The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life |
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... hand , have believed that species undergo modification , and that the existing forms of life are the descendants by true generation of pre - existing forms . Passing over allusions to the sub- ject in the classical writers , * the first ...
... hand , have believed that species undergo modification , and that the existing forms of life are the descendants by true generation of pre - existing forms . Passing over allusions to the sub- ject in the classical writers , * the first ...
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... hand , we view Persistent Types ' in relation to that hypothesis which supposes the species living at any time to be the result of the gradual modification of pre - existing species a hypothesis which , though un- proven , and sadly ...
... hand , we view Persistent Types ' in relation to that hypothesis which supposes the species living at any time to be the result of the gradual modification of pre - existing species a hypothesis which , though un- proven , and sadly ...
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... hand , dissimilar variations arise under conditions which appear to be nearly uniform . The effects on the offspring are either definite or indefinite . They may be considered as defi- nite when all or nearly all the offspring of ...
... hand , dissimilar variations arise under conditions which appear to be nearly uniform . The effects on the offspring are either definite or indefinite . They may be considered as defi- nite when all or nearly all the offspring of ...
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... hand , we see domesticated animals and plants , though often weak and sickly , breeding freely under confinement ; and when , on the other hand , we see individuals , though taken young from a state of nature perfectly tamed , long ...
... hand , we see domesticated animals and plants , though often weak and sickly , breeding freely under confinement ; and when , on the other hand , we see individuals , though taken young from a state of nature perfectly tamed , long ...
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... hand , nurserymen , from keeping large stocks of the same plant , are generally far more successful than amateurs in raising new and valuable varieties . A large number of individuals of an animal or plant can be reared only where the ...
... hand , nurserymen , from keeping large stocks of the same plant , are generally far more successful than amateurs in raising new and valuable varieties . A large number of individuals of an animal or plant can be reared only where the ...
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