These are Darwin's two early essays from 1842 and 1844, edited by his son Francis. They set out his developing ideas on variation and natural selection that later grew into On the Origin of Species. They are rewarding to listen to for insight into how his theory took shape.
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Opening of the book
THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS London: FETTER LANE, E.C. C. F. CLAY, Manager Edinburgh: 100, PRINCES STREET ALSO London: H. K. LEWIS, 136, GOWER STREET, W.C. Berlin: A. ASHER AND CO. Leipzig: F. A. BROCKHAUS New York: G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS Bombay and Calcutta: MACMILLAN AND Co., Ltd. All rights reserved From a photograph by Maull & Fox in 1854 From a photograph by Maull & Fox in 1854 THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES TWO ESSAYS WRITTEN IN 1842 AND 1844 by CHARLES DARWIN
Edited by his son FRANCIS DARWIN Honorary Fellow of Christ's College Cambridge: at the University Press 1909 Astronomers might formerly have said that God ordered each planet to move in its particular destiny. In same manner God orders each animal created with certain form in certain country. But how much more simple and sublime power,—let attraction act according to certain law, such are inevitable consequences,—let animal«s» be created, then by the fixed laws of generation, such will be their successors. From Darwin’s Note Book, 1837, p. 101. TO THE MASTER AND FELLOWS OF CHRIST’S COLLEGE, THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED BY THE EDITOR IN TOKEN OF RESPECT AND GRATITUDE CONTENTS ESSAY OF 1842
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