On The Origin Of Species By Means Of Natural Selection, 6th Edition Charles Darwin (Charles Darwin Collection Book 1) (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

The story of the man who broke the mould an went against the grain, what many agree to be definitive proof of the existence of evolution in the development of life on our planet and throughout the universeThe sixth London edition, with all editions and corrections. Considered the definitive edition. the Introduction begins: "When on board H.M.S. Beagle, as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts, as will be seen in the latter chapters of this volume, seemed to throw some light on the origin of species--that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by one of our greatest philosophers. On my return home, it occurred to me, in 1837, that something might perhaps be made out on this question by patiently accumulating and reflecting on all sorts of facts which could possibly have any bearing on it. "