RECORD: Darwin, C. R. Abstract of 'Quart Review: 138, 162, 164' CUL-DAR80.B103-B104 (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

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Reference: Anon, The argument of design. Quarterly Review 127.


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Q Review p. 138 a Pedicularis or intestinal worm might say that man created for him

p. 162 Perhaps allude to selection — as determing which shall live & which shall die — Man determn whic shall live or breed whic shall die or not breed— & this has commonly be called selecting — so when circumstances determine which shall live & bred & which not this may be called selection by nature

Again reurge single strongly marked variation, as insisted on in last Edit. of Origin not wanted—.

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Q. R. on design give Title

(Selection)

p. 164. no succession of special favourable variation required.—

(General Conclusion) on Man)

There is no chance in the variation they follow whether useful or useless for the conditions — their preservation likewise follows from conditions infinitely complex. . He also believes that no drop of rain fall without its bng specially ordained that it shall fall, not th hundredth of one inch. one way more than another — or the downy seed of a thistle one inch further —


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