Collected Works of Charles Kingsley: Scientific lectures and essaysMacmillan and Company, 1893 |
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... selected from the sciences of physics and chemistry : but those mentioned will suffice . There is not a force of Nature , nor scarcely a material substance that we employ , which has not been the subject of several , and in some cases ...
... selected from the sciences of physics and chemistry : but those mentioned will suffice . There is not a force of Nature , nor scarcely a material substance that we employ , which has not been the subject of several , and in some cases ...
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... selected spot . I can , I say , only give hints : but they will suffice , I hope , to show the path of thought into which I want young naturalists to turn their minds . Or , again , you will have to inquire whether the species has not ...
... selected spot . I can , I say , only give hints : but they will suffice , I hope , to show the path of thought into which I want young naturalists to turn their minds . Or , again , you will have to inquire whether the species has not ...
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... selection , and so forth , interferes with the old theory of design , contrivance , and adaptation , nay , with the fullest admission of benevolent final causes - I entreat you , I say , to study Darwin's " Fertilisation of Orchids " -a ...
... selection , and so forth , interferes with the old theory of design , contrivance , and adaptation , nay , with the fullest admission of benevolent final causes - I entreat you , I say , to study Darwin's " Fertilisation of Orchids " -a ...
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... selection is daily and hourly scrutinising throughout the world , every variation , even the slightest ; reject- ing that which is bad , preserving and adding up that which is good , silently and incessantly working when- ever and ...
... selection is daily and hourly scrutinising throughout the world , every variation , even the slightest ; reject- ing that which is bad , preserving and adding up that which is good , silently and incessantly working when- ever and ...
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... SELECTION . Gl . 8vo . 55 . ORR ( H. B . ) .- DEVELOPMEnt and HERE . DITY . Cr . 8vo . 6s . net . OSBORN ( H. F ... Selected by C. S. SARGENT . 2 vols . 8vo . 218 . HANBURY ( Daniel ) . SCIENCE PAPERS , CHIEFLY PHARMACOLOGICAL AND ...
... SELECTION . Gl . 8vo . 55 . ORR ( H. B . ) .- DEVELOPMEnt and HERE . DITY . Cr . 8vo . 6s . net . OSBORN ( H. F ... Selected by C. S. SARGENT . 2 vols . 8vo . 218 . HANBURY ( Daniel ) . SCIENCE PAPERS , CHIEFLY PHARMACOLOGICAL AND ...
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