On the Origin of Species
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- Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition
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1. Front matter2. AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE PROGRESS OF OPINION ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES, PREVIOUSLY TO THE PUBLICATION OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THIS WORK.3. DETAILED CONTENTS.4. INTRODUCTION.5. CHAPTER I. VARIATION UNDER DOMESTICATION.6. CHAPTER II. VARIATION UNDER NATURE.7. CHAPTER III. STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE.8. CHAPTER IV. NATURAL SELECTION; OR THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.9. CHAPTER IV. NATURAL SELECTION; OR THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. (continued 2)10. CHAPTER V. LAWS OF VARIATION.11. CHAPTER VI. DIFFICULTIES OF THE THEORY.12. CHAPTER VII. MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTIONS TO THE THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION.13. CHAPTER VII. MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTIONS TO THE THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION. (continued 2)14. CHAPTER VIII. INSTINCT.15. CHAPTER IX. HYBRIDISM.16. CHAPTER X. ON THE IMPERFECTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD.17. CHAPTER XI. ON THE GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF ORGANIC BEINGS.18. CHAPTER XII. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.19. CHAPTER XIII. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION—continued.20. CHAPTER XIV. MUTUAL AFFINITIES OF ORGANIC BEINGS: MORPHOLOGY: EMBRYOLOGY: RUDIMENTARY ORGANS.21. CHAPTER XIV. MUTUAL AFFINITIES OF ORGANIC BEINGS: MORPHOLOGY: EMBRYOLOGY: RUDIMENTARY ORGANS. (continued 2)22. CHAPTER XV. RECAPITULATION AND CONCLUSION.23. GLOSSARY OF THE PRINCIPAL SCIENTIFIC TERMS USED IN THE PRESENT VOLUME.*24. INDEX.