On the Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life |
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Page xv
... selection shadowed forth , but how little Aristotle fully comprehended the principle is shown by his remarks on the formation of the teeth . We miraculous interposition . Lamarck seems to have been chiefly led ( XV )
... selection shadowed forth , but how little Aristotle fully comprehended the principle is shown by his remarks on the formation of the teeth . We miraculous interposition . Lamarck seems to have been chiefly led ( XV )
Page xvi
... seems to have been chiefly led to his conclusion on the gradual change of species , by the difficulty of distinguishing species and varieties , by the almost perfect gradation of forms in certain groups , and by the analogy of domestic ...
... seems to have been chiefly led to his conclusion on the gradual change of species , by the difficulty of distinguishing species and varieties , by the almost perfect gradation of forms in certain groups , and by the analogy of domestic ...
Page xvii
... seems to be done with equal efficacy , though more slowly , by nature , in the formation of varieties of man- kind , fitted for the country which they inhabit . Of the accidental varieties of man , which would occur among the first few ...
... seems to be done with equal efficacy , though more slowly , by nature , in the formation of varieties of man- kind , fitted for the country which they inhabit . Of the accidental varieties of man , which would occur among the first few ...
Page xviii
... seems to consider that the world was nearly depopulated at successive periods , and then re - stocked ; and he gives , as an alternative , that new forms may be generated " without the presence of any mould or germ of former aggregates ...
... seems to consider that the world was nearly depopulated at successive periods , and then re - stocked ; and he gives , as an alternative , that new forms may be generated " without the presence of any mould or germ of former aggregates ...
Page xx
... seems to me perfectly just , from a passage beginning with the words " no doubt the type - form , " & c . ( Ibid . vol . i . p . xxxv . ) , that Professor Owen admitted that natural selection may have done something in the formation of ...
... seems to me perfectly just , from a passage beginning with the words " no doubt the type - form , " & c . ( Ibid . vol . i . p . xxxv . ) , that Professor Owen admitted that natural selection may have done something in the formation of ...
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accumulated adapted affinities allied species America ancient appear Asa Gray become bees believe birds breeds cause cells characters cirripedes climate closely allied colour common continuous crossed crustaceans degree difficulty distinct species divergence domestic doubt Edition eggs embryo existing exterminated extinct extremely facts favourable females fertilised fertility flowers formation forms fossil Fritz Müller Gärtner genera genus geological Glacial period gradations greater number groups of species habits Hence hermaphrodites hybrids important individuals inhabitants inherited insects instance instincts intercrossing intermediate larvæ less living males mammals manner migration modified descendants natural selection naturalists nearly nest occur oceanic islands offspring organisation parent perfect pigeons pistil pollen Post 8vo present principle probably produced progenitor racters ranked reciprocal crosses remarked resemble seeds sexual sexual selection Silurian slight South America stamens sterility structure struggle successive suppose theory tion variability variations varieties vary vols whole widely