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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Page 8
This is generally attributed to vitiated instincts; but how many cultivated plants
display the utmost vigour, and yet rarely or never seed! In some few such cases it
has been discovered that very trifling changes, such as a little more or less water
...
This is generally attributed to vitiated instincts; but how many cultivated plants
display the utmost vigour, and yet rarely or never seed! In some few such cases it
has been discovered that very trifling changes, such as a little more or less water
...
Page 28
Pigeons were much valued by Akber Khan in India, about the year 1600; never
less than 20,000 pigeons were taken with the court. “The monarchs of Iran and
Turan sent him some very rare birds;” and, continues the courtly historian, “His ...
Pigeons were much valued by Akber Khan in India, about the year 1600; never
less than 20,000 pigeons were taken with the court. “The monarchs of Iran and
Turan sent him some very rare birds;” and, continues the courtly historian, “His ...
Page 29
I have never met a pigeon, or poultry, or duck, or rabbit fancier, who was not fully
convinced that each main breed was descended from a distinct species. Van
Mons, in his treatise on pears and apples, shows how utterly he disbelieves that
the ...
I have never met a pigeon, or poultry, or duck, or rabbit fancier, who was not fully
convinced that each main breed was descended from a distinct species. Van
Mons, in his treatise on pears and apples, shows how utterly he disbelieves that
the ...
Page 30
... dogs, each good for man in very different ways; when we compare the game-
cock, so pertinacious in battle, with other breeds so little quarrelsome, with “
everlasting layers” which never desire to sit, and with the bantam so small and
elegant; ...
... dogs, each good for man in very different ways; when we compare the game-
cock, so pertinacious in battle, with other breeds so little quarrelsome, with “
everlasting layers” which never desire to sit, and with the bantam so small and
elegant; ...
Page 33
... of gooseberries differ in size, colour, shape, and hairiness, and yet the flowers
present very slight differences. It is not that the varieties which differ largely in
some one point do not differ at all in other points; this is hardly ever, perhaps
never, ...
... of gooseberries differ in size, colour, shape, and hairiness, and yet the flowers
present very slight differences. It is not that the varieties which differ largely in
some one point do not differ at all in other points; this is hardly ever, perhaps
never, ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life |
| Author | Charles Darwin |
| Edition | 5 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1860 |
| Length | 502 pages |
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