Darwinism stated by Darwin himself · Charles Darwin
Chapter 1
Transcriber’s Note: Sidenotes are shown enclosed in square brackets, above the paragraphs to which they apply. Italic text is enclosed in _underscores_. _CHARACTERISTIC PASSAGES FROM THE WRITINGS OF CHARLES DARWIN._ AUTHOR OF “SHUT UP IN PARIS,” EDITOR OF “THE DICKENS READER,” “CHARACTER READINGS FROM GEORGE ELIOT,” AND “GEORGE ELIOT’S ESSAYS.” “There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, while this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.”--_The Origin of Species_, page 429. NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 1, 3, AND 5 BOND STREET. 1884.
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