My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 2. köideDodd, Mead, 1905 |
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... gave an account of their two seasons ' experiments and observations with several of our most gaily - coloured caterpillars , and with a considerable variety of birds , and also with lizards , frogs , and spiders , con- firming my ...
... gave an account of their two seasons ' experiments and observations with several of our most gaily - coloured caterpillars , and with a considerable variety of birds , and also with lizards , frogs , and spiders , con- firming my ...
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... gave him my general argument as follows : - " I have a general and a special argument to submit . " 1. Female birds and insects are usually exposed to more danger than the male , and in the case of insects their exist- ence is necessary ...
... gave him my general argument as follows : - " I have a general and a special argument to submit . " 1. Female birds and insects are usually exposed to more danger than the male , and in the case of insects their exist- ence is necessary ...
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... gave up pan- genesis as untenable . But this new theory really simplifies and strengthens the fundamental doctrine of natural selection . It will thus appear that none of my differences of opinion from Darwin imply any real divergence ...
... gave up pan- genesis as untenable . But this new theory really simplifies and strengthens the fundamental doctrine of natural selection . It will thus appear that none of my differences of opinion from Darwin imply any real divergence ...
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... gave me much pleasure , because the subject was one quite out of my own domain , and though I had taken a good deal of trouble to understand his views and to represent them accurately , and had also adduced a few additional facts in ...
... gave me much pleasure , because the subject was one quite out of my own domain , and though I had taken a good deal of trouble to understand his views and to represent them accurately , and had also adduced a few additional facts in ...
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... thorough examination of the whole subject which Mr. George gave , while he could hardly have failed to admire its admirable and forcible exposition of the problem and his often eloquent delineations of its results . I 30 CHAP . MY LIFE.
... thorough examination of the whole subject which Mr. George gave , while he could hardly have failed to admire its admirable and forcible exposition of the problem and his often eloquent delineations of its results . I 30 CHAP . MY LIFE.
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