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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generations, some bird had given birth to a woodpecker, and some plant to the
missletoe, and that these had been produced perfect as we now see them; but
this assumption seems to me to be no explanation, for it leaves the case of the ...
generations, some bird had given birth to a woodpecker, and some plant to the
missletoe, and that these had been produced perfect as we now see them; but
this assumption seems to me to be no explanation, for it leaves the case of the ...
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... system, when it does act under confinement, acting not quite regularly, and
producing offspring not perfectly like their parents. ... same cause which produces
sterility; and variability is the source of all the choicest productions of the garden.
... system, when it does act under confinement, acting not quite regularly, and
producing offspring not perfectly like their parents. ... same cause which produces
sterility; and variability is the source of all the choicest productions of the garden.
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To judge how much, in the case of any variation, we should attribute to the direct
action of heat, moisture, light, food, &c., is most difficult: my impression is, that
with animals such agencies have produced very little direct effect, though ...
To judge how much, in the case of any variation, we should attribute to the direct
action of heat, moisture, light, food, &c., is most difficult: my impression is, that
with animals such agencies have produced very little direct effect, though ...
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No breeder doubts how strong is the tendency to inheritance: like produces like is
his fundamental belief: doubts have been thrown On this principle by theoretical
writers alone. When any deviation of structure often appears, and we see it in ...
No breeder doubts how strong is the tendency to inheritance: like produces like is
his fundamental belief: doubts have been thrown On this principle by theoretical
writers alone. When any deviation of structure often appears, and we see it in ...
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... the bloodhound, the bull-dog, or Blenheim spaniel, &c.—so unlike all wild
Canidae —ever existed freely in a state of nature? It has often been loosely said
that all our races of dogs have - been produced by the crossing of a few
aboriginal.
... the bloodhound, the bull-dog, or Blenheim spaniel, &c.—so unlike all wild
Canidae —ever existed freely in a state of nature? It has often been loosely said
that all our races of dogs have - been produced by the crossing of a few
aboriginal.
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| 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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