Essays on DarwinismLongmans, Green, 1871 - 184 páginas |
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... means of Natural Selection , ' unfolds and supports them with admirable clearness of argument . Far from being an abstruse and tedious work , it carries the reader on with unflagging interest to the close . Observa- tions and ...
... means of Natural Selection , ' unfolds and supports them with admirable clearness of argument . Far from being an abstruse and tedious work , it carries the reader on with unflagging interest to the close . Observa- tions and ...
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... means or not ; still less can a theory be accepted as moral and good , according to which , as some will tell you , the giraffe lengthened its neck by a series of stretch- ings , and the elephant acquired a trunk by continually pulling ...
... means or not ; still less can a theory be accepted as moral and good , according to which , as some will tell you , the giraffe lengthened its neck by a series of stretch- ings , and the elephant acquired a trunk by continually pulling ...
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... means intend to imply that there were no exceptions to the general state of opinion , for I am well aware that there are at the present day some schools , a few nurseries , and even one or two pulpits , into which the truth on this ...
... means intend to imply that there were no exceptions to the general state of opinion , for I am well aware that there are at the present day some schools , a few nurseries , and even one or two pulpits , into which the truth on this ...
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... an ape might be derived from the form of a fish ? We do not mean to say that this has actually happened , but supposing the descendant of the fish to vary continuously in the direc- tion of the ape - like form , the result 8 DARWINISM .
... an ape might be derived from the form of a fish ? We do not mean to say that this has actually happened , but supposing the descendant of the fish to vary continuously in the direc- tion of the ape - like form , the result 8 DARWINISM .
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... means which she supplies . In Artificial Selection man does but take advantage of the natural laws of Inheritance and Variation , and while he is seeking by means of these to produce one alteration , Nature herself is pro- ducing ...
... means which she supplies . In Artificial Selection man does but take advantage of the natural laws of Inheritance and Variation , and while he is seeking by means of these to produce one alteration , Nature herself is pro- ducing ...
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