The Life and Letters of George John Romanes ...Longmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 391 pages |
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... become progressively reduced by inter - crossing , and this down to whatever extent economy of growth remains operative in placing a premium on variations below the average at any given stage in the history 56 1876- GEORGE JOHN ROMANES.
... become progressively reduced by inter - crossing , and this down to whatever extent economy of growth remains operative in placing a premium on variations below the average at any given stage in the history 56 1876- GEORGE JOHN ROMANES.
Page 57
... history of reduction . I think I thoroughly well know your views about natural selection . In writing the manuscript note , so far as I remember , I had in view the possibility which Huxley somewhere advocates , that nature may ...
... history of reduction . I think I thoroughly well know your views about natural selection . In writing the manuscript note , so far as I remember , I had in view the possibility which Huxley somewhere advocates , that nature may ...
Page 84
... ours , and made this revelation in part through an historical process and in the literature of a nation , has yet , and for obvious reasons , given us no revelation at all on matters which fall within the 84 1878 GEORGE JOHN ROMANES.
... ours , and made this revelation in part through an historical process and in the literature of a nation , has yet , and for obvious reasons , given us no revelation at all on matters which fall within the 84 1878 GEORGE JOHN ROMANES.
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... historical criticism . There , again , it has become apparent that . whatever turns out true about this or that Old Testament narrative , no question really vital to the Christian religion can be said to be at stake in this field ...
... historical criticism . There , again , it has become apparent that . whatever turns out true about this or that Old Testament narrative , no question really vital to the Christian religion can be said to be at stake in this field ...
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... time to look at , but which I see in Table of Contents includes full history of subject and much else besides . It will aid you far better than I can ; for I have now been so long attending 1881 105 AUTHORITIES ON HYBRIDISM.
... time to look at , but which I see in Table of Contents includes full history of subject and much else besides . It will aid you far better than I can ; for I have now been so long attending 1881 105 AUTHORITIES ON HYBRIDISM.
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