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Page 31
With a firm and undisturbed belief in the special and independent “ creation ” of
each species of living beings , the mind could experience no philosophic or other
necessity for any inquiry into a past of modification and change . Possessing the
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With a firm and undisturbed belief in the special and independent “ creation ” of
each species of living beings , the mind could experience no philosophic or other
necessity for any inquiry into a past of modification and change . Possessing the
...
Page 34
The theory of the separate and detached placing of animals and plants here and
there over the surface of the earth , in obedience to no ascertainable law , was
soon driven to the wall as a weak invention possessing no logical standpoint ...
The theory of the separate and detached placing of animals and plants here and
there over the surface of the earth , in obedience to no ascertainable law , was
soon driven to the wall as a weak invention possessing no logical standpoint ...
Page 48
There are also many genera confined to this province , although possessing
family representatives elsewhere . Thus there are monkeys of the genus
Presbyter , and the special genera of true lemurs in this region ; twelve peculiar
civet cats ...
There are also many genera confined to this province , although possessing
family representatives elsewhere . Thus there are monkeys of the genus
Presbyter , and the special genera of true lemurs in this region ; twelve peculiar
civet cats ...
Page 51
In New Zealand is found the kakapoe ( Stringops habroptilus ) or owlparrot ,
which burrows in the ground , and whose powers of flight have deteriorated ; and
the curious Notornis , a peculiar genus of rails , likewise possessing short and ...
In New Zealand is found the kakapoe ( Stringops habroptilus ) or owlparrot ,
which burrows in the ground , and whose powers of flight have deteriorated ; and
the curious Notornis , a peculiar genus of rails , likewise possessing short and ...
Page 55
The rodents are the chinchillas , the curious capybara , the pacas , and agoutis
and tree porcupines , possessing , like the apes , prehensile tails . The carnivora
include the racoons , which take the place in this region of the weasels of the Old
...
The rodents are the chinchillas , the curious capybara , the pacas , and agoutis
and tree porcupines , possessing , like the apes , prehensile tails . The carnivora
include the racoons , which take the place in this region of the weasels of the Old
...
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