The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life, Volumen2AMS Press, 1972 |
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... oceanic islands are few in number compared with those on equal con- tinental areas : Alph . de Candolle admits this for plants , and Wollaston for insects . New Zealand , for instance , with its lofty mountains and diversified stations ...
... oceanic islands are few in number compared with those on equal con- tinental areas : Alph . de Candolle admits this for plants , and Wollaston for insects . New Zealand , for instance , with its lofty mountains and diversified stations ...
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... oceanic island , it is in some degree doubtful whether it should be so ranked ; it is of large size , and is not separated from Australia by a profoundly deep sea ; from its geological charac- ter and the direction of its mountain ...
... oceanic island , it is in some degree doubtful whether it should be so ranked ; it is of large size , and is not separated from Australia by a profoundly deep sea ; from its geological charac- ter and the direction of its mountain ...
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... oceanic islands . But why , on the theory of creation , they should not have been created there , it would be very difficult to explain . Mammals offer another and similar case . I have carefully searched the oldest voyages , and have ...
... oceanic islands . But why , on the theory of creation , they should not have been created there , it would be very difficult to explain . Mammals offer another and similar case . I have carefully searched the oldest voyages , and have ...
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CONTENTS OF VOL | 1 |
CHAPTER X | 48 |
CHAPTER XII | 129 |
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