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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1858.02. It is very true, as Paley, says nothing created to give pain & agrees with my theory. CUL-DAR48.A31. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2021. 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-DAR48 contains notes for Natural selection chap. 8 'Transitions of Organs'. Notes on bees' cells for origin of species theory.

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Feb 58/ It is very true, as Paley, says nothing created to give pain & agrees with my theory. But it is a As no one animal helps another habitually, (Swallows aiding each other Logger- headed Duck), so no one alias spares another. Look at cat playing with mouse - Otter or Cormorant with Fish - Cuckoo ruthless & instinctively ejects young of other species. Look at host of parasite tormenting other animals often destroying them, especially the weakly & sick Look at innumerable Ichneumonidous insects &c - Law is "generate & "Detur fortiori"

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