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Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Wonders of Instinct, chapter1 “The Harmas”; translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos; Read opening autobiographical account of acquiring a field laboratory and preceding losses; title explicitly assigns chapter1 translation to Teixeira de Mattos.1918 publication corroborated by Smithsonian BHL
- The Wonders of Instinct, chapter1 “The Harmas”; translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
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