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... possessed extraordinary powers of propagation . Anne de Montmorency ( who when over seventy - five years of age was still able , at the battle of St. Denis , to break with his sword the teeth of the Scotch soldier who gave him his death ...
... possessed extraordinary powers of propagation . Anne de Montmorency ( who when over seventy - five years of age was still able , at the battle of St. Denis , to break with his sword the teeth of the Scotch soldier who gave him his death ...
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... possessed of exquisite dexterity and grace of movement . Heredity has oftentimes transmitted a talent for dancing , of which the celebrated Vestris family is an example . It is the same with regard to the voice . Every animal possesses ...
... possessed of exquisite dexterity and grace of movement . Heredity has oftentimes transmitted a talent for dancing , of which the celebrated Vestris family is an example . It is the same with regard to the voice . Every animal possesses ...
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... possessed not only of instinct but also of intelligence , nothing is more common than tỏ see mental dispositions , which have evidently been acquired , so fixed by heredity that they are confounded with instinct , so spon- taneous and ...
... possessed not only of instinct but also of intelligence , nothing is more common than tỏ see mental dispositions , which have evidently been acquired , so fixed by heredity that they are confounded with instinct , so spon- taneous and ...
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... possessed by the melipona , and in themselves not very wonderful , this bee would make a structure as wonderfully perfect as that of the hive - bee . ' 6 Since natural selection acts only by accumulating slight varia- tions of ...
... possessed by the melipona , and in themselves not very wonderful , this bee would make a structure as wonderfully perfect as that of the hive - bee . ' 6 Since natural selection acts only by accumulating slight varia- tions of ...
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... possessed of a structure of their own , and of peculiar instincts , still , being sterile , cannot propagate their kind . The formation of the wonderful instinct of working ants cannot , on this hypothesis , be explained , for among ...
... possessed of a structure of their own , and of peculiar instincts , still , being sterile , cannot propagate their kind . The formation of the wonderful instinct of working ants cannot , on this hypothesis , be explained , for among ...
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