The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, 2. köideP.F. Collier & Son, 1905 - 868 pages |
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Page 453
... winter ; so that their feet then resemble those of the female . This structure no doubt aids the male in his eager search and pursuit of the female . While courting her he rapidly vibrates the end of his tail . With our common newts ...
... winter ; so that their feet then resemble those of the female . This structure no doubt aids the male in his eager search and pursuit of the female . While courting her he rapidly vibrates the end of his tail . With our common newts ...
Page 504
... winter plumage is thicker and warmer than the summer plumage , but warmth seems the most probable end attained of a double moult , wher there is no change of color . Secondly , there are birds , for in stance , certain species of ...
... winter plumage is thicker and warmer than the summer plumage , but warmth seems the most probable end attained of a double moult , wher there is no change of color . Secondly , there are birds , for in stance , certain species of ...
Page 505
... winter plumage , this may in some instances , as with the ptarmigan , " serve during both seasons as a protection . When the difference between the two plumages is slight , it may perhaps be attributed , as already remarked , to the ...
... winter plumage , this may in some instances , as with the ptarmigan , " serve during both seasons as a protection . When the difference between the two plumages is slight , it may perhaps be attributed , as already remarked , to the ...
Page 508
... winter is past , while our goldfinch , which exactly represents this bird in habits , and our siskin , which represents it still more closely in structure , undergo no such annual change . But a difference of this kind in 88 See ...
... winter is past , while our goldfinch , which exactly represents this bird in habits , and our siskin , which represents it still more closely in structure , undergo no such annual change . But a difference of this kind in 88 See ...
Page 531
... winter , and afterward matched with other birds , the two , when brought together again , rarely , if ever , recognize each other . Birds sometimes exhibit benevolent feelings ; they will feed the deserted young ones even of distinct ...
... winter , and afterward matched with other birds , the two , when brought together again , rarely , if ever , recognize each other . Birds sometimes exhibit benevolent feelings ; they will feed the deserted young ones even of distinct ...
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Page 777 - But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given her for a covering.
Page 795 - Man scans with scrupulous care the character and pedigree of his horses, cattle, and dogs before he matches them; but when he comes to his own marriage he rarely, or never, takes any such care.
Page 797 - I would as soon be descended from that heroic little monkey, who braved his dreaded enemy in order to save the life of his keeper; or from that old baboon, who, descending from the mountains, carried away in triumph his young comrade from a crowd of astonished dogs - as from a savage who delights to torture his enemies, offers up bloody sacrifices, practises infanticide without remorse, treats his wives like slaves, knows no decency, and is haunted by the grossest superstitions.
Page 744 - Ask a northern Indian, says a traveller who has lately visited them, ask a northern Indian, What is beauty * and he will answer, a broad flat face, small eyes, high cheek-bones, three or four broad black lines across each cheek, a low forehead, a large broad chin, a clumsy hook nose, &c.
Page 788 - ... rendered more tender and widely diffused through the effects of habit, example, instruction, and reflection. It is not improbable that after long practice virtuous tendencies may be inherited.
Page 791 - The sexual struggle is of two kinds ; in the one it is between the individuals of the same sex, generally the male sex, in order to drive away or kill their rivals, the females remaining passive; whilst in the other, the struggle is likewise between the individuals of the same sex, in order to excite or charm those of the opposite sex, generally the females, which no longer remain passive, but select the more agreeable partners.
Page 784 - In the dim obscurity of the past we can see that the early progenitor of all the Vertebrata must have been an aquatic animal, provided with branchiae, with the two sexes united in the same individual, and with the most important organs of the body (such as the brain and heart) imperfectly or not at all developed. This animal seems to have been more like the larvae of the existing marine Ascidians than any other known form.
Page 797 - We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities, with sympathy which feels for the most debased, with benevolence which extends not only to other men but to the humblest living creature, with his godlike intellect which has penetrated into the movements and constitution of the solar system — with all these exalted powers — Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.
Page 785 - ... may be attributed in chief part to the early use of some simple form of language, — that wonderful engine which affixes signs to all sorts of objects and qualities, and excites trains of thought which would never arise from the mere impression of the senses, or if they did arise could not be followed out.
Page 796 - The main conclusion arrived at in this work, that man is descended from some lowly organized form, will, I regret to think, be highly distasteful to many.