On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for LifeThis is the 'second edition' of Darwin's Origin of Species. |
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... doubt errors will have crept in , though I hope I have always been cautious in trusting to good authorities alone . I can here give only the general conclusions at which I have arrived , with a few facts in illustration , but which , I ...
... doubt errors will have crept in , though I hope I have always been cautious in trusting to good authorities alone . I can here give only the general conclusions at which I have arrived , with a few facts in illustration , but which , I ...
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... doubt , after the most de- liberate study and dispassionate judgment of which I am capable , that the view which most naturalists enter- tain , and which I formerly entertained - namely , that each species has been independently created ...
... doubt , after the most de- liberate study and dispassionate judgment of which I am capable , that the view which most naturalists enter- tain , and which I formerly entertained - namely , that each species has been independently created ...
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... doubt could not so perpetu- ally recur . It has often been stated that domestic races do not differ from each other in characters of generic value . I think it could be shown that this statement is hardly correct ; but naturalists ...
... doubt could not so perpetu- ally recur . It has often been stated that domestic races do not differ from each other in characters of generic value . I think it could be shown that this statement is hardly correct ; but naturalists ...
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... doubt about the immutability of the many very closely allied natural species - for in- stance , of the many foxes - inhabiting different quarters of the world . I do not believe , as we shall presently see , that the whole amount of ...
... doubt about the immutability of the many very closely allied natural species - for in- stance , of the many foxes - inhabiting different quarters of the world . I do not believe , as we shall presently see , that the whole amount of ...
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... doubt that they have all descended from the common wild duck and rabbit . The doctrine of the origin of our several domestic races from several aboriginal stocks , has been carried to an absurd extreme by some authors . They believe ...
... doubt that they have all descended from the common wild duck and rabbit . The doctrine of the origin of our several domestic races from several aboriginal stocks , has been carried to an absurd extreme by some authors . They believe ...
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accumulated adapted affinities allied species America amount analogous ancient animals appear become bees believe birds breeds cause cells characters cirripedes climate closely allied colour common parent continuous crossed crustaceans degree difficulty distinct species divergence domestic doubt embryo Europe existing exterminated extinct extremely facts favourable Fcap fertility flowers formations forms fossil Gärtner genera genus geological geological period Glacial period gradations greater number groups of species habits Hence hermaphrodites hybrids hybrids produced important individuals inhabitants inherited insects instance instincts intercrossing intermediate land larvæ less living male mammals manner Marsupials migration modification modified descendants natural selection naturalists nearly nest oceanic islands offspring organisation perfect pigeons plants pollen present probably produced progenitor racters ranked reciprocal crosses remarked resemble rock-pigeon rudimentary organs seeds sexual selection Silurian slight South America sterility structure struggle successive supposed tend theory tion variability variations varieties vary whole widely