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... environment , it becomes evident that anything like " fixity of species " is utterly out of the question . No such thing is possible or even C imaginable , when once the facts of the case have 1. E 17 DARWINISM VERIFIED . ]
... environment , it becomes evident that anything like " fixity of species " is utterly out of the question . No such thing is possible or even C imaginable , when once the facts of the case have 1. E 17 DARWINISM VERIFIED . ]
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... things may seem quiet and stable enough . But if we contemplate the succession of past events , as disclosed by the geologist , what mainly strikes our attention is the secular turmoil . Islands aggregating into continents ; continents ...
... things may seem quiet and stable enough . But if we contemplate the succession of past events , as disclosed by the geologist , what mainly strikes our attention is the secular turmoil . Islands aggregating into continents ; continents ...
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... things . He is characterised by a sort of cantankerousness which prompts him to put a controversial aspect on points which properly re- quire only a judicial estimate of the bearings of cir- cumstances . On the question as to just how ...
... things . He is characterised by a sort of cantankerousness which prompts him to put a controversial aspect on points which properly re- quire only a judicial estimate of the bearings of cir- cumstances . On the question as to just how ...
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... any one needs to know is that the faculty of speech implies , among other things , the presence of a brain , and whether this " faculty " is to be called " immaterial " or not is quite 40 [ III . DR . BATEMAN ON DARWINISM .
... any one needs to know is that the faculty of speech implies , among other things , the presence of a brain , and whether this " faculty " is to be called " immaterial " or not is quite 40 [ III . DR . BATEMAN ON DARWINISM .
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... blunders show ( among other things ) how diffi- cult metaphysical studies are , and indicate that a little more care expended upon analysis and definition would not be thrown away . It is true that 60 [ v . A CRUMB FOR THE.
... blunders show ( among other things ) how diffi- cult metaphysical studies are , and indicate that a little more care expended upon analysis and definition would not be thrown away . It is true that 60 [ v . A CRUMB FOR THE.
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