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A2826 Book: Ghiselin, M. T. 1991. The triumph of the Darwinian method. 2d ed. Text

upon Malthus by Darwin and Wallace alike. * The importance of Malthus is stressed by A. Sandow, Social Factors in the Origin of Darwinism, Quarterly Review of Biology, XIII (1938), 315-326. Nor does the charge that, in so many words, Darwin lied about Malthus to conceal his own plagiarism seem to be more than an ad hoc hypothesis casting doubt on the argument for plagiarism itself. * Eiseley, Charles Darwin, Edward Blyth (above, n. 3). The key to an understanding of Malthus's importance has

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A2826 Book: Ghiselin, M. T. 1991. The triumph of the Darwinian method. 2d ed. Text

which have given rise to present conditions of adaptation. His procedure may be elucidated through an examination of his thinking on the origin of the sterility which prevents illegitimate crossing in heterostylic plants. His reasoning on such matters is of the utmost biological significance, for the evolution of sterility plays an important role in speciation. Were it not for the inability of species to interbreed, they would exchange hereditary material and become increasingly less diverse

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A2826 Book: Ghiselin, M. T. 1991. The triumph of the Darwinian method. 2d ed. Text

psychology developed out of his evolutionary thinking. His work was, among other things, a means of studying the evolution of behavior. Arguments of a behavioral nature are of great importance in The Descent of Man. A Posthumous Essay on Instinct, abstracted from the work which The Origin of Species was written to replace, shows that Darwin had long been interested in the evolution of behavior. * C. Darwin, A Posthumous Essay on Instinct, in C. G. Romanes, Mental Evolution in Animals (New York: D

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A2826 Book: Ghiselin, M. T. 1991. The triumph of the Darwinian method. 2d ed. Text

overlook the fact that Darwin invokes natural selection as a more effective mechanism. * Origin, p. 209. Another point at which Darwin's system has been attacked is his notion of instinct. Criticisms of the concept of instinct have come, as one might expect, largely from psychologists, while zoologists on the whole find the term agreeable. * E.g., F. A. Beach, The Descent of Instinct, Psychological Review, LXII (1955), 401-410; W. H. Thorpe, Learning and Instinct in Animals, 2d ed. (London: Methuen

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A2826 Book: Ghiselin, M. T. 1991. The triumph of the Darwinian method. 2d ed. Text

both individuals and lineages—a curious variant on the traditional analogy between microcosm and macrocosm. To a mechanistic evolutionist, the correlation between ontogeny and the taxonomic hierarchy could be explained in terms of historical relationships: the developmental pattern bears traces of the same course of events that is responsible for our ability to erect the system of classification. Darwin used this correspondence as one of the basic arguments in The Origin of Species. Soon afterward

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A2826 Book: Ghiselin, M. T. 1991. The triumph of the Darwinian method. 2d ed. Text

the conclusions are derived from the premises. And with all the intricacies of logic to consider, the argument requires the closest attention if it is to be followed at all. In The Descent of Man the major theme is sexual selection, a topic which Darwin could develop only in bare outline in The Origin of Species, where he gives the following definition: This depends, not on a struggle for existence, but on a struggle between the males for possession of the females; the result is not death to the

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A2826 Book: Ghiselin, M. T. 1991. The triumph of the Darwinian method. 2d ed. Text

Nothing hinders the work of genius more than man's incapacity to appreciate original ideas. The fact that Darwin's accomplishment has been controversial merely reflects the degree to which it has been misunderstood. Was Darwin just a naturalist and a good observer, or was he a theoretician of the first rank? Was he unphilosophical, or did he possess sufficient wisdom not to embrace the metaphysical follies of his detractors? Is The Origin of Species, in the words of a present-day historian

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A2826 Book: Ghiselin, M. T. 1991. The triumph of the Darwinian method. 2d ed. Text

theory, from its roots in the hypotheses of The Origin of Species, to its application as a fundamental component in the arguments of The Descent of Man. Without an understanding of this particular continuity, Darwin's later writings are largely unintelligible. Indeed, because the underlying frame of reference has been overlooked, Darwin's work on behavior has been interpreted as little more than miscellaneous observations—the casual study of a Sunday naturalist seeking relaxation from the strains

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F763b Book: Darwin, C. R. 1991. The origin of species [in Russian]. Translation of the 6th ed. by K. A. Timiryazev, M. A. Menzbir, A. P. Pavlov and P. A. Petrovskii. Corrected and revised by A. D. Nekrasov, S. L. Sobol', A. L. Zelikman, Ya. M. Gall, A. L.Takhtadzhyan, Ya. I. Starobogatov and F. I. Krichevskaya. Edited by A. L. Takhtadzhyan. Prepared for publication by Ya. M. Gall. Saint Petersburg: Nauka. Text

sauvages devenus domestiques, et sur les animaux domestiques redevenus sauvages, la demontrent plus clairement encore. Ces memes experiences prouvent, de plus, que les differences produites peuvent etre de valeur gewrique ( , ; , ). . . , , . Hist. Nat. Generale (1859, t. II, p. 430) . , - (Freke), , 1851 (Dublin Medical Press, p. 322) . , - ( 1861 ) The Origin of Species by Means of Organic Affinity, . - (Herbert Spencer) ( Leader 1852 Essays 1858 ) . , , , , , , . {1855) . 1852 (Naudin) (Revue

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A27b Book: Freeman, R. B. 2007. Charles Darwin: A companion. 2d online edition, compiled by Sue Asscher. Text

Japanese First editions in: 1896 Origin of species (F718). 1949 Coral reefs (F319). 1949 Descent of man (F1100). 1949 Different forms of flowers (F1300). 1954 Journal of researches (F216). 1972 Autobiography (F1524a). Jardine, Sir William, Bart, 1800-1874. Scottish cabinet naturalist, especially of birds. 7th Bart. J's relict Hyacinth Symonds married Hooker. DNB. 1860 CD to Lyell, CD had had a letter from J who opposed CD on evolution, but his attack on CD's ornithological accuracy is

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A27b Book: Freeman, R. B. 2007. Charles Darwin: A companion. 2d online edition, compiled by Sue Asscher. Text

, Christchurch, New Zealand. 1861 H reviewed Origin in The Geologist, 132—LLii 362. 1861 CD to H, on his review, praising it—MLi 183. 1867 CD to Kingsley, a very acute observer —Carroll 330. 1892 FRS. 1899 Author of Darwinism and Lamarckism, old and new, London 1899. Hutton, John Balfour 1808-1884. Botanist. Regius Keeper of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. 1861 CD sent H Gray's Natural selection not inconsistent with natural theology, 1861—Darwin-Gray 76. [page] 16

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A27b Book: Freeman, R. B. 2007. Charles Darwin: A companion. 2d online edition, compiled by Sue Asscher. Text

Larson, Dr Assistant to W. H. Flower at Royal College of Surgeons, although never on the official staff. See R. A. Blair. 1878 Flower to CD, on deformity in goose wings, gives L's report—Carroll 551 and p. 209. Latter, Mrs 1858 Governess at Down House for about a year. Latvian First editions in: 1914-1915 Origin of species (F736). 1953 Autobiography (F1526). Laugel, Antoine August, 1830-1914. French geologist. 1860 L gave a favourable review of Origin in Rev. deux Mondes, Apr.—LLii 305

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A27b Book: Freeman, R. B. 2007. Charles Darwin: A companion. 2d online edition, compiled by Sue Asscher. Text

Origin of species (book) The text of each of the 1st six editions is much altered. The changes are given in detail in the variorum edition, 1959, listed below. The whole of LLii is devoted to the preparation, publishing and reception of Origin. The best source of reference to reviews is J. P. Anderson in Bettany, Life of Darwin, 1887, xxvi-xxvii. A. Ellegård, Gothenburg Studies in English, 8:1-394, 1958, covers reviews in popular journals in detail. 1859 Nov. 24 On the origin of species by

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A27b Book: Freeman, R. B. 2007. Charles Darwin: A companion. 2d online edition, compiled by Sue Asscher. Text

). 1910-1912 Descent of man (F1104). ?192- Origin of species (F743). Pouchet, Felix Archimede, 1800-1872. French biologist. 1868 CD quotes in translation variation under domestication throws no light on the natural modification of species . A review of Variation in Athenaeum, Feb. 15 refers. [page] 23

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A27b Book: Freeman, R. B. 2007. Charles Darwin: A companion. 2d online edition, compiled by Sue Asscher. Text

British Library, B's books on evolution, a subject on which his knowledge was entirely theoretical, were 1879 Evolution old and new, 1880 Unconscious memory, 1887 Luck or cunning. Erewhon 1872 developed from Darwin among the machines , The Press, Christchurch, NZ, 1863 Jun. 13; this was signed Cellarius , a pseudonym. 1862 Darwin on the origin of species , The Press Dec. 20. Festing Jones, Charles Darwin and Samuel Butler 1911. [page] 4

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A27b Book: Freeman, R. B. 2007. Charles Darwin: A companion. 2d online edition, compiled by Sue Asscher. Text

shooting and social occasions, both before Beagle voyage and on his return. Woodward, Samuel Pickworth, 1821-1865. Malacologist. DNB. 1848-1865 Assistant Department of Geology and Mineralogy British Museum. 1851-1856 Manual of the Mollusca. 1856 Jun. CD to W, had read his Manual of the Mollusca with much solid instruction and interest . CD hoped to see him in London in about a fortnight—Carroll 129. 1856 Jun. CD to Lyell and to Hooker, on W's views on extended continents—LLii 72-74. 1856 Jul. CD

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F2043 Book: Wyhe, John van ed. 2009. Charles Darwin's shorter publications 1829-1883. With a foreword by Janet Browne and Jim Secord. Cambridge: University Press. Text

seed. F1828 327 Vindication of Gärtner—effect of crossing peas. F1727a 327 On the existence of two forms, and on their reciprocal sexual relation, in several species of the genus Linum. F1723* 329 Fertilisation of orchids. F1724a 329 [Review of] Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley. By Henry Walter Bates. F1725 330 The doctrine of heterogeny and modification of species. F1729 334 Origin of species. F1730 337 [Letter on yellow rain]. F1727 338 Appearance of a plant in a singular

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A194 Periodical contribution: Darwin in Argentina. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 64, no. 1 (February 2009): 1-180. Text PDF

. Geological observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Smith Elder and Co. 280 p., London. 15. Darwin. C. 1848. On the distribution of the erratic boulder and on the contemporaneous unstratified deposits of South America. Transactions Geological Society London 6 (1842): 415-431. 16. Darwin, C. 1859. The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of races

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A194 Periodical contribution: Darwin in Argentina. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 64, no. 1 (February 2009): 1-180. Text PDF

molar is understandable given that the teeth of Toxodon, as noted by Owen (1838), bear a certain resemblance to those of rodents. Implications of the erroneous assignments of the youthful Darwin Twenty years before the publication of the Origin of Species and only two years after he had begun recording his thoughts on transmutation, Darwin (1839, p. 209-210) had this to say about the South American paleofauna: The most important result of this discovery, is the confirmation of the law that

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A194 Periodical contribution: Darwin in Argentina. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 64, no. 1 (February 2009): 1-180. Text PDF

processes that may have explained the origin of the deposits and the associated paleoflora: Certainly the upright trees have been buried under several thousand feet in thickness of matter, accumulated under the sea. As the land, moreover, on which the trees grew, is formed of subaqueous deposits, of nearly if not quite equal thickness with the superincumbent strata, and as these deposits are regularly stratified and fine-grained, not like the matter thrown up on a sea-beach, a previous upward movement

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A194 Periodical contribution: Darwin in Argentina. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 64, no. 1 (February 2009): 1-180. Text PDF

the Formations of the Pampas, the fourth chapter of his Geological Observations on South America (1846). The vast extent, the disputed origin and the abundance of fossil mammal remains were the three main aspects underlined by Charles Darwin when he summarized the characteristics of the Pampean sediments. What was the meaning of the Pampean Formation as used by Darwin?; what is the meaning of this term at present?; what is our present understanding of the late Cenozoic Pampean geology?. This

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A194 Periodical contribution: Darwin in Argentina. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 64, no. 1 (February 2009): 1-180. Text PDF

shells, of which thirteen are recent and four others very closely related to recent forms; whether the remaining ones are extinct or simply unknown, must be doubtful, as few collections of shells have been made on this coast. As, however, the recent species were embedded in nearly the same proportional numbers with those now living in the bay, I think there can be little doubt, that this accumulation belongs to a very late tertiary period (Darwin 1845, p. 83). The 23 mentioned species are in fact 20

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A194 Periodical contribution: Darwin in Argentina. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 64, no. 1 (February 2009): 1-180. Text PDF

very great physical changes can have taken place in the nature of the Country. What then has exterminated so many living creatures?…We are so profoundly ignorant concerning the physiological relations, on which the life, and even health (as shown by epidemics) of any existing species depends, that we argue with still less safety about either the life or death of any extinct kind (Voyage of the Beagle, Chapter IX, Jan. 1834). In this way, Darwin not only triggered the studies on the genealogical

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