248THE NORMAL ADVANCEture that the smaller the chance of reachingmaturity the greater is the number of youngproduced. We see this same fact ...
the color is grayish with small dark-coloredspots. The little toads are very sensitive toheat and secrete themselves under stones, leavesand rubbish...
but let a showercome up and they appear in great numbers.Their sudden appearance after a shower hasgiven rise to the widely credited belief&...
but conclusive evidence ofsuch stories has never been produced.The toad has a well developed sense of locality, and uses the same place of...
but there is not positive proofthat it was the same toad.The toad may be considered as a nocturnalanimal, although it is frequently seen...
only living and movingthings are devoured. The toads tongue is attached in front and free behind, and is coatedwith a sticky secretion so...
when the supply isplentiful it spends the time alternately feedingand resting. In one night it consumes foodequal to four times the capacity ...
THE NORMAL ADVANCE.43mands that they be not less strict but more just.An easier world would be one in which idleness,vice, and inefficiency ...
andvirtue, energy and efficiency correspondinglyworse. A more just world would see that each ofthese characteristics received their proper reward.Our colle...
but inwhatever station of life these incapables arefound, they must be borne by those who are capable or else they perish the victims o...
but themajority of these have never been, could never beanything else than what they are. They are incapable and are probably the descendant...
butat a certain period, it attaches itself to anothercrab, sends arms into the tissues of its host, soonloses head and legs, and degenerates...