We can
understand understand 1866 1869 |
to a certain extent understand 1872 |
how it is that
such harmonious beauty generally prevails such harmonious beauty generally prevails 1866 1869 |
there is so much beauty 1872 |
throughout
nature. nature. 1866 1869 |
nature: for this may be largely attributed to the agency of selection. 1872 |
That
there are exceptions there are exceptions 1866 1869 |
beauty, 1872 |
according to our
ideas ideas 1866 1869 | sense 1872 |
of
beauty, no one will doubt beauty, no one will doubt 1866 1869 |
it, is not universal, must be admitted by every one 1872 |
who will look at some
of the of the 1866 1869 | of the 1872 |
venomous snakes, at some
fish, fish, 1866 1869 | fishes, 1872 |
and at certain hideous bats with a distorted resemblance to the human face. Sexual selection has
given given 1869 1872 | given, 1866 |
the most brilliant colours and other ornaments to the males, but sometimes to both sexes the most brilliant colours and other ornaments to the males, but sometimes to both sexes 1869 |
generally to the males alone but sometimes to both sexes, 1866 |
OMIT 1872 |
of many of many 1869 |
the most brilliant and beautiful colours, as well as other ornaments, to our 1866 |
the most brilliant colours, elegant patterns, and other ornaments to the males, and sometimes to both sexes of many 1872 |
birds, butterflies, and
a few a few 1866 1869 | a few 1872 |
other animals.
With birds it has often With birds it has often 1869 1872 |
It has 1866 |
rendered the
voice voice 1869 1872 | voices 1866 |
of
the
male
....... 1869 1872 | birds 1866 |
musical to
the
female, female, 1869 1872 | females, 1866 |
as well as to our ears. Flowers and fruit have been rendered conspicuous by
gaudy gaudy 1866 1869 | brilliant 1872 |
colours in contrast with the green foliage, in order that the flowers
might
be easily seen, visited, and fertilised by insects, and the
...OMIT 1869 1872 |
fruit have their 1866 |
seeds disseminated by birds. ↑1 blocks not present in 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869; present in 1872 | How it comes that certain colours, sounds, and forms should give pleasure to man and the lower animals,— that is, how the sense of beauty in its simplest form was first acquired,— we do not know any more than how certain odours and flavours were first rendered agreeable.
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Lastly,
some living objects have become beautiful through mere symmetry of growth. |
As natural selection acts by competition, it
renders renders 1869 | adapts 1859 1860 1861 1866 1872 |
the the 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869 |
and improves the 1872 |
inhabitants of each country
perfect only perfect only 1869 | only 1859 1860 1861 1866 1872 |
in relation to
the other inhabitants; the other inhabitants; 1869 |
the degree of perfection of their associates; 1859 1860 1861 1866 |
their co-inhabitants; 1872 |
so that we need feel no surprise at the
species species 1869 1872 | inhabitants 1859 1860 1861 1866 |
of any one country, although on the ordinary view supposed to have been
created and specially created and specially 1869 1872 |
specially created and 1859 1860 1861 1866 |
adapted for that country, being beaten and supplanted by the naturalised productions from another land.
Nor Nor 1859 1860 1866 1869 1872 | or 1861 |
ought we to marvel if all the contrivances in nature be not, as far as we can judge, absolutely
perfect; perfect; 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869 | perfect, 1872 |
and if some and if some 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869 |
as in the case even 1872 |
of
them them 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869 | the 1872 |
be be 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869 |
human eye; or if some of them be 1872 |
abhorrent to our ideas of fitness. We need not marvel at the sting of the
bee bee 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869 | bee, 1872 |
when used against an enemy often causing when used against an enemy often causing 1869 |
causing 1859 1860 1861 1866 |
when used against an enemy, causing 1872 |
the
bees bees 1860 1869 | bee's 1859 1861 1866 1872 |
own death; at drones being produced in such
great great 1869 1872 | vast 1859 1860 1861 1866 |
numbers for one single act,
and being then and being then 1859 1869 1872 |
with the great majority 1860 1861 1866 |
slaughtered by their sterile sisters; at the astonishing waste of pollen by our fir-trees; at the instinctive hatred of the
queen bee queen bee 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869 | queen-bee 1872 |
for her own fertile
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