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As often as not the real wonder is missed because sought from the wrong standpoint , the true character and ingenuity of animals being displayed not so much in their adaptability to human ways as in the exercise of faculties and senses ...
As often as not the real wonder is missed because sought from the wrong standpoint , the true character and ingenuity of animals being displayed not so much in their adaptability to human ways as in the exercise of faculties and senses ...
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mere sight of a human being inspires no terror , and in such a case it should not be difficult to get within gunshot range , as long as one steps lightly , for it is the vibration of a footstep that sends a rabbit scuttling into his ...
mere sight of a human being inspires no terror , and in such a case it should not be difficult to get within gunshot range , as long as one steps lightly , for it is the vibration of a footstep that sends a rabbit scuttling into his ...
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This should be taken to heart by bird - lovers , but rather , in my opinion , with a view to guarding the secret from human nest - robbers than for fear of betraying it to natural enemies . Personally , I would suggest that human super- ...
This should be taken to heart by bird - lovers , but rather , in my opinion , with a view to guarding the secret from human nest - robbers than for fear of betraying it to natural enemies . Personally , I would suggest that human super- ...
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Contents
ART CONTENTS No 497 JULY | 3 |
Men versus Machines in the United States | 4 |
New Materials for History | 5 |
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 252 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1929 |
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