Down, Bromley, Kent,

October 1st, 1859.




ON


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.,
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL, GEOLOGICAL, LINNAEAN, ETC., SOCIETIES;


AUTHOR OF 'JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES DURING H.M.S. BEAGLE'S VOYAGE
ROUND THE WORLD.'



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