RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1858.10.23-11.13]. Draft of Origin of species, Sect. VI, folio 205. CUL-DAR157.1. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe. RN2
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. "Lady Barlow has presented five-and-a-half sheets of the 1859 manuscript of The Origin of Species, noting that these were 'rescued from under the stairs at Down by my Aunt, Mrs Litchfield'." Cambridge University Reporter, Part 2, 1959, p. 1807.
See the introduction to the Origin of species drafts by John van Wyhe
The text of the draft corresponds to Origin, Chapter VI, Difficulties on theory, p. 188.
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Sect VI. Organs of Highly perfect organs
this case he does not know any of the transitional grades. His reason ought to conquer his imagination: though I have felt the difficulty far too keenly to be surprised at any degree of hesitation at extending the principle of natural selection to what I believe, , legitimately as to be its full & legitimate such startling lengths. (It is scarcely possible to avoid comparing in [illeg] the eye to a telescope. We know that this instrument
(It] written over a small '[illeg] 31.' in pencil, possibly 'On' or 'In'.
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Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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