As man, he argues, has by means of selection been able to produce in a brief space such astonishing varieties among his domestic animals and plants-as dogs, pigeons, roses or apples,-Nature, with the practically unlimited ages of geological time at her disposal, must be able to produce far greater and more enduring transformations, through the accumulation of minute differences, such as those upon which man has worked,-if only a factor can be found which amid the infinity of diverse and discordant variations spontaneously occurring, could, like the breeder or the gardener, pick out those leading to one particular result, and thus secure its accomplishment.
"The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer"
John Gerard
It was what the seafaring folk call a "weather-breeder," because such lovely days are always followed by storm.
"The Wreckers of Sable Island"
J. Macdonald Oxley
Woman is degraded into a breeder!
"Slavery and the Constitution"
William Ingersoll Bowditch