Essays on DarwinismLongmans, Green, 1871 - 184 páginas |
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... never thought of that before , ' ' we never looked at the matter in that light , ' ' how curious if after all it should be true , ' ' it looks less wicked and silly than we used to think it . ' Whether the theory itself be right or ...
... never thought of that before , ' ' we never looked at the matter in that light , ' ' how curious if after all it should be true , ' ' it looks less wicked and silly than we used to think it . ' Whether the theory itself be right or ...
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... never have been thought of , because without differences there would have been nothing to select . But this Variability being granted , the Darwinian theory be- comes possible- becomes quite capable of referring back the elephant and ...
... never have been thought of , because without differences there would have been nothing to select . But this Variability being granted , the Darwinian theory be- comes possible- becomes quite capable of referring back the elephant and ...
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... never meant to imply that which for thousands of years has been held to be his meaning . The whole point at issue is the universality of the Noachian Deluge , and the narrative has been thought to be uncompromising in its declarations ...
... never meant to imply that which for thousands of years has been held to be his meaning . The whole point at issue is the universality of the Noachian Deluge , and the narrative has been thought to be uncompromising in its declarations ...
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... never know when they are beaten in an argument . But one cavil may easily be foreseen , requiring a new miracle to satisfy it ; for many of the animals must either have been miraculously supplied with provisions , or miracu- lously ...
... never know when they are beaten in an argument . But one cavil may easily be foreseen , requiring a new miracle to satisfy it ; for many of the animals must either have been miraculously supplied with provisions , or miracu- lously ...
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... us to believe that the marsupials found their way to Australia , leaving no traces of their route on land , crossing seas which they never subse- quently recrossed , and planting themselves precisely in that region THE NOACHIAN FLOOD . 47.
... us to believe that the marsupials found their way to Australia , leaving no traces of their route on land , crossing seas which they never subse- quently recrossed , and planting themselves precisely in that region THE NOACHIAN FLOOD . 47.
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