My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 2. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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... facts . I had then just been preparing for publication ( in the Westmin- ster Review ) my rather elaborate paper on " Mimicry and Protective Colouring , " and the numerous cases in which spe- cially showy and slow - flying butterflies ...
... facts . I had then just been preparing for publication ( in the Westmin- ster Review ) my rather elaborate paper on " Mimicry and Protective Colouring , " and the numerous cases in which spe- cially showy and slow - flying butterflies ...
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... facts or suggestions which he thought would be of interest to me . I will here give only some extracts from a few of the latest of the letters I received from him . On November 3 , 1880 , he wrote me the following very kind letter upon ...
... facts or suggestions which he thought would be of interest to me . I will here give only some extracts from a few of the latest of the letters I received from him . On November 3 , 1880 , he wrote me the following very kind letter upon ...
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... facts from his extensive reading which I had not seen . There were also a good many doubts and suggestions on the very difficult questions in the discussion of the causes of the glacial epochs . Chapter xxiii , discussing the Arctic ...
... facts from his extensive reading which I had not seen . There were also a good many doubts and suggestions on the very difficult questions in the discussion of the causes of the glacial epochs . Chapter xxiii , discussing the Arctic ...
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... facts in later editions of my book , and made use of several of them . The last , as above quoted , I shall refer to again when considering the few import- ant matters as to which I arrived at different conclusions from Darwin . But I ...
... facts in later editions of my book , and made use of several of them . The last , as above quoted , I shall refer to again when considering the few import- ant matters as to which I arrived at different conclusions from Darwin . But I ...
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... fact , and the development of weapons such as horns , canine teeth , spurs , etc. , is a result of natural selection acting through such combats . The second is an inference from the observed facts of the display of the male plumage or ...
... fact , and the development of weapons such as horns , canine teeth , spurs , etc. , is a result of natural selection acting through such combats . The second is an inference from the observed facts of the display of the male plumage or ...
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