A grand and almost untrodden field of inquiry will be opened, on the causes and laws of variation, on correlation of growth, on the effects of use and disuse, on the direct actions of external conditions, and so forth.
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- Author's profession: Scientist
- Nationality: english
- Born: February 12, 1809
- Died: April 19, 1882
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