The Writings of John Burroughs: Leaf & tendrillHoughton, Mifflin, & Company, 1908 |
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... result of natural selection as any part of its structure - natural selection picking out and pre- serving those tints that were the most useful in concealing the animal from its enemies or from its prey . If in this world no animal had ...
... result of natural selection as any part of its structure - natural selection picking out and pre- serving those tints that were the most useful in concealing the animal from its enemies or from its prey . If in this world no animal had ...
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... result of the same adaptive and selective process , as their varied structures , which Darwin and Wallace teach , then it would seem to follow that those of the same habits and of the same or similar habitat would be similar or ...
... result of the same adaptive and selective process , as their varied structures , which Darwin and Wallace teach , then it would seem to follow that those of the same habits and of the same or similar habitat would be similar or ...
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... result of caprice , as are any of the extreme fashions in dress among human beings . Our red - shouldered starlings flock in the fall , and they are not protectively colored , but the bobolinks , which also flock at the same time , do ...
... result of caprice , as are any of the extreme fashions in dress among human beings . Our red - shouldered starlings flock in the fall , and they are not protectively colored , but the bobolinks , which also flock at the same time , do ...
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... result of certain fixed principles . It applies to in- animate objects also . The apples on the tree and the melons in the garden are protectively shaded in the same way ; they are all lighter beneath and deeper - colored above . The ...
... result of certain fixed principles . It applies to in- animate objects also . The apples on the tree and the melons in the garden are protectively shaded in the same way ; they are all lighter beneath and deeper - colored above . The ...
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... result of laws working to that end . III " The danger of the mother bird during incuba- tion " is a phrase often used by Darwin and by more recent writers . This danger is the chief reason as- signed for the more obscure coloring of the ...
... result of laws working to that end . III " The danger of the mother bird during incuba- tion " is a phrase often used by Darwin and by more recent writers . This danger is the chief reason as- signed for the more obscure coloring of the ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
animal apes beak beautiful bees birds birds of prey blue bluebird bobolinks brown cliff swallows comparative psychologists coon cosmic course crested flycatcher crow crow tribe danger Darwin doubt doubtless earth emotion enemies evil fact feeling feet female field forces gay plumes grass ground hand hawk hear hole human impulse insects instinct intelligence kind less lichens live look lower animals male man's mate matter mind moral natural history nature fakers nest neutral never nuthatch orchard oriole oriole plant play prey probably protectively colored reason red squirrel result robin rocks roots scarlet tanager seems seen sense skunk soil song song sparrow sparrow species spirit spring squirrel things thought thrush tints tion traits tree truth universe walk wings wood thrush woods young zeep
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 283 - But their way Lies through the perplexed paths of this drear wood, The nodding horror of whose shady brows Threats the forlorn and wandering passenger...
Seite 215 - I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the beginning and the end, But I do not talk of the beginning or the end. There was never any more inception than there is now...
Seite 224 - Before I was born out of my mother generations guided me, My embryo has never been torpid, nothing could overlay it. For it the nebula cohered to an orb, The long slow strata piled to rest it on, Vast vegetables gave it sustenance, Monstrous sauroids transported it in their mouths and deposited it with care. \ All forces have been steadily employ'd to complete and delight me, Now on this spot I stand with my robust soul.
Seite 224 - Immense have been the preparations for me, Faithful and friendly the arms that have help'd me. Cycles ferried my cradle, rowing and rowing like cheerful boatmen, For room to me stars kept aside in their own rings, They sent influences to look after what was to hold me. Before I was born out of my mother generations guided me, My embryo has never been torpid, nothing could overlay it. For it the nebula cohered to an orb, The long slow strata piled to rest it on, Vast vegetables gave it sustenance,...
Seite 252 - Now understand me well — it is provided in the essence of things that from any fruition of success, no matter what, shall come forth something to make a greater struggle necessary.
Seite 267 - I lie abstracted and hear beautiful tales of things and the reasons of things, They are so beautiful I nudge myself to listen.
Seite 224 - I mount and mount. Rise after rise bow the phantoms behind me, Afar down I see the huge first Nothing, I know I was even there, I waited unseen and always, and slept through the lethargic mist, And took my time, and took no hurt from the fetid carbon.
Seite 226 - His benediction (v. 20-23). 6. Pursuing this regular progression from the lower to the higher, from the simple to the complex, the text now gives us the work of the sixth " day," which supplies the land-population, air and water having been already supplied (pp.
Seite 265 - ... to be in direct and personal contact with the sources of your material life; to want no extras, no shields; to find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter; to...
Seite 23 - You must have the bird in your heart before you can find it in the bush. The eye must have purpose and aim. No one ever yet found the walking fern who did not have the walking fern in his mind.