Darwinism stated by Darwin himself : Characteristic passages from the writings of Charles Darwin

"Darwinism Stated by Darwin Himself" by Charles Darwin is a scientific publication compiled in the late 19th century. The book offers a curated selection of key passages from Darwin's extensive writings, aiming to present his theories on evolution and natural selection through his own...

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Main Author: Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
Other Authors: Sheppard, Nathan, 1834-1888
Format: eBook
Published: Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2022
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Online Access:https://archive.org/details/darwinismstatedb00darwuoft/page/n5/mode/2up
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69147
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Table of Contents:
  • The movements and habits of plants
  • The part played by worms in the history of this planet
  • The laws of variability with respect to animals and plants
  • The struggle for existence
  • Natural selection; or, the survival of the fittest
  • Geographical distribution of organic beings
  • Evidence of the descent of man from some lower form
  • Mental powers of man and the lower animals compared
  • Development of the moral sense
  • The genealogy of man
  • Sexual selection as an agency to account for the differences between the races of man
  • The expression of the emotions in man and other animals
  • Means of the expression of the emotions
  • The provisional hypothesis of pangenesis
  • Objections to the theory of descent with modification considered.