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On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. This volume is a facsimile of one of the original copies. Darwins book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. A new illustrated edition of the book featuring excerpts from darwins letters and. Cannon schmitt, on the publication of charles darwins on. She sent a copy across the atlantic ocean to charles darwin. The letters in this volume span the years from 1825, when darwin was a student at the university of edinburgh, to the end of 1859, when the origin of species was published. Text prepared by john van wyhe and sue asscher 2002, advertizements added 9.
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