My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 2. köideDodd, Mead, 1905 |
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... results , whether they confirm or refute the theory here indicated . " ALFRED R. WALLACE . " 9 , St. Mark's Crescent , Regent's Park , N.W. , " March , 1867. " This letter brought me only one reply , from a gentleman in Cumberland , who ...
... results , whether they confirm or refute the theory here indicated . " ALFRED R. WALLACE . " 9 , St. Mark's Crescent , Regent's Park , N.W. , " March , 1867. " This letter brought me only one reply , from a gentleman in Cumberland , who ...
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... 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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... results in man , had not much force if , as he believed , I admitted that the plumes of the birds of paradise had been thus gained . At that time , though I had begun to doubt , I had not definitely rejected the whole of that part of ...
... results in man , had not much force if , as he believed , I admitted that the plumes of the birds of paradise had been thus gained . At that time , though I had begun to doubt , I had not definitely rejected the whole of that part of ...
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... result of observations and experiments carried on for forty- four years , he enjoyed the great satisfaction of its being a wonderful success , while it was received by the reviewers with unanimous praise and applause . During this ...
... result of observations and experiments carried on for forty- four years , he enjoyed the great satisfaction of its being a wonderful success , while it was received by the reviewers with unanimous praise and applause . During this ...
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... result of natural selection acting through such combats . The second is an inference from the observed facts of the display of the male plumage or ornaments ; but the statement that ornaments have been developed by the female's choice ...
... result of natural selection acting through such combats . The second is an inference from the observed facts of the display of the male plumage or ornaments ; but the statement that ornaments have been developed by the female's choice ...
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