Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals, Classed According to Their Principle of Construction |
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... an expedient . If the country be craggy and moun- tainous , a casual cleft or hollow affords a habitation exactly suited to a race of mankind who have never undergone any B training in industry , who never exert themselves until forced.
... an expedient . If the country be craggy and moun- tainous , a casual cleft or hollow affords a habitation exactly suited to a race of mankind who have never undergone any B training in industry , who never exert themselves until forced.
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... never exert themselves until forced to do so by some imperative demand of nature , and who reduce such exertion to the minimum of labour which some present emergency requires . Such debased tribes of humanity will occasionally adapt to ...
... never exert themselves until forced to do so by some imperative demand of nature , and who reduce such exertion to the minimum of labour which some present emergency requires . Such debased tribes of humanity will occasionally adapt to ...
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... the handiwork of man to those dwellings which are constructed with feet or jaws or beaks , and which are never marred by incompetence or improved by practice . OF all the mammalia , the MOLE is entitled to B 2 UNDERGROUND RESIDENCES . 3.
... the handiwork of man to those dwellings which are constructed with feet or jaws or beaks , and which are never marred by incompetence or improved by practice . OF all the mammalia , the MOLE is entitled to B 2 UNDERGROUND RESIDENCES . 3.
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... never open into the gallery opposite one of the entrances into the upper gallery . The Mole , therefore , is obliged to turn to the right or left as soon as it enters the domicile , before it can find a passage to the upper gallery . By ...
... never open into the gallery opposite one of the entrances into the upper gallery . The Mole , therefore , is obliged to turn to the right or left as soon as it enters the domicile , before it can find a passage to the upper gallery . By ...
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... never restored . You may immerse the Mole in water as long as you like , but as the shrivelling is more from within than without , the moisture fails to penetrate the tissues , and to enable them to regain their pristine contour . As to ...
... never restored . You may immerse the Mole in water as long as you like , but as the shrivelling is more from within than without , the moisture fails to penetrate the tissues , and to enable them to regain their pristine contour . As to ...
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