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Darwinism Stated by Darwin Himself

by Charles Darwin

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  1. 1Epigraph
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Introductory Passages Quoted by Darwin in His “Origin of Species”
  4. 4Darwin and His Theories From a Religious Point of View
  5. 5I — The Movements and Habits of Plants
  6. 6Causes of Sterility Among Plants
  7. 7An “Ideal Type” or Inevitable Modification?
  8. 8Special Adaptations to a Changing Purpose
  9. 9An Illustration
  10. 10As Interesting on the Theory of Development as on That of Direct In…
  11. 11The Sleep of the Plants
  12. 12Self-Protection During Sleep
  13. 13Influence of Light Upon Plants
  14. 14Influence of Gravitation Upon Plants
  15. 15The Power of Digestion in Plants
  16. 16Diverse Means by Which Plants Gain Their Subsistence
  17. 17How a Plant Preys Upon Animals
  18. 18II — The Part Played by Worms in the History of This Planet
  19. 19III — The Laws of Variability With Respect to Animals and Plants
  20. 20Inherited Peculiarities in Man
  21. 21Inherited Diseases
  22. 22Causes of Non-Inheritance
  23. 23Steps by Which Domestic Races Have Been Produced
  24. 24Unconscious Selection
  25. 25Adaptation of Animals to the Fancies of Man
  26. 26Doubtful Species
  27. 27Species an Arbitrary Term
  28. 28The True Plan of Creation
  29. 29IV — The Struggle for Existence
  30. 30V — Natural Selection: Or, The Survival of the Fittest
  31. 31VI — Geographical Distribution of Organic Beings
  32. 32VII — Evidence of the Descent of Man From Some Lower Form
  33. 33Points of Resemblance Between Man and Monkey
  34. 34Variability of Man
  35. 35Causes of Variability in Domesticated Man
  36. 36Action of Changed Conditions
  37. 37The Inherited Effects of the Increased and Diminished Use of Parts
  38. 38Reversion as a Factor in the Development of Man
  39. 39Reversion in the Human Family
  40. 40Prepotence in the Transmission of Character
  41. 41Natural Selection in the Development of Man
  42. 42How Man Became Upright
  43. 43The Brain Enlarges as the Mental Faculties Develop
  44. 44Nakedness of the Skin
  45. 45Is Man the Most Helpless of the Animals?
  46. 46VIII — Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals Compared
  47. 47IX — Development of the Moral Sense
  48. 48X — The Genealogy of Man
  49. 49XI — Sexual Selection as an Agency to Account for the Differences B…
  50. 50Modifying Influences in Both Sexes
  51. 51“Grounds That Will Never Be Shaken”
  52. 52XII — The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Other Animals
  53. 53The Principle of Associated Habit
  54. 54The Principle of Antithesis
  55. 55Origin of the Principle of Antithesis
  56. 56The Principle of the Action of the Excited Nervous System on the Body
  57. 57XIII — Means of the Expression of the Emotions
  58. 58Erection of the Hair
  59. 59Erection of the Ears
  60. 60A Startled Horse
  61. 61Monkey-Shines
  62. 62Weeping of Man and Brute
  63. 63The Grief-Muscles
  64. 64Voluntary Power Over the Grief-Muscles
  65. 65“Down in the Mouth”
  66. 66Laughter
  67. 67Expression of the Devout Emotions
  68. 68Frowning
  69. 69Pouting
  70. 70Decision at the Mouth
  71. 71Anger
  72. 72Sneering
  73. 73Disgust
  74. 74Shrugging the Shoulders
  75. 75Blushing Not Necessarily an Expression of Guilt
  76. 76Blushing Accounted for
  77. 77A New Argument for a Single Parent-Stock
  78. 78XIV — The Provisional Hypothesis of Pangenesis
  79. 79XV — Objections to the Theory of Descent With Modification Considered
  80. 80Plenty of Time for the Necessary Gradations
  81. 81Wide Intervals of Time Between the Geological Formations
  82. 82Sudden Appearance of Groups of Allied Species
  83. 83How Little We Know of Former Inhabitants of the World
  84. 84The Extinction of Species Involved in Mystery
  85. 85Dead Links Between Living Species
  86. 86Living Descendants of Fossil Species
  87. 87Unnecessary to Explain the Cause of Each Individual Difference
  88. 88“Face to Face With an Insoluble Difficulty”
  89. 89Why Distasteful?
  90. 90“Accords Better With What We Know of the Creator’s Laws”
  91. 91The Grandeur of This View of Life
  92. 92Not Incompatible With the Belief in Immortality

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