My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 257
... species . " These extracts from my early letters to Bates suffice to show that the great problem of the origin of species was already distinctly formulated in my mind ; that I was not satisfied with the more or less vague solutions at ...
... species . " These extracts from my early letters to Bates suffice to show that the great problem of the origin of species was already distinctly formulated in my mind ; that I was not satisfied with the more or less vague solutions at ...
Page 263
... species , and that if we collected all orders of insects , as well as land- shells , birds , and mammals , there was no doubt we could easily pay our expenses . Thus encouraged , we determined to go to Para , and began to make all the ...
... species , and that if we collected all orders of insects , as well as land- shells , birds , and mammals , there was no doubt we could easily pay our expenses . Thus encouraged , we determined to go to Para , and began to make all the ...
Page 270
... species , many of extraordinary size , or of the most brilliant colours . " There is , however , one natural feature of this country , the interest and grandeur of which may be fully appreciated in a single walk it is the " virgin ...
... species , many of extraordinary size , or of the most brilliant colours . " There is , however , one natural feature of this country , the interest and grandeur of which may be fully appreciated in a single walk it is the " virgin ...
Page 272
... species , the stem of which , though not thicker than a man's arm , rises to a height of sixty or eighty feet , produces a small blackish fruit , from which a creamy preparation is made , of which everybody becomes very fond , and which ...
... species , the stem of which , though not thicker than a man's arm , rises to a height of sixty or eighty feet , produces a small blackish fruit , from which a creamy preparation is made , of which everybody becomes very fond , and which ...
Page 273
... species that they can hang their whole weight upon it and swing about in the air with only a few inches of the tip twisted round a branch . If disturbed in such a position they swing themselves off , catching hold of boughs hand over ...
... species that they can hang their whole weight upon it and swing about in the air with only a few inches of the tip twisted round a branch . If disturbed in such a position they swing themselves off , catching hold of boughs hand over ...
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