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The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition
By Charles Darwin
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See also PG#1228 for the First Edition
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- THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION;
- OR
- THE PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.
- Author of "The Descent of Man," etc., etc.
- Sixth London Edition, with all Additions and Corrections.
- The 6th Edition is often considered the definitive edition. Also see Project Gutenberg Etext #1228 for the First Edition.
- AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE PROGRESS OF OPINION ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES, PREVIOUSLY TO THE PUBLICATION OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THIS WORK.
- DETAILED CONTENTS.
- ORIGIN OF SPECIES.
- INTRODUCTION.
- CHAPTER I. VARIATION UNDER DOMESTICATION.
- CHAPTER II. VARIATION UNDER NATURE.
- CHAPTER III. STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE.
- CHAPTER IV. NATURAL SELECTION; OR THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.
- CHAPTER V. LAWS OF VARIATION.
- CHAPTER VI. DIFFICULTIES OF THE THEORY.
- CHAPTER VII. MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTIONS TO THE THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION.
- CHAPTER VIII. INSTINCT.
- CHAPTER IX. HYBRIDISM.
- CHAPTER X. ON THE IMPERFECTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD.
- CHAPTER XI. ON THE GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF ORGANIC BEINGS.
- CHAPTER XII. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.
- CHAPTER XIII. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION—continued.
- CHAPTER XIV. MUTUAL AFFINITIES OF ORGANIC BEINGS:
- MORPHOLOGY—EMBRYOLOGY—RUDIMENTARY ORGANS.
- CHAPTER XV. RECAPITULATION AND CONCLUSION.
- GLOSSARY OF THE PRINCIPAL SCIENTIFIC TERMS USED IN THE PRESENT VOLUME.
- INDEX.
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