On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life"...All the foregoing rules and aids and difficulties in classification are explained, if I do not greatly deceive myself, on the view that the natural system is founded on descent with modification; that the characters which naturalists consider as showing true affinity between any two or more species, are those which have been inherited from a common parent, and, in so far, all true classification is genealogical; that community of descent is the hidden bond which naturalists have been unconsciously seeking, and not some unknown plan of creation, or the enunciation of general propositions, and the mere putting together and separating objects more or less alike. But I must explain my meaning more fully..." This re-print of Charles Darwin's 1859 publication of "On The Origin of Species" has been carefully formatted to improve readability and to ensure that the page numbers match, as closely as possible, the original table of contents and index for quick referencing and scholarly quotation of the author's 'First Edition'. |
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Page 10
... extremely rare under nature , but far from rare under cultivation ; and in this case we see that the treatment of the parent has affected a bud or offset , and not the ovules or pollen . But it is the opinion of most physiologists that ...
... extremely rare under nature , but far from rare under cultivation ; and in this case we see that the treatment of the parent has affected a bud or offset , and not the ovules or pollen . But it is the opinion of most physiologists that ...
Page 20
... extremely different races or speceies , I can hardly believe . Sir J. Sebright expressly experimentised for this object , and failed . The offspring from the first cross between two pure breeds is tolerably and sometimes ( as I have ...
... extremely different races or speceies , I can hardly believe . Sir J. Sebright expressly experimentised for this object , and failed . The offspring from the first cross between two pure breeds is tolerably and sometimes ( as I have ...
Page 33
... extremely alike the flowers ; how unlike the flowers of the heartsease are , and how alike the leaves ; how much the fruit of the different kinds of gooseberries differ in size , colour , shape , and hairiness , and yet the flowers ...
... extremely alike the flowers ; how unlike the flowers of the heartsease are , and how alike the leaves ; how much the fruit of the different kinds of gooseberries differ in size , colour , shape , and hairiness , and yet the flowers ...
Page 39
... extremely small differences , and it is in human nature to value any novelty , however slight , in one's own possession . Nor must the value which would formerly be set on any slight differences in the individuals of the same species ...
... extremely small differences , and it is in human nature to value any novelty , however slight , in one's own possession . Nor must the value which would formerly be set on any slight differences in the individuals of the same species ...
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... extremely perplexing : I refer to those genera which have sometimes been called " protean " or " polymorphic , " in which the species present an inordinate amount of variation ; and hardly two natu- ralists can agree which forms to rank ...
... extremely perplexing : I refer to those genera which have sometimes been called " protean " or " polymorphic , " in which the species present an inordinate amount of variation ; and hardly two natu- ralists can agree which forms to rank ...
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adapted affinities allied species America analogous variations ancient animals appear become bees believe birds breeds cause cells characters cirripedes climate closely allied colour common parent continuous crossed crustaceans degree difficulty distant distinct species divergence domestic doubt embryo existing exterminated extinct extremely facts favourable fertility flowers formations forms fossil Gärtner genera genus geological geological period Glacial period greater number groups of species habits Hence hermaphrodites horse hybrids hybrids produced important individuals inhabitants inherited insects instance instincts intercrossing intermediate larvæ legs less living males mammals manner Marsupials migration modification modified descendants natural selection naturalists nearly nest occasionally offspring organisation perfect pigeons pistil plants pollen probably produced progenitor quagga racters ranked reciprocal crosses remarked resemble rock-pigeon rudimentary organs secondary sexual seeds sexual selection Silurian slight sometimes South America sterility striped structure struggle successive supposed tendency theory tion variability varieties vary whole widely