On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life |
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... hand , believe that species undergo modification , and that the existing forms of life are the descendants by true generation of pre - existing forms . Pass- ing over allusions to the subject in the classical writers , * the first ...
... hand , believe that species undergo modification , and that the existing forms of life are the descendants by true generation of pre - existing forms . Pass- ing over allusions to the subject in the classical writers , * the first ...
Page xxi
... 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 unproven , 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 unproven , and sadly ...
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... hand , we see domesticated animals and plants , though often weak and sickly , yet breeding quite freely under con- finement ; and when , on the other hand , we see indivi- duals , though taken young from a state of nature , per- fectly ...
... hand , we see domesticated animals and plants , though often weak and sickly , yet breeding quite freely under con- finement ; and when , on the other hand , we see indivi- duals , though taken young from a state of nature , per- fectly ...
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... hand , nurserymen , from raising large stocks of the same plants , are gene- rally far more successful than amateurs in getting new and valuable varieties . The keeping of a large number of individuals of a species in any country ...
... hand , nurserymen , from raising large stocks of the same plants , are gene- rally far more successful than amateurs in getting new and valuable varieties . The keeping of a large number of individuals of a species in any country ...
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... hand , cats , from their nocturnal rambling habits , cannot be easily matched , and , although so much valued by women and children , we hardly ever see a distinct breed kept up ; such breeds as we do sometimes see are almost always ...
... hand , cats , from their nocturnal rambling habits , cannot be easily matched , and , although so much valued by women and children , we hardly ever see a distinct breed kept up ; such breeds as we do sometimes see are almost always ...
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