Essays on DarwinismLongmans, Green, 1871 - 184 pages |
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... single general law . Many readers will be inclined to whisper to themselves at many passages , ' we never thought of that before , ' ' we never looked at the matter in that light , ' ' how curious if after all it should be true , ' ' it ...
... single general law . Many readers will be inclined to whisper to themselves at many passages , ' we never thought of that before , ' ' we never looked at the matter in that light , ' ' how curious if after all it should be true , ' ' it ...
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... single generation , but are allowed to multiply them through as many thousands as we require . Say that two race - courses differ in length by one yard ; multiply that difference 1760 times and they will then differ by a whole mile . If ...
... single generation , but are allowed to multiply them through as many thousands as we require . Say that two race - courses differ in length by one yard ; multiply that difference 1760 times and they will then differ by a whole mile . If ...
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... to them , and let us see to what it would bring us . A single grain of wheat produces an ear containing ten , twenty , or some larger number of grains . But if the ear con- tained only two grains , still , at that rate 12 DARWINISM .
... to them , and let us see to what it would bring us . A single grain of wheat produces an ear containing ten , twenty , or some larger number of grains . But if the ear con- tained only two grains , still , at that rate 12 DARWINISM .
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... single grain would in thirty years be represented by more than a thousand millions of grains1 . What , then , would be the position of the world , if , starting with a thousand millions of grains , this rate of increase were allowed to ...
... single grain would in thirty years be represented by more than a thousand millions of grains1 . What , then , would be the position of the world , if , starting with a thousand millions of grains , this rate of increase were allowed to ...
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... single codfish has been found to produce in one year more than six millions of eggs , and there are other creatures infinitely more prolific1 . You see , then , that the struggle for existence is an absolute necessity ; and out of this ...
... single codfish has been found to produce in one year more than six millions of eggs , and there are other creatures infinitely more prolific1 . You see , then , that the struggle for existence is an absolute necessity ; and out of this ...
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