The Origin of Species
Charles Darwin · 6th edition
About this work
The sixth edition is the one Darwin regarded as definitive. It is longer than the first, adds chapter VII on "Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection" (much of it a reply to St George Mivart), and gives more ground to the inheritance of acquired characters. Comparing how a claim is graded here and in the first edition shows how Darwin's argument changed under criticism.
- Author
- Charles Darwin
- Published
- 1872
- Edition
- 6th edition
- Written for
- General readers
- Licence
- Public domain. The full text is loaded from the source below and evaluated section by section.
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- Pillars
- Natural Selection, Common Descent, The Fossil Record, Micro → Macro
Contents
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- s01Front matterabout 4,302 words
- s02Chapter IV. Natural Selection; Or The Survival Of The Fittest · Introductionabout 2,772 words
- s03Chapter I. Variation Under Domesticationabout 12,350 words
- s04Chapter II. Variation Under Natureabout 6,607 words
- s05Chapter III. Struggle For Existenceabout 6,071 words
- s06Chapter IV. Natural Selection; Or The Survival Of The Fittestabout 19,949 words
- s07Chapter V. Laws Of Variationabout 12,152 words
- s08Chapter VI. Difficulties Of The Theoryabout 15,500 words
- s09Chapter VII. Miscellaneous Objections To The Theory Of Natural Selectionabout 16,624 words
- s10Chapter VIII. Instinctabout 13,510 words
- s11Chapter IX. Hybridismabout 13,274 words
- s12Chapter X. On The Imperfection Of The Geological Recordabout 11,689 words
- s13Chapter XI. On The Geological Succession Of Organic Beingsabout 11,488 words
- s14Chapter XII. Geographical Distributionabout 12,146 words
- s15Chapter XIII. Geographical Distribution—Continuedabout 8,661 words
- s16Chapter XIV. Mutual Affinities Of Organic Beings: Morphology: Embryologyabout 18,532 words
- s17Chapter XV. Recapitulation And Conclusionabout 16,698 words
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