fecundity

• His fecundity, his mastery of language, his comprehension of character are gifts and abilities that certain of his contemporaries have in equal, or in some particulars in larger measure. —  H. G. Wells
• According to estimates given by Emily G. Balch,[40] between four and six million persons of Slavic descent are now dwelling among us, and their fecundity is amazing. —  Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making
• The next letter relates to a question which Prof. Meldola raised as to whether, in view of the extreme importance of “divergence” (in the Darwinian sense) for the separation and maintenance of specific types, it might not be possible that sterility, when of advantage as a check to crossing, had in itself, as a physiological character, been brought about by Natural Selection, just as extreme fecundity had been brought about (by Natural Selection) in cases where such fecundity was of advantage. —  Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences
• The number of children by these marriages was 1437, -- more than five to a peer, -- more than 4.3 to a marriage, -- more, that is to say, than the average number in those counties of England in which, according to Mr Sadler's own statement, the fecundity is the greatest. —  Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2
• According to estimates given by Emily G. Balch, [40] between four and six million persons of Slavic descent are now dwelling among us, and their fecundity is amazing. —  Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making

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