On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life, Volume 2 |
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... origin of species as that ( presently to be alluded tɔ ) propounded by Mr. Wallace and myself in the ' Linnean Journal , ' and as that enlarged in the present volume . Unfortunately the view was given by Mr. Matthew very briefly in ...
... origin of species as that ( presently to be alluded tɔ ) propounded by Mr. Wallace and myself in the ' Linnean Journal , ' and as that enlarged in the present volume . Unfortunately the view was given by Mr. Matthew very briefly in ...
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... origin of our domestic animals is , that we find in the most 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 ...
... origin of our domestic animals is , that we find in the most 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 ...
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... origin of most of our domestic animals will probably for ever remain vague . But I may here state , that , looking to the domestic dogs of the whole world , I have , after a laborious collection of all known facts , come to the ...
... origin of most of our domestic animals will probably for ever remain vague . But I may here state , that , looking to the domestic dogs of the whole world , I have , after a laborious collection of all known facts , come to the ...
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