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Forms from the eocene and later beds, resurrected by the wand of the anatomist,
rising in successive lines behind the wide gaps in the living files, proclaimed that
all were of one blood, and showed the genealogy of the contemporaries of man.
Forms from the eocene and later beds, resurrected by the wand of the anatomist,
rising in successive lines behind the wide gaps in the living files, proclaimed that
all were of one blood, and showed the genealogy of the contemporaries of man.
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This line of investigation led to a curious result. All of the mythologies of the cities
of the Mediterranean were found to be baseless—each a fabric of poetic but
superficial analogies. In the mental activity of that time many new philosophies
were ...
This line of investigation led to a curious result. All of the mythologies of the cities
of the Mediterranean were found to be baseless—each a fabric of poetic but
superficial analogies. In the mental activity of that time many new philosophies
were ...
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In the same way that he has influenced all lines of thought and investigation, he
has influenced entomology. We find everywhere, in his treatment of insects, the
same acute perception, the same candor and impartiality, the same clearness of
...
In the same way that he has influenced all lines of thought and investigation, he
has influenced entomology. We find everywhere, in his treatment of insects, the
same acute perception, the same candor and impartiality, the same clearness of
...
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Upon introduction I was at once struck with his stature (which was much above
the average, and I should say fully six feet,) his ponderous brow and long white
beard—the moustache being cut on a line with the lips and slightly brown from
the ...
Upon introduction I was at once struck with his stature (which was much above
the average, and I should say fully six feet,) his ponderous brow and long white
beard—the moustache being cut on a line with the lips and slightly brown from
the ...
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Riley: I must write half-a-dozen lines to say how much interested I have been by
your “Further Notes” on Pronuba, which you were so kind as to send me. I had
read the various criticisms, and though I did not know what answer would be
made, ...
Riley: I must write half-a-dozen lines to say how much interested I have been by
your “Further Notes” on Pronuba, which you were so kind as to send me. I had
read the various criticisms, and though I did not know what answer would be
made, ...
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| Title | Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 1–3. köide Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Biological Society of Washington |
| Author | Biological Society of Washington |
| Contributor | Smithsonian Institution |
| Publisher | Biological Society of Washington, 1882 |
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