My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideGregg, 1969 - 916 pages |
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Page 258
... facts , but as soon as facts are presented you begin to reason and theorize upon them ; you will be constantly searching for causes , and will form your judgment from the analogy which one fact bears to another . You have a good ...
... facts , but as soon as facts are presented you begin to reason and theorize upon them ; you will be constantly searching for causes , and will form your judgment from the analogy which one fact bears to another . You have a good ...
Page 420
... facts as to the distribution of pigs in the whole archipelago , as illustrated by facts he had himself given showing the remarkable power of swimming possessed by these animals . Another fact he wanted explained was the presence of a ...
... facts as to the distribution of pigs in the whole archipelago , as illustrated by facts he had himself given showing the remarkable power of swimming possessed by these animals . Another fact he wanted explained was the presence of a ...
Page 421
... fact that the only exception in the existing Australia fauna are mice indicates very clearly that they are a recent introduction . When all the known facts are in our favour , I do not think we need trouble ourselves to answer ...
... fact that the only exception in the existing Australia fauna are mice indicates very clearly that they are a recent introduction . When all the known facts are in our favour , I do not think we need trouble ourselves to answer ...
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