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The Project Gutenberg EBook of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, by Charles Darwin This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition) Author: Charles Darwin Release Date: September 25, 2007 [EBook #22764] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ORIGIN OF SPECIES *** Produced by Steven Gibbs, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Transcriber's note: A few typographical errors have been corrected: they are listed at the end of the text. * * * * * ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES. * * * * * "But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this--we can perceive that events are brought about not by insulated interpositions of Divine power, exerted in each particular case, but by the establishment of general laws." WHEWELL: _Bridgewater Treatise_. "The only distinct meaning of the word 'natural' is _stated_, _fixed_, or _settled_; since what is natural as much requires and presupposes an intelligent agent to render it so, _i.e._ to effect it continually or at stated times, as what is supernatural or miraculous does to effect it for once." BUTLER: _Analogy of Revealed Religion_. "To conclude, therefore, let no man out of a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or in the book of God's works; divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both." BACON: _Advancement of Learning_. * * * * * _Down, Bromley, Kent,_ _October 1st, 1859._ (_1st Thousand_). * * * * * ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION, OR THE PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE. BY CHARLES DARWIN, M.A., FELLOW OF THE ROYAL, GEOLOGICAL, LINNEAN, ETC., SOCIETIES; AUTHOR OF 'JOURNAL O
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