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... victory . One could count on one's fingers the number of eminent naturalists who still decline to adopt it , and the hesitancy of these appears to be determined in the main by theological or meta- 2 [ I. DARWINISM VERIFIED .
... victory . One could count on one's fingers the number of eminent naturalists who still decline to adopt it , and the hesitancy of these appears to be determined in the main by theological or meta- 2 [ I. DARWINISM VERIFIED .
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... appears to be substituted for the direct action of the Deity . This has , indeed , been a very common objection to theories which enlarge and define what is called the action of secondary causes , but it has been peculiarly unfortu ...
... appears to be substituted for the direct action of the Deity . This has , indeed , been a very common objection to theories which enlarge and define what is called the action of secondary causes , but it has been peculiarly unfortu ...
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... appears so constant , when viewed through a short period of time and amid un- changing conditions , should after all be variable . Unable to imagine any probable cause or method of variation by which the descendants of a common feline ...
... appears so constant , when viewed through a short period of time and amid un- changing conditions , should after all be variable . Unable to imagine any probable cause or method of variation by which the descendants of a common feline ...
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... appears to be totally inexplicable . Precisely similar testimony as to gradual diver- gence is found in the facts of embryology and mor- phology . It is a familiar fact that the germs of all organisms are like each other , and are ...
... appears to be totally inexplicable . Precisely similar testimony as to gradual diver- gence is found in the facts of embryology and mor- phology . It is a familiar fact that the germs of all organisms are like each other , and are ...
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... appears to be the horse's fore - knee is really his wrist , and what in the hind - limb looks like a reversed knee is really his heel , while the lower halves of the legs are really feet terminating in the middle toe armed with its nail ...
... appears to be the horse's fore - knee is really his wrist , and what in the hind - limb looks like a reversed knee is really his heel , while the lower halves of the legs are really feet terminating in the middle toe armed with its nail ...
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