My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 2. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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... beautiful by sexual selection , and asked why they should not have been made beautiful as well as their cater- pillars , what would you answer ? I could not answer , but should maintain my ground . Will you think over this , and some ...
... beautiful by sexual selection , and asked why they should not have been made beautiful as well as their cater- pillars , what would you answer ? I could not answer , but should maintain my ground . Will you think over this , and some ...
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... beautiful male because he is the most beau- tiful , is an inference supported by singularly little evidence . The first kind of sexual selection I hold as strongly and as thoroughly as Darwin himself ; the latter I at first accepted ...
... beautiful male because he is the most beau- tiful , is an inference supported by singularly little evidence . The first kind of sexual selection I hold as strongly and as thoroughly as Darwin himself ; the latter I at first accepted ...
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... beautiful overlapping and movements of the separate feathers increasing resistance during the downward , and de- creasing it during the upward stroke ) which did not exist in bats or in insects . I also showed that although this ...
... beautiful overlapping and movements of the separate feathers increasing resistance during the downward , and de- creasing it during the upward stroke ) which did not exist in bats or in insects . I also showed that although this ...
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... beautiful Alpine gardens of Mr. Backhouse , the excursion to Rievaulx Abbey , and a visit afterwards to my friend Dr. Spruce in his retirement at Welburn , near Castle Howard . CHAPTER XXVII MY FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES : SIR JAMES ...
... beautiful Alpine gardens of Mr. Backhouse , the excursion to Rievaulx Abbey , and a visit afterwards to my friend Dr. Spruce in his retirement at Welburn , near Castle Howard . CHAPTER XXVII MY FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES : SIR JAMES ...
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... " represented by half a beautiful little print in blue of an old willow - pattern plate pasted in opposite the signature . The next letter is in answer to an invitation to tea . He This last day of Bur mouth Чу десь бой 1865 76 MY LIFE.
... " represented by half a beautiful little print in blue of an old willow - pattern plate pasted in opposite the signature . The next letter is in answer to an invitation to tea . He This last day of Bur mouth Чу десь бой 1865 76 MY LIFE.
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