RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1856.09.25. The advantage in each group becoming as different as possible may be. CUL-DAR205.5.171. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2023. RN1
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. The volume CUL-DAR205.5 contains notes on the principle of divergence, transitional organs and instincts.
The brown crayon number '11' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Divergence.
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The advantage in each group becoming as different as possible, may be compared to the fact that by division of land labour most people can be supported in each country— Not only do the individuals of each group strive one against the other, but each group itself with all its members, some more numerous, some less, are struggling against all other groups, as indeed follows from each individual struggling—
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