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...been gradually modified. But it was equally evident that neither the action of the environment nor the will of the organisms, especially in the case of plants, could account for the innumerable and beautiful adaptations of organisms to their habits of life. Until these could be explained it seemed...

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...haunted me. But it was equally evident that neither the action of the surrounding conditions, nor the will of the organisms (especially in the case of plants]) could account for the innumerahle cases in which organisms of every kind are heautifully adapted to their hahits of life...

...of the surrounding conditions [for these did not differ materially from island to island], nor the will of the organisms (especially in the case of plants),...organisms of every kind are beautifully adapted to their habitats of life — for instance, a woodpecker or a tree-frog to climb trees, or a seed for dispersal...

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...autobiography: But it was equally evident that neither the action of the surrounding conditions, nor the will of the organisms (especially in the case of plants),...kind are beautifully adapted to their habits of life ... I had always been much struck by such adaptations, and until these could be explained it seemed...

...haunted me. But it was equally evident that neither the action of the surrounding conditions, nor the will of the organisms (especially in the case of plants),...their habits of life, — for instance a woodpecker or tree-frog to climb trees, or a seed for dispersal by hooks or plumes. I had always been much struck...

...haunted me. But it was equally evident that neither the action of the surrounding conditions, nor the will of the organisms (especially in the case of plants),...their habits of life, - for instance, a woodpecker or tree-frog to climb trees, or a seed for dispersal by hooks or plumes. I had always been much struck...

...haunted me. But it was equally evident that neither the action of the surrounding conditions, nor the will of the organisms (especially in the case of plants)...had always been much struck by such adaptations, and until these could be explained it seemed to me almost useless to endeavour to prove by indirect evidence...