TODA • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Toda

... some light on this subject from the breeding of dogs; inasmuch as in most breeds, with the exception, perhaps, of greyhounds, many more female puppies are destroyed than males, just as with the Toda infants. Mr. Cupples assures me that this is usual with Scotch deer- hounds. Unfortunately, I know nothing of the proportion of the sexes in any breed, excepting greyhounds, and there the male births are to the females as 110.1 to 100. Now ...

— The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex • Charles Darwin

... sepulcro Donde a ti te han de enterrar, Para tenerte en mis brazos Por toda la eternidad." ("Would I were the grave, where thou art to be buried, that I might hold thee in ...

— Jean-Christophe Journey's End • Romain Rolland