Chapter Vii. Miscellaneous Objections : * "Origin of Species", by Charles Darwin, 6th ed. [1872], CHAPTER VII: MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTIONS TO THE THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION I WILL devote this chapter to the consideration of various miscellaneous objections which have been advanced against my views, as some of the previous discussions may...
Glossary Of Terms : * "Origin of Species", by Charles Darwin, 6th ed. [1872], GLOSSARY Glossary Of The Principal Scientific Terms Used In The Present Volume I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. W. S. Dallas for this Glossary, which has been given because several readers have complained to me that some of the terms...
Chapter Viii. Instinct : * "Origin of Species", by Charles Darwin, 6th ed. [1872], CHAPTER VIII: INSTINCT MANY instincts are so wonderful that their development will probably appear to the reader a difficulty sufficient to overthrow my whole theory. I may here premise that I have nothing to do with the orig...
Chapter X. On The Imperfection Of The Geological : * "Origin of Species", by Charles Darwin, 6th ed. [1872], CHAPTER X: ON THE IMPERFECTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD IN THE sixth chapter I enumerated the chief objections which might be justly urged against the views maintained in this volume. Most of them have now been discussed. One, namely...
Chapter Xiii. Geographical Distribution Continued : * "Origin of Species", by Charles Darwin, 6th ed. [1872], CHAPTER XIII: GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION CONTINUED Fresh-water Productions AS LAKES and river-systems are separated from each other by barriers of land, it might have been thought that fresh-water productions would not have ranged widely...
Chapter Xiv. Mutual Affinities Of Organic : * "Origin of Species", by Charles Darwin, 6th ed. [1872], CHAPTER XIV: MUTUAL AFFINITIES OF ORGANIC BEINGS: MORPHOLOGY: EMBRYOLOGY: RUDIMENTARY ORGANS Classification FROM the most remote period in the history of the world organic beings have been found to resemble each other in descending degrees...
Chapter Xv. Recapitulation And Conclusion : * "Origin of Species", by Charles Darwin, 6th ed. [1872], CHAPTER XV: RECAPITULATION AND CONCLUSION AS THIS whole volume is one long argument, it may be convenient to the reader to have the leading facts and inferences briefly recapitulated. That many and serious objections may be advanced against...
Chapter Xii. Geographical Distribution : * "Origin of Species", by Charles Darwin, 6th ed. [1872], CHAPTER XII: GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION IN considering the distribution of organic beings over the face of the globe, the first great fact which strikes us is, that neither the similarity nor the dissimilarity of the inhabitants of various...
Chapter Iii. Struggle For Existence : * "Origin of Species", by Charles Darwin, 6th ed. [1872], CHAPTER III: STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE BEFORE entering on the subject of this chapter, I must make a few preliminary remarks, to show how the struggle for existence bears on Natural Selection. It has been seen in the last chapter that amongst...
Chapter Vi. Difficulties Of The Theory : * "Origin of Species", by Charles Darwin, 6th ed. [1872], CHAPTER VI: DIFFICULTIES OF THE THEORY LONG before the reader has arrived at this part of my work, a crowd of difficulties will have occurred to him. Some of them are so serious that to this day I can hardly reflect on them without being...
Chapter Ix. Hybridism : * "Origin of Species", by Charles Darwin, 6th ed. [1872], CHAPTER IX: HYBRIDISM THE view commonly entertained by naturalists is that species, when intercrossed, have been specially endowed with sterility, in order to prevent their confusion. This view certainly seems at first highly probable...
Introduction : * "Origin of Species", by Charles Darwin, 6th ed. [1872], INTRODUCTION WHEN on board H.M.S. Beagle as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of th...
Chapter V. Laws Of Variation : * "Origin of Species", by Charles Darwin, 6th ed. [1872], CHAPTER V: LAWS OF VARIATION I HAVE hitherto sometimes spoken as if the variations- so common and multiform with organic beings under domestication, and in a lesser degree with those under nature- were due to chance. This, of course, is...
Chapter I. Variation Under Domestication : * "Origin of Species", by Charles Darwin, 6th ed. [1872], WHEN we compare the individuals of the same variety or sub-variety of our older cultivated plants and animals, one of the first points which strikes us is, that they generally differ more from each other than do the individuals of any one...
Chapter Iv. Natural Selection. Or The Survival : * "Origin of Species", by Charles Darwin, 6th ed. [1872], CHAPTER IV: NATURAL SELECTION; OR THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST How will the struggle for existence, briefly discussed in the last chapter, act in regard to variation? Can the principle of selection, which we have seen is so potent...
Chapter Xi. On The Geological Successi : * "Origin of Species", by Charles Darwin, 6th ed. [1872], CHAPTER XI: ON THE GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF ORGANIC BEINGS LET us now see whether the several facts and laws relating to the geological succession of organic beings accord best with the common view of the immutability of species, or with...
Chapter Ii. Variation Under Nature : * "Origin of Species", by Charles Darwin, 6th ed. [1872], CHAPTER II: VARIATION UNDER NATURE BEFORE applying the principles arrived at in the last chapter to organic beings in a state of nature, we must briefly discuss whether these latter are subject to any variation. To treat this subject...