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" As many more individuals of each species are born than can possibly survive ; and as, consequently, there is a frequently recurring struggle for existence, it follows that any being, if it vary however slightly in any manner profitable to itself, under... "
On the origin of species by means of natural selection ; or, The ... - Page 3
by Charles Darwin - 1875 - 458 pages
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The Origin of Species

Charles Darwin - Science - 1998 - 486 pages
...individuals of each species are born than can possibly survive; and as, consequendy, there is a frequendy recurring struggle for existence, it follows that any being, if it vary however slighdy in any manner profitable to itself, under the complex and sometimes varying conditions of life,...
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Lu Xun and Evolution

James Reeve Pusey - Literary Collections - 1998 - 282 pages
...make the fit fit. It works no change on any being. Darwin wrote, in the introduction to The Origin that "any being, if it vary however slightly in any...better chance of surviving, and thus be naturally selected."106 But no being does vary genetically, even slightly, in its lifetime. No being adapts itself...
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Christianity and the Images of Science, Volume 1

Granville C. Henry - Religion - 1998 - 260 pages
...As ... more individuals of each species are born than can possibly survive; and as, ... there is a frequently recurring struggle for existence, it follows that any being, if it vary . . . slightly in any manner profitable to itself, will have a better chance of surviving, and thus...
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Perspectives in Ethology: Evolution, Culture, and Behavior

Nicholas S. Thompson, François Tonneau - Science - 2001 - 346 pages
...each species are born than can possibly survive: and as. consequently. there is a frequently occurring Struggle for Existence. it follows that any being....chance of surviving. and thus be naturally selected" (1859. p. 5). Darwin made it plain. in this initial statement and in all his subsequent writings. that...
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Functional Neurobiology of Aging

Patrick R. Hof, Charles V. Mobbs - Science - 2001 - 960 pages
...to the substantially increasing burden of those disorders? Charles Darwin (1859) deduced that in the "struggle for existence, it follows that any being,...varying conditions of life, will have a better chance of survival." Accordingly, survival is not random, and competition for survival will result in "survival...
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Idealization X: The Richness of Idealization, Volume 10

Izabella Nowakowa, Leszek Nowak - Philosophy - 2000 - 546 pages
...recurring struggle for existence. it follows that any heing. if it vary however slightly in any mansier profitable to itself. under the complex and sometimes varying conditions of life. will have a hetter chance of surviving. and thus he naturally selected. From the strong principle of inheritance....
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The Triumph of Evolution: And the Failure of Creationism

Niles Eldredge - Religion - 2001 - 228 pages
...each species are born than can possibly survive; and as, consequently, there is a frequently occurring Struggle for Existence, it follows that any being,...chance of surviving, and thus be naturally selected, (p. 5) In other words, Darwin saw that organisms compete for resources (mostly food — his "Struggle...
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Biological Perspectives Laboratory Manual: Thinking Biologically

Biological Sciences Curriculum Studies - Science - 2002 - 164 pages
...kingdoms. As many more individuals are born than can possibly survive; and as, consequently, there is a frequently recurring struggle for existence, it follows...chance of surviving, and thus be naturally selected. (C. Darwin, 1859, page 3) A primary source is the original work in which a specific piece of information...
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Knowledge and Language: Selected Essays of L. Jonathan Cohen

L. Jonathan Cohen - Philosophy - 2002 - 364 pages
...more individuals of each species are born than can possibly survive; and as, consequently, there is a frequently recurring struggle for existence, it follows...better chance of surviving, and thus be naturally selected.12 What does 'naturally selected' mean here? According to the Oxford English Dictionary13...
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Conserving Living Natural Resources: In the Context of a Changing World

Bertie J. Weddell - Business & Economics - 2002 - 452 pages
...more individuals of each species are born than can possibly survive; and as, consequently, there is a frequently recurring struggle for existence, it follows...under the complex and sometimes varying conditions ot life, will have a better chance of surviving, and thus be naturally selected. From the strong principle...
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