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d, I here give a brief demonstration in a tabular form of the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, referring for the _facts_ to Mr. Darwin's works, and to the pages in this volume, where they are more or less fully treated. _A Demonstration of the Origin of Species by Natural Selection_. ___________________________________________________________________ | | | |_PROVED FACTS_. |_NECESSARY CONSEQUENCES_ | | |(_afterwards taken as Proved | | |Facts_). | |_________________________________|_________________________________| | | | |RAPID INCREASE OF ORGANISMS, | | |pp. 29, 265; ("Origin |STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE, | |of Species," p. 75, 5th Ed.) |the deaths equalling the | | |births on the average, p. 30; | |TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS |("Origin of Species," chap. | |STATIONARY, pp. 30, |III.) | |266. | | |_________________________________|_________________________________| | | | |STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE. |SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST, | | |or Natural Selection; meaning | |HEREDITY WITH VARIATION, |simply, that on the | |or general likeness with |whole those die who are | |individual differences of parents|least fitted to maintain their | |and offspring, pp. |existence; ("Origin of Species," | |266, 287-291, 308; ("Origin |chap. IV.) | |of Species," chap. I., II., V.) | | |_________________________________|_________________________________| | | | |SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. |CHANGES OF ORGANIC FORMS, | | |to keep them in harmony | |CHANGE OF EXTERNAL CONDITIONS, |with the Changed Conditions; | |universal and unceasing.--See |and as the changes |
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