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... doubt have thus far escaped our attention altogether . Accordingly , while we may consider it as certain that natural selection is capable of working specific changes in organisms , we may at the same time find it impossible to give a ...
... doubt have thus far escaped our attention altogether . Accordingly , while we may consider it as certain that natural selection is capable of working specific changes in organisms , we may at the same time find it impossible to give a ...
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... doubt that ante- lopes are so fleet , only because all but the fleetest individuals are sure to be overtaken and eaten by lions ? Protected from the lions , a thousand genera- tions might well make them as lazy and clumsy as sheep ...
... doubt that ante- lopes are so fleet , only because all but the fleetest individuals are sure to be overtaken and eaten by lions ? Protected from the lions , a thousand genera- tions might well make them as lazy and clumsy as sheep ...
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... doubt that they go very far indeed , when taken in connection with the facts of what is called " corre- lation of growth . " An organism is not a mere aggre- gation of parts , of which one can be altered without affecting the others ...
... doubt that they go very far indeed , when taken in connection with the facts of what is called " corre- lation of growth . " An organism is not a mere aggre- gation of parts , of which one can be altered without affecting the others ...
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... doubts , objections , and miscon- ceptions with which the question has disturbed the peace of his mind . The book is so polemic as quite to belie its placid and decorous title . The Lessons from Nature turn out to be a series of eager ...
... doubts , objections , and miscon- ceptions with which the question has disturbed the peace of his mind . The book is so polemic as quite to belie its placid and decorous title . The Lessons from Nature turn out to be a series of eager ...
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... doubt correct , so far as it goes , as a description of facts which have attended the acquisition of speech ; but it hardly goes to the root of the matter . The power of enunciating sounds so as to communicate ideas and feelings is ...
... doubt correct , so far as it goes , as a description of facts which have attended the acquisition of speech ; but it hardly goes to the root of the matter . The power of enunciating sounds so as to communicate ideas and feelings is ...
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