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... living young from those that lay eggs . But though a system of Nature was not familiar even to their great philosopher , and Aristotle had not arrived at the idea of a classification on general principles , he yet stimulated a search ...
... living young from those that lay eggs . But though a system of Nature was not familiar even to their great philosopher , and Aristotle had not arrived at the idea of a classification on general principles , he yet stimulated a search ...
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... hair , that bring forth living young and nurse them with milk . In thus admitting external features as class char- acters , he excluded many animals which by their mode of reproduction , as well as by their res- IN NATURAL HISTORY . 5.
... hair , that bring forth living young and nurse them with milk . In thus admitting external features as class char- acters , he excluded many animals which by their mode of reproduction , as well as by their res- IN NATURAL HISTORY . 5.
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... living young , nurse them with milk , are warm- blooded and air - breathing . As more was learned of these animals , there arose serious discussion and criticism among contemporary naturalists respecting the classification of Linnæus ...
... living young , nurse them with milk , are warm- blooded and air - breathing . As more was learned of these animals , there arose serious discussion and criticism among contemporary naturalists respecting the classification of Linnæus ...
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... and find that the first are carnivorous , that they seize and tear their prey , while the others are herbivorous or grazing animals , living only on vegetable substances , which they chew and grind . We AND CLASSIFICATION . 176 21.
... and find that the first are carnivorous , that they seize and tear their prey , while the others are herbivorous or grazing animals , living only on vegetable substances , which they chew and grind . We AND CLASSIFICATION . 176 21.
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... living sphere has unequal poles as well as unequal meridians , however much it may resemble a perfectly spheroidal body , and the whole organization is arranged , not neces- sarily around a centre , but always around a vertical axis ...
... living sphere has unequal poles as well as unequal meridians , however much it may resemble a perfectly spheroidal body , and the whole organization is arranged , not neces- sarily around a centre , but always around a vertical axis ...
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Page 166 - But these also have their bounds within the sea: they in their turn reach the limit beyond which they are forbidden by the laws of their nature to pass, and there they also pause. But the Coral wall continues its steady progress ; for here the lighter kinds set in, — the Madrepores (p. 167), the Millepores, and a great variety of Sea-Fans (p. 167, below) and Corallines, and the reef is crowned at last with a many-colored shrubbery of low feathery growth.
Page 122 - ... cat as its stately and majestic form does to the smaller, softer, more peaceful aspect of the cat. Yet notwithstanding the difference in their size, who can look at the lion, whether in his more sleepy mood, as he lies curled up in the corner of his cage, or in his fiercer moments of hunger or of rage, without being reminded of a cat ? And this is not merely the resemblance of one carnivorous animal to another; for no one was ever reminded of a dog or wolf by a lion. Again, all the horses and...