RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1857.04.24. I often gaze at a square yard of turf. CUL-DAR46.1.37. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2022. 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-DAR46.1 contains Notes for Natural selection chap. 5 'Struggle for existence'.
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Ch. 5
I can often gaze for a long at a square yard of turf, & reflect with astonishment at the play of forces which determine the presence & relative number of the 30 or 40 plants which may be counted in it.—
Apr 24/57/
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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