The Quickening of Caliban: A Modern Story of EvolutionCassell, Limited, 1893 - 275 pages |
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... missionary . Would she be willing to leave the comfort of Laburnum Villa , the joy of the chapel services , and the excitement of week- night meetings , for the wildness of the African desert or the loneliness of an island in the ...
... missionary . Would she be willing to leave the comfort of Laburnum Villa , the joy of the chapel services , and the excitement of week- night meetings , for the wildness of the African desert or the loneliness of an island in the ...
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... missionaries . As the girl developed into the early maidenhood of a tropical country she was more with him , and for the last two years had acted as the mistress of his small household . She was now a woman , and it was about her future ...
... missionaries . As the girl developed into the early maidenhood of a tropical country she was more with him , and for the last two years had acted as the mistress of his small household . She was now a woman , and it was about her future ...
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... missionary . What was the worth of that work ? He gave a searching look round the rcom . It was the dwelling of a modern Englishman , and betwixt him and the native yawned an impassable gulf . They might live side by side for centuries ...
... missionary . What was the worth of that work ? He gave a searching look round the rcom . It was the dwelling of a modern Englishman , and betwixt him and the native yawned an impassable gulf . They might live side by side for centuries ...
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... missionary to each little glass , and when he had gone through the line , added a spirit bottle to the list of the destroyers . In the range of the station there were many converts from heathenism , but nearly all of them were employed ...
... missionary to each little glass , and when he had gone through the line , added a spirit bottle to the list of the destroyers . In the range of the station there were many converts from heathenism , but nearly all of them were employed ...
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... , and it is my duty to go amongst the people . Mrs. Tartilt says she was brought up in very different scenes , but having married a missionary she can't afford to be squeamish . The blacks A MODERN STORY OF EVOLUTION . 11.
... , and it is my duty to go amongst the people . Mrs. Tartilt says she was brought up in very different scenes , but having married a missionary she can't afford to be squeamish . The blacks A MODERN STORY OF EVOLUTION . 11.
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