Darwinism stated by Darwin himself
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- Characteristic passages from the writings of Charles Darwin
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1. DARWINISM STATED BY DARWIN HIMSELF.2. PREFACE.3. INTRODUCTORY PASSAGES QUOTED BY DARWIN IN HIS “ORIGIN OF SPECIES.”4. DARWIN AND HIS THEORIES FROM A RELIGIOUS POINT OF VIEW.5. I. THE MOVEMENTS AND HABITS OF PLANTS.6. II. THE PART PLAYED BY WORMS IN THE HISTORY OF THIS PLANET.7. III. THE LAWS OF VARIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO ANIMALS AND PLANTS.8. IV. THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE.9. V. NATURAL SELECTION: OR, THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.10. VI. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANIC BEINGS.11. VII. EVIDENCE OF THE DESCENT OF MAN FROM SOME LOWER FORM.12. VIII. MENTAL POWERS OF MAN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS COMPARED.13. IX. DEVELOPMENT OF THE MORAL SENSE.14. X. THE GENEALOGY OF MAN.15. XI. SEXUAL SELECTION AS AN AGENCY TO ACCOUNT FOR THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE RACES OF MAN.16. WHY THE MALE PLAYS THE MORE ACTIVE PART IN COURTING.17. XII. THE EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS IN MAN AND OTHER ANIMALS.18. XIII. MEANS OF THE EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS.19. XIV. THE PROVISIONAL HYPOTHESIS OF PANGENESIS.20. XV. OBJECTIONS TO THE THEORY OF DESCENT WITH MODIFICATION CONSIDERED.