Origin of Species Variorum

→ OMIT 1872

— 1859

— — — 1860

— — 1861

OMIT 1866 1869

→ organic beings inhabiting 1861 1866 1869 1872

inhabitants of 1859 1860

→ as will be seen in the latter chapters of this volume, seemed 1861 1866 1869 1872

seemed to me 1859 1860

→ many 1872

two or three 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869

→ Wallace, who is now studying the natural history of the Malay archipelago, has arrived at almost exactly the same general conclusions 1872

Last year he sent to me a memoir on this subject, with a request 1859

Last year he sent me a memoir on this subject, with a request 1860

In 1858 he sent me a memoir on this subject, with a request 1861 1866 1869

→ have on the origin of species. 1872

would forward it to Sir Charles Lyell, who sent it to the Linnean Society, and it is published in the third volume of the Journal of that Society. 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869

→ In 1858 he sent me a memoir on this subject, with a request that I would forward it to Sir Charles Lyell, who sent it to the Linnean Society, and it is published in the third volume of the Journal of that Society. 1872

Sir C. Lyell and Dr. Hooker, who both knew of my work— the latter having read my sketch of 1844— honoured me by thinking it advisable to publish, with Mr. Wallace's excellent memoir, some brief extracts from my manuscripts. 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869

ON THE

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ORIGIN OF

SPECIES,

SPECIES.

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INTRODUCTION.

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

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. After five years' work I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes; these I enlarged in 1844 into a sketch of the conclusions, which then seemed to me

probable:

probable;

from that period to the present day I have steadily pursued the same object. I hope that I may be excused for entering on these personal details, as I give them to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision.

My work is now

nearly

(1859) nearly

finished; but as it will take me →many more years to complete it, and as my health is far from strong, I have been urged to publish this Abstract. I have more especially been induced to do this, as Mr.

Wallace,

who

now

studying

the

natural

history

the

Malay

archipelago,

has

arrived

almost

exactly

the

same

general

conclusions

that

have

the

origin

species.

→Wallace, who is now studying the natural history of the Malay archipelago, has arrived at almost exactly the same general conclusions that I →have on the origin of species. →In 1858 he sent me a memoir on this subject, with a request that I would forward it to Sir Charles Lyell, who sent it to the Linnean Society, and it is published in the third volume of the Journal of that Society.

This Abstract, which I now publish, must necessarily be imperfect. I cannot here give references and authorities for my