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" ... that allied species were descended from a common ancestor. But during several years I could not conceive how each form could have been modified so as to become admirably adapted to its place in nature. I began therefore to study domesticated animals... "
The Relations of Science and Religion: The Morse Lecture, 1880, Connected ... - Page 140
by Henry Calderwood - 1881 - 323 pages
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The Agnostic: A Monthly Journal of Liberal Thought, Volume 1

Agnosticism - 1885 - 612 pages
...published in 1876, he gives further details, and makes an interesting reference to the famous Malthus:— " Having reflected much on the foregoing facts, it seemed...relations to the surrounding conditions, I was able to realise the struggle for existence to which all organisms are subjected; and my geological observations...
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Charles Darwin

Grant Allen - Biography & Autobiography - 1885 - 238 pages
...History of Creation.' ' It seemed to me probable,' says Darwin, speaking of his own early development, ' that allied species were descended from a common ancestor....relations to the surrounding conditions, I was able to realise the severe struggle for existence to which all organisms are subjected ; and my geological...
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Charles Darwin

Grant Allen - Biography & Autobiography - 1885 - 226 pages
...early development, ' that allied species were descended from a common ancestor. But during several _ years I could not conceive how each form could have...relations to the surrounding conditions, I was able to realise the severe struggle for existence to which all organisms are subjected ; an.d my geological...
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Life of Charles Darwin, Volume 1

George Thomas Bettany - Evolution - 1887 - 232 pages
...personal account of his experiments on hybrids. It .was Herbert who, as early as 1822, in the fourth that man's power of selecting and breeding from certain...relations to the surrounding conditions, I was able to realise the severe struggle for existence to which all organisms are subjected ; and my geological...
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Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, Volumes 20-21

Kansas Academy of Science - Electronic journals - 1906 - 918 pages
...so admirably adapted to its place in nature. I began, therefore, to study domesticated animals and plants, and after a time perceived that man's power...attended to the habits of animals and their relations to surrounding conditions, I was able to realize the severe struggle for existence to which all organisms...
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1825-1854

Charles Wells Moulton - American literature - 1910 - 850 pages
...step in the advance to truth. — ALISON, SIR ARCHIBALD, 1853-59, History of Europe, 1815-52, ch. v. It seemed to me probable that allied species were...relations to the surrounding conditions, I was able to realise the severe struggle for existence to which all organisms are subjected ; and my geological...
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