Essays on DarwinismLongmans, Green, 1871 - 184 páginas |
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... hundred years that the opinions of the older Naturalists have an im- portance when they agree with modern conclusions , which they cannot have when they differ from them , unless it can be shown that the observations , the experi- ments ...
... hundred years that the opinions of the older Naturalists have an im- portance when they agree with modern conclusions , which they cannot have when they differ from them , unless it can be shown that the observations , the experi- ments ...
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... hundred years , if all that were born were enabled to breed un- checked , there would be at least fifteen millions of their huge descendants stalking about the land ; but , at the end of five hundred years more , there would be one hundred ...
... hundred years , if all that were born were enabled to breed un- checked , there would be at least fifteen millions of their huge descendants stalking about the land ; but , at the end of five hundred years more , there would be one hundred ...
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... hundred others . For , by the law of Correlation , when one part changes , some other or others almost inevitably change with it . Whether it be shortening the beak of a pigeon or lengthening the neck of a giraffe that is in question ...
... hundred others . For , by the law of Correlation , when one part changes , some other or others almost inevitably change with it . Whether it be shortening the beak of a pigeon or lengthening the neck of a giraffe that is in question ...
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... hundred years , and so bought one to see . We might live three thousand years instead of three hundred without being able to prove the theory of Natural Selection by actual observing . But when a group of most important observed facts ...
... hundred years , and so bought one to see . We might live three thousand years instead of three hundred without being able to prove the theory of Natural Selection by actual observing . But when a group of most important observed facts ...
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... hundred millions of cubic miles of liquid , which would have been required for the purpose of drowning the Caucasus and the Alps and Teneriffe and Popocatapetl and Chimilari . We must consider also the difficulty of breathing , and the ...
... hundred millions of cubic miles of liquid , which would have been required for the purpose of drowning the Caucasus and the Alps and Teneriffe and Popocatapetl and Chimilari . We must consider also the difficulty of breathing , and the ...
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