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On the Origin of Species (1st edition, 1859)

Full Title: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life

by Charles Darwin

  • Preface (to the second edition)
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Variation Under Domestication
  • Chapter 2: Variation Under Nature
  • Chapter 3: Struggle for Existence
  • Chapter 4: Natural Selection
  • Chapter 5: Laws of Variation
  • Chapter 6: Difficulties on Theory
  • Chapter 7: Instinct
  • Chapter 8: Hybridism
  • Chapter 9: On the Imperfection of the Geological Record
  • Chapter 10: On The Geological Succession of Organic Beings
  • Chapter 11: Geographical Distribution
  • Chapter 12: Geographical Distribution—continued
  • Chapter 13: Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology: Embryology: Rudimentary Organs
  • Chapter 14: Recapitulation and Conclusion
  • Glossary
  • Diagram
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