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... animal its bones in the stratum ; the fern and leaf inscribe their modest epitaphs on the coal , and the falling drop sculptures its story on the sand and on the stone ; " yet it must not be imagined that the revelations of that history ...
... animal its bones in the stratum ; the fern and leaf inscribe their modest epitaphs on the coal , and the falling drop sculptures its story on the sand and on the stone ; " yet it must not be imagined that the revelations of that history ...
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... animals that inhabit recent shells , or of the physi- ology of living plants , and , as a natural consequence , I became confused with terms and definitions of which I knew nothing , and , like the youth who is crammed with Virgil ...
... animals that inhabit recent shells , or of the physi- ology of living plants , and , as a natural consequence , I became confused with terms and definitions of which I knew nothing , and , like the youth who is crammed with Virgil ...
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... animal kingdom reveals a wondrous unity of plan and of structure ; and , not- withstanding the vast numbers of animals that now exist on this planet , we learn that all have been con- structed upon a few original types . PRIMARY ...
... animal kingdom reveals a wondrous unity of plan and of structure ; and , not- withstanding the vast numbers of animals that now exist on this planet , we learn that all have been con- structed upon a few original types . PRIMARY ...
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William Samuel Symonds. characters , but without the distinctive superadditions of true plants or animals . " * Sponges , foraminifera , and infusorial animalcules are included in this sub- kingdom . These plans of animal architecture ...
William Samuel Symonds. characters , but without the distinctive superadditions of true plants or animals . " * Sponges , foraminifera , and infusorial animalcules are included in this sub- kingdom . These plans of animal architecture ...
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... SKELETON . THE GALEOPITHECUS . SKULL OF A MACACUS SKELETON OF GORILLA TEETH OF AN HERBIVORE CARNIVOROUS TEETH . SKELETON OF MAN 远 HUMAN TEETH SKULL OF A BEAR 8 CHAPTER I. CLASS I. - MAMMALIA . Animals that suckle. PLATE 1 .
... SKELETON . THE GALEOPITHECUS . SKULL OF A MACACUS SKELETON OF GORILLA TEETH OF AN HERBIVORE CARNIVOROUS TEETH . SKELETON OF MAN 远 HUMAN TEETH SKULL OF A BEAR 8 CHAPTER I. CLASS I. - MAMMALIA . Animals that suckle. PLATE 1 .
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