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It would surely be ridiculous to suggest that such results are the work of pure
accident . ... THAT CRYPTIC COLORATION IS THE RESULT OF PHYSICAL OR
CHEMICAL CAUSES An argument upon which great stress is laid by certain
critics ...
It would surely be ridiculous to suggest that such results are the work of pure
accident . ... THAT CRYPTIC COLORATION IS THE RESULT OF PHYSICAL OR
CHEMICAL CAUSES An argument upon which great stress is laid by certain
critics ...
Page 150
Whether in certain cases countershading is the direct result of insolation is not
known . ( As Longley has pointed out ( 340 ) , Cunningham ' s experiments
demonstrate in the case of flat - fishes the power of light to recall pigment once
present ...
Whether in certain cases countershading is the direct result of insolation is not
known . ( As Longley has pointed out ( 340 ) , Cunningham ' s experiments
demonstrate in the case of flat - fishes the power of light to recall pigment once
present ...
Page 398
Otherwise the results of experimental tasting would encourage an enemy to
renewed attacks , since a large proportion ... upon the unwholesome reputation
of its model — for its presence weakens the deterrent result of experimental
attack .
Otherwise the results of experimental tasting would encourage an enemy to
renewed attacks , since a large proportion ... upon the unwholesome reputation
of its model — for its presence weakens the deterrent result of experimental
attack .
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