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Darwinism stated by Darwin himself

by Charles Darwin (1809–1882)

Portrait of Charles Darwin
Charles_Darwin_seated.jpg: Henry Maull (1829–1914) and John Fox (1832–1907) (Maull & Fox) [3] derivative work: Beao · Public domain

119 chapters, about 46,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

  1. Chapter 1 100 words
  2. PREFACE. 1,400 words
  3. THE MOVEMENTS AND HABITS OF PLANTS. 800 words
  4. PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THESE VIEWS. 300 words
  5. DEVELOPMENT OF THE TWO SEXES IN PLANTS. 300 words
  6. COMPARATIVE FERTILITY OF MALE AND FEMALE PLANTS. 300 words
  7. AN “IDEAL TYPE” OR INEVITABLE MODIFICATION? 200 words
  8. SPECIAL ADAPTATIONS TO A CHANGING PURPOSE. 500 words
  9. AN ILLUSTRATION. 500 words
  10. THE SLEEP OF THE PLANTS. 100 words
  11. INFLUENCE OF LIGHT UPON PLANTS. 200 words
  12. INFLUENCE OF GRAVITATION UPON PLANTS. 200 words
  13. THE POWER OF DIGESTION IN PLANTS. 700 words
  14. HOW A PLANT PREYS UPON ANIMALS. 1,200 words
  15. II. 700 words
  16. THEY PREPARE THE GROUND FOR SEED. 200 words
  17. INTELLIGENCE OF WORMS. 300 words
  18. III. 300 words
  19. DESCENT OF THE DOMESTIC PIGEON. 400 words
  20. “MAKING THE WORKS OF GOD A MERE MOCKERY.” 200 words
  21. VARIABILITY OF CULTIVATED PLANTS. 200 words
  22. SAVAGE WISDOM IN THE CULTIVATION OF PLANTS. 200 words
  23. UNKNOWN LAWS OF INHERITANCE. 200 words
  24. CAUSES OF NON-INHERITANCE. 300 words
  25. UNCONSCIOUS SELECTION. 200 words
  26. DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 200 words
  27. SPECIES AN ARBITRARY TERM. 200 words
  28. THE TRUE PLAN OF CREATION. 300 words
  29. THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE. 200 words
  30. DEATH INEVITABLE IN THE FIGHT FOR LIFE. 400 words
  31. OBSCURE CHECKS TO INCREASE. 200 words
  32. CLIMATE AS A CHECK TO INCREASE. 200 words
  33. INFLUENCE OF INSECTS IN THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE. 200 words
  34. HOW FAR THE THEORY MAY BE EXTENDED. 700 words
  35. HAS ORGANIZATION ADVANCED? 300 words
  36. A HIGHER WORKMANSHIP THAN MAN’S. 300 words
  37. WHY HABITS AND STRUCTURE ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT. 700 words
  38. DIVERGENCE OF CHARACTER. 600 words
  39. EVOLUTION OF THE HUMAN EYE. 300 words
  40. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANIC BEINGS. 400 words
  41. MEANS OF DISPERSAL. 200 words
  42. THESE MEANS OF TRANSPORT NOT ACCIDENTAL. 200 words
  43. DISPERSAL DURING THE GLACIAL PERIOD. 300 words
  44. DIFFICULTIES NOT YET REMOVED. 900 words
  45. VII. 1,200 words
  46. TWO PRINCIPLES THAT EXPLAIN THE FACTS. 400 words
  47. EMBRYOLOGY AGAINST ABRUPT CHANGES. 500 words
  48. “NO OTHER EXPLANATION HAS EVER BEEN GIVEN.” 200 words
  49. INEXPLICABLE ON THE ORDINARY VIEW OF CREATION. 300 words
  50. DESCENT WITH MODIFICATION THE ONLY EXPLANATION. 600 words
  51. MAN’S DEFICIENCY IN TAIL. 400 words
  52. POINTS OF RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN MAN AND MONKEY. 500 words
  53. CAUSES OF VARIABILITY IN DOMESTICATED MAN. 300 words
  54. ACTION OF CHANGED CONDITIONS. 1,200 words
  55. REVERSION IN THE HUMAN FAMILY. 100 words
  56. NATURAL SELECTION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAN. 300 words
  57. HOW MAN BECAME UPRIGHT. 200 words
  58. THE BRAIN ENLARGES AS THE MENTAL FACULTIES DEVELOP. 500 words
  59. IS MAN THE MOST HELPLESS OF THE ANIMALS? 400 words
  60. VIII. 1,200 words
  61. THE POWER OF ABSTRACTION. 200 words
  62. THE EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE. 900 words
  63. DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGES AND SPECIES COMPARED. 400 words
  64. DEVELOPMENT OF THE EAR FOR MUSIC. 100 words
  65. FROM THE SOCIAL INSTINCTS TO THE MORAL SENSE. 400 words
  66. HUMAN SYMPATHY AMONG ANIMALS. 300 words
  67. DEVELOPMENT OF THE GOLDEN RULE. 300 words
  68. REMORSE EXPLAINED. 400 words
  69. DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-CONTROL. 300 words
  70. VARIABILITY OF CONSCIENCE. 300 words
  71. ALL CIVILIZED NATIONS ARE THE DESCENDANTS OF BARBARIANS. 400 words
  72. “THE ENNOBLING BELIEF IN GOD.” 600 words
  73. THE GENEALOGY OF MAN. 300 words
  74. MAN A SUB-ORDER. 300 words
  75. THE BIRTHPLACE OF MAN. 600 words
  76. ORIGIN OF THE VERTEBRATA. 500 words
  77. FROM NO BONE TO BACKBONE. 100 words
  78. DOES MANKIND CONSIST OF SEVERAL SPECIES? 300 words
  79. THE RACES GRADUATE INTO EACH OTHER. 200 words
  80. THE THEORY OF A SINGLE PAIR. 300 words
  81. CIVILIZED OUT OF EXISTENCE. 300 words
  82. XI. 500 words
  83. COURTSHIP AMONG THE LOWER ANIMALS. 400 words
  84. TRANSMISSION OF SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS. 300 words
  85. AN OBJECTION ANSWERED. 200 words
  86. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SEXES CREATED BY SEXUAL SELECTION. 900 words
  87. DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARRIAGE-TIE. 200 words
  88. UNNATURAL SELECTION IN MARRIAGE. 300 words
  89. “GROUNDS THAT WILL NEVER BE SHAKEN.” 400 words
  90. THE PRINCIPLE OF ASSOCIATED HABIT. 500 words
  91. ORIGIN OF THE PRINCIPLE OF ANTITHESIS. 800 words
  92. THE GRIEF-MUSCLES. 200 words
  93. VOLUNTARY POWER OVER THE GRIEF-MUSCLES. 300 words
  94. “DOWN IN THE MOUTH.” 200 words
  95. LAUGHTER. 300 words
  96. EXPRESSION OF THE DEVOUT EMOTIONS. 200 words
  97. FROWNING. 200 words
  98. POUTING. 300 words
  99. BLUSHING. 300 words
  100. BLUSHING ACCOUNTED FOR. 300 words
  101. FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITS OF THE BODY. 200 words
  102. TWO OBJECTIONS ANSWERED. 200 words
  103. TRANSMISSION LIMITED. 200 words
  104. XV. 300 words
  105. MISREPRESENTATIONS CORRECTED. 100 words
  106. LAPSE OF TIME AND EXTENT OF AREA. 1,200 words
  107. THE AMOUNT OF LIFE MUST HAVE A LIMIT. 200 words
  108. THE BROKEN BRANCHES OF THE TREE OF LIFE. 200 words
  109. WHY WE DO NOT FIND TRANSITIONAL FORMS. 500 words
  110. INSTINCTS AS A DIFFICULTY. 400 words
  111. SOME INSTINCTS ACQUIRED AND SOME LOST. 400 words
  112. PLENTY OF TIME FOR THE NECESSARY GRADATIONS. 600 words
  113. SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF GROUPS OF ALLIED SPECIES. 300 words
  114. THE EXTINCTION OF SPECIES INVOLVED IN MYSTERY. 400 words
  115. DEAD LINKS BETWEEN LIVING SPECIES. 100 words
  116. LIVING DESCENDANTS OF FOSSIL SPECIES. 600 words
  117. “FACE TO FACE WITH AN INSOLUBLE DIFFICULTY.” 200 words
  118. WHY DISTASTEFUL? 500 words
  119. NOT INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE BELIEF IN IMMORTALITY. 300 words

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