The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 42D. Appleton, 1893 - Science |
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Page 37
... says that they " remain unusu- ally long under their mother's protection , " and are probably not adult until ten or fifteen years old . The extreme divergence between the state in which the indi- vidual enters the world and the powers ...
... says that they " remain unusu- ally long under their mother's protection , " and are probably not adult until ten or fifteen years old . The extreme divergence between the state in which the indi- vidual enters the world and the powers ...
Page 38
... says Mr. Fiske , " that has made man what he is . " Pursuing our thought in another direction , we find that organ- isms entering life more nearly mature will be more like one an- other , will present fewer individual differences than ...
... says Mr. Fiske , " that has made man what he is . " Pursuing our thought in another direction , we find that organ- isms entering life more nearly mature will be more like one an- other , will present fewer individual differences than ...
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... says Sir John Lubbock , " like that of the child , is easily fatigued , and will then give random answers to spare himself the trouble of thought . " Mr. Galton says of the Damaras that they never generalize , and “ a Damara who knew ...
... says Sir John Lubbock , " like that of the child , is easily fatigued , and will then give random answers to spare himself the trouble of thought . " Mr. Galton says of the Damaras that they never generalize , and “ a Damara who knew ...
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says Sir John Lubbock , " but not so to children . I have myself heard a little girl say to her brother , ' If you eat so much goose you will be quite silly , ' and there are perhaps few children to whom the induction would not seem ...
says Sir John Lubbock , " but not so to children . I have myself heard a little girl say to her brother , ' If you eat so much goose you will be quite silly , ' and there are perhaps few children to whom the induction would not seem ...
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... say organic matter is not fabricated outside of the living being . The work of life can not be counterfeited . We can not artificially provoke the formation of a cell ; we can no more reproduce the materials of which it is made . The ...
... say organic matter is not fabricated outside of the living being . The work of life can not be counterfeited . We can not artificially provoke the formation of a cell ; we can no more reproduce the materials of which it is made . The ...
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