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" I may be allowed to personify the natural preservation or survival of the fittest, cares nothing for appearances, except in so far as they are useful to any being. She can act on every internal organ, on every shade of constitutional difference, on the... "
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation ... - Page 79
by Charles Darwin - 1864 - 440 pages
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Men and Women

James Platt - Men - 1890 - 220 pages
...preservation or survival of the fittest ; and contrasts man's actions and motives with those of Nature's. " Man selects only for his own good ; Nature only for...Every selected character is fully exercised by her, as is implied by the fact of their selection. Man keeps the natives of many climates in the same country...
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Evolution in Religion

William Ward McLane - Evolution - 1892 - 280 pages
...preservation of such variations as arise and are beneficial to the being under its conditions of life." 1 " Man selects only for his own good, Nature only for that of the being which she tends." " Sexual selection acts in a less rigorous manner than natural selection." Under the action of sexual...
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The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or, The ..., Volume 1

Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1896 - 406 pages
...survival of the fittest, cares nothing for appearances, except in so far as they are useful to any being. She can act on every internal organ, on every shade...Every selected character is fully exercised by her, as is implied by the fact of their selection. Man keeps the natives of many climates in the same country...
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Charles Darwin's Works: The origin of species by means of natural selection ...

Charles Darwin - Science - 1896 - 408 pages
...survival of the fittest, cares nothing for appearances, except in so far as they are useful to any being. She can act on every internal organ, on every shade...Every selected character is fully exercised by her, as is implied by the fact of their selection. Man keeps the natives of many climates in the same country...
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Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern

Charles Dudley Warner - Anthologies - 1897 - 492 pages
...survival of the fittest, cares nothing for appearances, except in so far as they are useful to any being. She can act on every internal organ, on every shade...Every selected character is fully exercised by her, as is implied by the fact of their selection. Man keeps the natives of many climates in the same country:...
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INTELLIGENCE IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS

THOMAS G GENTRY - 1900 - 566 pages
...characters, but nature cares nothing for appearances, except in so far as they are beneficial to any being. She can act on every internal organ, on every shade of constitutional difference and, in fine, on the entire machinery of life. Man selects exclusively for his own advantage, but nature...
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Intelligence in Plants and Animals: Being a New Edition of the Author's ...

Thomas George Gentry - Animal behavior - 1900 - 532 pages
...characters, but nature cares nothing for appearances, except in so far as they are beneficial to any being. She can act on every internal organ, on every shade of constitutional difference and, in fine, on the entire machinery of life. Man selects exclusively for his own advantage, but nature...
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Selections from "The Origin of Species", "The Descent of Man", "The ...

Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1902 - 238 pages
...survival of the fittest, cares nothing for appearances, except in so far as they are useful to any being. She can act on every internal organ, on every shade...Every selected character is fully exercised by her, as is implied by the fact of their selection. Man keeps the natives of many climates in the same country;...
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An Easy Outline of Evolution

Dennis Hird - Evolution - 1903 - 256 pages
..." (P- 63)" Nature cares nothing for appearances, except in so far as they are useful to any being. She can act on every internal organ, on every shade...Nature only for that of the being which she tends." " Under nature, the slightest differences of structure or constitution may well turn the nicely-balanced...
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More Letters of Charles Darwin: A Record of His Work in a Series ..., Volume 1

Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1903 - 544 pages
...misunderstood, and apparently always will be. Referring to your book, I find such expressions as " Man selects only for his own good ; Nature only for that of the being which she tends." This, it seems, will always be misunderstood ; but if you had said " Man selects only for his own good...
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