My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 2. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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... amount of work he was able to do ; but , unfortunately , the quiet interest of carrying out observations or experiments lasting for months , and often for years , seem to have been beneficial . On the other hand , writing his books and ...
... amount of work he was able to do ; but , unfortunately , the quiet interest of carrying out observations or experiments lasting for months , and often for years , seem to have been beneficial . On the other hand , writing his books and ...
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... amount of protection . “ 2. If the male and female were distinct species , with different habits and organizations , you would , I think , admit that a difference of colour , serving to make that one less conspicuous which evidently ...
... amount of protection . “ 2. If the male and female were distinct species , with different habits and organizations , you would , I think , admit that a difference of colour , serving to make that one less conspicuous which evidently ...
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... amount of protection given to it by natural selection ; but the female must have some extra protection to balance her greater exposure to danger , and she rapidly acquires it in one way or another . " 9. The objection as to male fish ...
... amount of protection given to it by natural selection ; but the female must have some extra protection to balance her greater exposure to danger , and she rapidly acquires it in one way or another . " 9. The objection as to male fish ...
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... amount of coolness and courage which very few men indeed possess . He returned to Russia to complete his preparations , and in September , 1871 , was landed in Astrolabe Bay with two servants , one a Swede and the other a Polynesian ...
... amount of coolness and courage which very few men indeed possess . He returned to Russia to complete his preparations , and in September , 1871 , was landed in Astrolabe Bay with two servants , one a Swede and the other a Polynesian ...
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... amount of Huxley's knowledge was of a kind of which I possessed only an irreducible minimum , and of which I often felt the want . In the general anatomy and physiology of the whole animal kingdom , living and extinct , Huxley was a ...
... amount of Huxley's knowledge was of a kind of which I possessed only an irreducible minimum , and of which I often felt the want . In the general anatomy and physiology of the whole animal kingdom , living and extinct , Huxley was a ...
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