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Page 208
The rough pastures on which the cattle get their living and waste their manure a
great part of the time consist chiefly of various species of rushes and sedges , a
few coarse grasses , and gorse and fern on the drier parts . They are frequently ...
The rough pastures on which the cattle get their living and waste their manure a
great part of the time consist chiefly of various species of rushes and sedges , a
few coarse grasses , and gorse and fern on the drier parts . They are frequently ...
Page 209
The plants which compose these barren slopes are a few grasses , among which
are the sweet vernal grass ( Anthoxanthum odoratum ) and the crested hair grass
( K¿leria cristata ) , several Cyperace¿ - species of carex or sedge which form ...
The plants which compose these barren slopes are a few grasses , among which
are the sweet vernal grass ( Anthoxanthum odoratum ) and the crested hair grass
( K¿leria cristata ) , several Cyperace¿ - species of carex or sedge which form ...
Page 232
... treating of any of the problems of philosophical biology , and its main principles
remained with me as a permanent possession , and twenty years later gave me
the long - sought clue to the effective agent in the evolution of organic species .
... treating of any of the problems of philosophical biology , and its main principles
remained with me as a permanent possession , and twenty years later gave me
the long - sought clue to the effective agent in the evolution of organic species .
Page 237
... three thousand species inhabiting the British Isles . I also learnt from him in
what an infinite variety of places beetles may be found , while some may be
collected all the year round , so I at once determined to begin collecting , as I did
not find ...
... three thousand species inhabiting the British Isles . I also learnt from him in
what an infinite variety of places beetles may be found , while some may be
collected all the year round , so I at once determined to begin collecting , as I did
not find ...
Page 255
Now , I should say that a permanent peculiarity not produced by external causes
is a characteristic of species ' and not of mere variety , ' and thus , if the theory of
the ' Vestiges ' is accepted , the Negro , the Red Indian , and the European are ...
Now , I should say that a permanent peculiarity not produced by external causes
is a characteristic of species ' and not of mere variety , ' and thus , if the theory of
the ' Vestiges ' is accepted , the Negro , the Red Indian , and the European are ...
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| Title | My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köide My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Author | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Publisher | Dodd, Mead, 1905 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 juuli 2007 |
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