Plate I.—Illustrating the results of Artificial Selection. Within historic times the small Wild Rock Pigeon has been evolved into the large Pouter. The figure illustrates the plasticity of a living organism.

A FIRST BOOK
IN
ORGANIC EVOLUTION

BY
D. KERFOOT SHUTE, A.B., M.D.
OPHTHALMIC SURGEON TO THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (COLUMBIAN)
PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY IN THE COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY

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1899

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DR. THEODORE GILL,
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ACTS OF COURTESY AND
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A FIRST BOOKINORGANIC EVOLUTION

A FIRST BOOK
IN
ORGANIC EVOLUTION