The Whence and the Whither of Man: A Brief History of His Origin and Development Through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895W. Blackwood and Sons, 1896 - 312 pagine |
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... individual . The most " aspirin if ever there was such a being , remains but He must comfort himself with the thought that he and his descendants can never gain an inch , t between himself and the next higher form sh far greater than ...
... individual . The most " aspirin if ever there was such a being , remains but He must comfort himself with the thought that he and his descendants can never gain an inch , t between himself and the next higher form sh far greater than ...
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... individual has varied so as to possess gree to better escape its enemies or to resist unfavor- able conditions ... individuals ity possessing this qual- Now it has always been known that breeders could è a race of markedly peculiar form ...
... individual has varied so as to possess gree to better escape its enemies or to resist unfavor- able conditions ... individuals ity possessing this qual- Now it has always been known that breeders could è a race of markedly peculiar form ...
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... individuals with more poorly developed wings , would survive . There I would thus be a survival in every generation of a larger proportion of those having the poorest wings , and destruction of those whose wings were strong , or whose ...
... individuals with more poorly developed wings , would survive . There I would thus be a survival in every generation of a larger proportion of those having the poorest wings , and destruction of those whose wings were strong , or whose ...
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... individual . Furthermore , if we can dis- cover certain great movements or currents of human action or progress moving steadily on through past centuries , we have full confidence that these move- ments will continue in the future . The ...
... individual . Furthermore , if we can dis- cover certain great movements or currents of human action or progress moving steadily on through past centuries , we have full confidence that these move- ments will continue in the future . The ...
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... individuals or families from various periods of human history from the earliest times down to the present . I should try to tell you how they looked and lived . But if a should attempt to condense into three lectures such a history of ...
... individuals or families from various periods of human history from the earliest times down to the present . I should try to tell you how they looked and lived . But if a should attempt to condense into three lectures such a history of ...
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