My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 2. köideDodd, Mead, 1905 |
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Page 8
... of the fittest , so that every spontaneous variation should survive in equal proportion with all others , and the result must inevitably be an endless variety of unstable forms no one of which would answer to what we mean 8 [ CHAP . MY ...
... of the fittest , so that every spontaneous variation should survive in equal proportion with all others , and the result must inevitably be an endless variety of unstable forms no one of which would answer to what we mean 8 [ CHAP . MY ...
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... mean by the word ' species . ' No other 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 ...
... mean by the word ' species . ' No other 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 ...
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... means of the same laws of variation and survival ; and , as a consequence of this belief , that there was no difference in kind between man's nature and animal nature , but only one of degree . My view , on the other hand , was , and is ...
... means of the same laws of variation and survival ; and , as a consequence of this belief , that there was no difference in kind between man's nature and animal nature , but only one of degree . My view , on the other hand , was , and is ...
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... means of distribution , had also the effect during a long period of greatly exalting certain in- dustries concerned in construction . There was consequently a somewhat abnormal degree of prosperity , which lasted long enough to furnish ...
... means of distribution , had also the effect during a long period of greatly exalting certain in- dustries concerned in construction . There was consequently a somewhat abnormal degree of prosperity , which lasted long enough to furnish ...
Page 41
... mean diameter of the earth , and less rapid or flatter near the poles , therefore two or more plumb- lines near the ... means . From this point of view the astronomers are all wrong , since they use the term " degree " of latitude in a ...
... mean diameter of the earth , and less rapid or flatter near the poles , therefore two or more plumb- lines near the ... means . From this point of view the astronomers are all wrong , since they use the term " degree " of latitude in a ...
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