My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 2. köideDodd, Mead, 1905 |
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Page 7
... animal world . It is , of course , only a wider application of the same funda- mental fact by which Bates had already explained the purpose of " mimicry " among insects , and it is a matter of surprise to me that neither Bates himself ...
... animal world . It is , of course , only a wider application of the same funda- mental fact by which Bates had already explained the purpose of " mimicry " among insects , and it is a matter of surprise to me that neither Bates himself ...
Page 9
... animals by fine gradations , and hardly a dozen individuals alike — as would probably be the case had selection not acted - there might be a few horses , but there would be no such thing as a species of horse . That could only be ...
... animals by fine gradations , and hardly a dozen individuals alike — as would probably be the case had selection not acted - there might be a few horses , but there would be no such thing as a species of horse . That could only be ...
Page 11
... Animals and Plants , " in 1875 , with the inter- vening " Expression of Emotions , " in 1872 , he should devote himself almost entirely to the long series of observations and experiments upon living plants , which constituted his relaxa ...
... Animals and Plants , " in 1875 , with the inter- vening " Expression of Emotions , " in 1872 , he should devote himself almost entirely to the long series of observations and experiments upon living plants , which constituted his relaxa ...
Page 17
... animals ; and that while his body was undoubtedly developed by the continuous modification of some ancestral animal form , some different agency , analogous to that which first produced organic life , and then originated consciousness ...
... animals ; and that while his body was undoubtedly developed by the continuous modification of some ancestral animal form , some different agency , analogous to that which first produced organic life , and then originated consciousness ...
Page 19
... animal beyond its needs . Admitting , therefore , abundant variation of colour in both sexes , it is impossible that the male can be brought by natural selection to resemble the female ( unless such variations are always transmitted ) ...
... animal beyond its needs . Admitting , therefore , abundant variation of colour in both sexes , it is impossible that the male can be brought by natural selection to resemble the female ( unless such variations are always transmitted ) ...
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