vonr family." But my father, who was the kindest man 1 ever knew, and whose memory I love with all... | |
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You care for nothing but shooting, dogs, and rat-catching, and you will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family. 
