This she reads to D, and D goes and writes it. Then the original story and D's version are compared; and, generally speaking, the difference of the two is a caution-- against oral tradition. When the steps of deviation are observed, it is quite a study.英文原著 · 《A Woman-Hater》
Is it possible that the significant deviations which we know as "individual variations" can form the beginning of a process of selection? Can they decide which is to perish and which to survive? To use a phrase of Romanes, can they have SELECTION-VALUE?英文原著 · 《Darwin and Modern Science》
The utility obviously lies in presenting to the bird the very familiar picture of a broken leaf with a clear shining slit, and we may conclude, from the imitation of such small details, that the birds are very sharp observers and that the smallest deviation from the usual arrests their attention and incites them to closer investigation. It is obvious that such detailed--we might almost say such subtle--deceptive resemblances could only have come about in the course of long ages through the acquirement from time to time of something new which heightened the already existing resemblance.英文原著 · 《Darwin and Modern Science》
They easily explain large deviations from an original type, without requiring the assumption of too many steps.英文原著 · 《Darwin and Modern Science》
Dangers of the elective system increase in proportion to the extent of the prerogative - This system possible in America because no powerful executive authority is required - What circumstances are favorable to the elective system - Why the election of the President does not cause a deviation from the principles of the Government - Influence of the election of the President on secondary functionaries.英文原著 · 《Democracy In America-1》
So based on the data given for this population, And using the standard deviation formula, What do you think this variable is?美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》
"Civil liability associated with agency is based on several factors--" "Including the deviation of the agent from his path, "the reasonable inference of agency on behalf of the plaintiff, and the nature of the damages themselves." How did you know that?美剧 · 《Suits》
I say active galactic nuclei at cosmological distances Show a part per million deviation.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》