My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 2. köideDodd, Mead, 1905 |
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... leaves . If any one objected to male butterflies having been made beautiful by sexual selection , and asked why they should not have been made beautiful as well as their caterpillars , what would you answer ? I could not answer , but ...
... leaves . If any one objected to male butterflies having been made beautiful by sexual selection , and asked why they should not have been made beautiful as well as their caterpillars , what would you answer ? I could not answer , but ...
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... leaf or bark of the plant on which they feed , or the substance on which they usually repose , are thus to some degree protected from the attacks of birds and other enemies . We should expect , therefore , that all which are thus ...
... leaf or bark of the plant on which they feed , or the substance on which they usually repose , are thus to some degree protected from the attacks of birds and other enemies . We should expect , therefore , that all which are thus ...
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... leaves , or that the habits and instincts that protect one animal are absent in allied species . These are all illustra- tions of the many and varied ways in which nature works to give the exact amount of protection it needs to each ...
... leaves , or that the habits and instincts that protect one animal are absent in allied species . These are all illustra- tions of the many and varied ways in which nature works to give the exact amount of protection it needs to each ...
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... leaves which are inhabited by ants . Similar sacs are found on the leaves also of certain Chrysobalaneæ , Rubiaceæ , etc. , and analogous ones on the branches of cordias and other plants . I believe that in many cases these sacs have ...
... leaves which are inhabited by ants . Similar sacs are found on the leaves also of certain Chrysobalaneæ , Rubiaceæ , etc. , and analogous ones on the branches of cordias and other plants . I believe that in many cases these sacs have ...
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... leaf - cutting ants.1 In a later letter , however , Dr. Spruce adopts utility to the plant as a general principle . In ... leaves , but I have ( at your in- stance ) rummaged in my notes and my memory , for such evidence as I possess on ...
... leaf - cutting ants.1 In a later letter , however , Dr. Spruce adopts utility to the plant as a general principle . In ... leaves , but I have ( at your in- stance ) rummaged in my notes and my memory , for such evidence as I possess on ...
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