Comparisons of Structure in Animals: The Hand and the Arm (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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In the fulfilment of our plan, we shall endea vour to avoid the use of technical terms, even at the expense Of precision of language; for, unless the reader be perfectly familiar with them, such terms tend to embarrass and per plex, perhaps even to deter him from pursuing a subject replete with instruction and well calculated to expand the intellect.

By way of introduction, it may be desirable to take a. Brief and general survey of the animal kingdom, in order that some idea may be entertained relative to its extent, and the vast multiplicity and diversity of beings which it comprehends - from man downwards to the microscopic animalcule.

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