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| [ 1228] | 1859, First Edition |
| [ 22764] | 1860, Second Edition |
| [ 2009] | 1872, Sixth Edition, considered the definitive edition. |
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., F.R.S.,
Author of “The Descent of Man,” etc., etc.
Sixth London Edition, with all Additions and Corrections.
“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.”