My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 2. köideDodd, Mead, 1905 |
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Page 7
... cause of each variation . " At the end of the letter he says something about the progress of his great work , " The Descent of Man . " " I have finished Ist vol . and am half - way through proofs of 2nd vol . of my confounded book ...
... cause of each variation . " At the end of the letter he says something about the progress of his great work , " The Descent of Man . " " I have finished Ist vol . and am half - way through proofs of 2nd vol . of my confounded book ...
Page 9
... cause but selection has yet been dis- covered capable of perpetuating and giving stability to some forms , and causing the disappearance of others , and therefore Mr. Darwin's book , if there is any truth in it at all , has a logical ...
... cause but selection has yet been dis- covered capable of perpetuating and giving stability to some forms , and causing the disappearance of others , and therefore Mr. Darwin's book , if there is any truth in it at all , has a logical ...
Page 12
... causes of the glacial epochs . Chapter xxiii . , discussing the Arctic element in south temperate floras , was the part he most objected to , saying , " This is rather too speculative for my old noddle . I must think that you overrate ...
... causes of the glacial epochs . Chapter xxiii . , discussing the Arctic element in south temperate floras , was the part he most objected to , saying , " This is rather too speculative for my old noddle . I must think that you overrate ...
Page 17
... caused much distress of mind to Darwin , but , as I have shown , they do not in the least affect the general doctrine of natural selection . It might be as well urged that because man has produced the pouter - pigeon , the bull - dog ...
... caused much distress of mind to Darwin , but , as I have shown , they do not in the least affect the general doctrine of natural selection . It might be as well urged that because man has produced the pouter - pigeon , the bull - dog ...
Page 31
... causes of the great exaltation of prosperity has been the development of the railway system , which while it had the ... cause of prosperity has in considerable measure diminished , we are feeling the effect . " This was no doubt true ...
... causes of the great exaltation of prosperity has been the development of the railway system , which while it had the ... cause of prosperity has in considerable measure diminished , we are feeling the effect . " This was no doubt true ...
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