The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1911 - 306 pages |
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... natural desire , to explore and understand the ways of science . I am ambitious of doing something that will deserve the praise or excite the admiration of mankind . " When the praise and admiration came , no one could have been more ...
... natural desire , to explore and understand the ways of science . I am ambitious of doing something that will deserve the praise or excite the admiration of mankind . " When the praise and admiration came , no one could have been more ...
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... natural - history acquisitions and observations . I shall give an account of some of those made in the immediate vicinity of Santo Domingo , and I wish I could transfer to my readers some of the pleasure that they afforded me . They ...
... natural - history acquisitions and observations . I shall give an account of some of those made in the immediate vicinity of Santo Domingo , and I wish I could transfer to my readers some of the pleasure that they afforded me . They ...
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... natural species , readily interbreed , and if left to themselves rapidly revert to a common type . In natural selection there is a great and fundamental difference . The varieties that arise can seldom be separated from the parent form ...
... natural species , readily interbreed , and if left to themselves rapidly revert to a common type . In natural selection there is a great and fundamental difference . The varieties that arise can seldom be separated from the parent form ...
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The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of ... Thomas Belt No preview available - 2018 |
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