The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life |
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... ancient times , on the monuments of Egypt , and in the lake - habitations of Switzerland , much diversity in the breeds ; and that some of these ancient breeds closely resemble , or are even identical with , those still existing . But ...
... ancient times , on the monuments of Egypt , and in the lake - habitations of Switzerland , much diversity in the breeds ; and that some of these ancient breeds closely resemble , or are even identical with , those still existing . But ...
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... ancient times by half - civilised man , as to be quite pro- lific under confinement . An argument of great weight , and applicable in several other cases , is , that the above - specified breeds , though agreeing generally with the wild ...
... ancient times by half - civilised man , as to be quite pro- lific under confinement . An argument of great weight , and applicable in several other cases , is , that the above - specified breeds , though agreeing generally with the wild ...
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... ancient Chinese encyclopædia . Explicit rules are laid down by some of the Roman classical writers . From passages in Genesis , it is clear that the colour of domestic animals . was at that early period attended to . Savages now ...
... ancient Chinese encyclopædia . Explicit rules are laid down by some of the Roman classical writers . From passages in Genesis , it is clear that the colour of domestic animals . was at that early period attended to . Savages now ...
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... ancient Indian ruins in the Southern United States , which must formerly have been cleared of trees , now display the same beauti- ful diversity and proportion of kinds as in the surround- ing virgin forest . What a struggle must have ...
... ancient Indian ruins in the Southern United States , which must formerly have been cleared of trees , now display the same beauti- ful diversity and proportion of kinds as in the surround- ing virgin forest . What a struggle must have ...
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... ancient black cattle were displaced by the long - horns , and that these " were swept away by the short - horns " ( I quote the words of an agricultural writer ) " as if by some murderous pestilence . " Divergence of Character . The ...
... ancient black cattle were displaced by the long - horns , and that these " were swept away by the short - horns " ( I quote the words of an agricultural writer ) " as if by some murderous pestilence . " Divergence of Character . The ...
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