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... evidence is as yet incomplete . By its very nature it must perhaps always to some extent remain so . The proof depends in part upon analogy , which leads to conclusions possible or probable , rather than to what is demonstrably certain ...
... evidence is as yet incomplete . By its very nature it must perhaps always to some extent remain so . The proof depends in part upon analogy , which leads to conclusions possible or probable , rather than to what is demonstrably certain ...
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... evidence of comparatively rapid changes of colour having taken place under the influence of climate , and because a new type of features appears to be forming itself with a noticeable progress under the absolutely unique circumstances ...
... evidence of comparatively rapid changes of colour having taken place under the influence of climate , and because a new type of features appears to be forming itself with a noticeable progress under the absolutely unique circumstances ...
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... evidence of Egyptian chronology carries us back to a Pharaoh reigning some three or four hundred years before that date1 . The Book of Genesis introduces us to another Pharaoh reigning some 400 years after it . Are we to set aside the ...
... evidence of Egyptian chronology carries us back to a Pharaoh reigning some three or four hundred years before that date1 . The Book of Genesis introduces us to another Pharaoh reigning some 400 years after it . Are we to set aside the ...
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... evidence on which the old theory of instinct was founded . Starting with the notion that wild animals had none of that docility and versatility which man possesses through his reason- ing powers , yet seeing them produce effects like ...
... evidence on which the old theory of instinct was founded . Starting with the notion that wild animals had none of that docility and versatility which man possesses through his reason- ing powers , yet seeing them produce effects like ...
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... evidence , in supposing birds , for example , to build their nests by instinct rather than by following the example and instruction of their parents . Many things , he remarks , which we ourselves are said to do instinctively , such as ...
... evidence , in supposing birds , for example , to build their nests by instinct rather than by following the example and instruction of their parents . Many things , he remarks , which we ourselves are said to do instinctively , such as ...
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