My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 2. köideDodd, Mead, 1905 |
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... equally important . A horse , or a number of horses , as such , do not constitute a ' species . ' It is the comparative permanence of the form as distinguished from the ass , quagga , zebra , tapir , camel , etc. , that makes them one ...
... equally important . A horse , or a number of horses , as such , do not constitute a ' species . ' It is the comparative permanence of the form as distinguished from the ass , quagga , zebra , tapir , camel , etc. , that makes them one ...
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... equally valid reasons for its total rejection even in birds and mammalia . But here my view really extends the influence of natural selection , because I show in how many unsuspected ways colour and marking is of use to its possessor ...
... equally valid reasons for its total rejection even in birds and mammalia . But here my view really extends the influence of natural selection , because I show in how many unsuspected ways colour and marking is of use to its possessor ...
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... equally brightly coloured ) shows that the usual tendency is to transmit colour to both sexes when it is not injurious to either . " Now for the special argument . " 6. In the very weak - flying Leptalis both sexes mimic Heliconidæ ...
... equally brightly coloured ) shows that the usual tendency is to transmit colour to both sexes when it is not injurious to either . " Now for the special argument . " 6. In the very weak - flying Leptalis both sexes mimic Heliconidæ ...
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... equally to bats ; and we had quite a discussion on the subject . The next day , after thinking the matter over , I wrote him a long letter of eight pages , trying to show that the general principles of flight in birds , bats , and ...
... equally to bats ; and we had quite a discussion on the subject . The next day , after thinking the matter over , I wrote him a long letter of eight pages , trying to show that the general principles of flight in birds , bats , and ...
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... equally gradual at the beginning and the end , is two or three times as rapid in the middle , thus giving the great upward and onward impulse , necessitating the extremely large muscles noted by Spencer . An excellent short account of ...
... equally gradual at the beginning and the end , is two or three times as rapid in the middle , thus giving the great upward and onward impulse , necessitating the extremely large muscles noted by Spencer . An excellent short account of ...
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