On the Origin of Species - 6th Edition
本书摘录:
An Historical Sketch Of The Progress Of Opinion On The Origin Of Species
_ 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.
The 6th Edition is often considered the definitive edition.
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"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."--Whewell: "Bridgewater Treatise".
"The only distinct meaning of the word ‘natural‘ is STATED, FIXED or SETTLED; since what is natural as much requires and presupposes an intelligent agent to render it so, i.e., to effect it continually or at stated times, as what is supernatural or miraculous does to effect it for once."--Butler: "Anal
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