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Page xiii
... remarking that rain does not fall in order to make the corn grow , any more than it falls to spoil the farmer's corn when threshed out of doors , applies the same argument to organisation ; and adds ( as translated by Mr. Clair Grece ...
... remarking that rain does not fall in order to make the corn grow , any more than it falls to spoil the farmer's corn when threshed out of doors , applies the same argument to organisation ; and adds ( as translated by Mr. Clair Grece ...
Page xv
... remarked ( Goethe als Natur- forscher , ' von Dr. Karl Meding , s . 34 ) that the future question for naturalists will be how , for instance , cattle got their horns , and not for what they are used . It is rather a singular instance of ...
... remarked ( Goethe als Natur- forscher , ' von Dr. Karl Meding , s . 34 ) that the future question for naturalists will be how , for instance , cattle got their horns , and not for what they are used . It is rather a singular instance of ...
Page xvi
... remarking that ne- groes and mulattoes enjoy an immunity from certain tropical diseases , he observes , firstly , that all animals tend to vary in some degree , and , secondly , that agri- culturists improve their domesticated animals ...
... remarking that ne- groes and mulattoes enjoy an immunity from certain tropical diseases , he observes , firstly , that all animals tend to vary in some degree , and , secondly , that agri- culturists improve their domesticated animals ...
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... remarked , between the variability which follows from the crossing of distinct species , and that which may be observed with plants and ani- mals when reared under new or unnatural condi- tions . Many facts clearly show how eminently ...
... remarked , between the variability which follows from the crossing of distinct species , and that which may be observed with plants and ani- mals when reared under new or unnatural condi- tions . Many facts clearly show how eminently ...
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... remarked , less uniformity of character than in true species . Domestic races often have a somewhat monstrous character ; by which I mean , that , although differing from each other , and from other species of the same genus , in ...
... remarked , less uniformity of character than in true species . Domestic races often have a somewhat monstrous character ; by which I mean , that , although differing from each other , and from other species of the same genus , in ...
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