The North American Review, Volume 85University of Northern Iowa, 1857 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... organic being . But , in the first place , this fact is not so universal and absolute as might be supposed . De Candolle long since promulgated the doctrine that trees live indefinitely , and never die but from injury or disease . The ...
... organic being . But , in the first place , this fact is not so universal and absolute as might be supposed . De Candolle long since promulgated the doctrine that trees live indefinitely , and never die but from injury or disease . The ...
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... organic capital of our planet , as well as vast quantities of other elements derived from the earth and the waters , we may suppose the soil and atmosphere to have then represented a saturated solution of the elements of vegetable ...
... organic capital of our planet , as well as vast quantities of other elements derived from the earth and the waters , we may suppose the soil and atmosphere to have then represented a saturated solution of the elements of vegetable ...
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... organic form , extinct as well as living , have caused this famous and seductive hypothesis to be very generally re- jected as untenable . With all the difficulties , however , that stand in the way of our conceiving of the evolution of ...
... organic form , extinct as well as living , have caused this famous and seductive hypothesis to be very generally re- jected as untenable . With all the difficulties , however , that stand in the way of our conceiving of the evolution of ...
Contents
MECHANISM OF VITAL ACTIONS | 39 |
PRESENT GEOGRAPHY OF PALESTINE | 78 |
GREEK PROVERBS | 168 |
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