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Title: A Critique of the Theory of Evolution

Author: Thomas Hunt Morgan

Release Date: December 17, 2009 [EBook #30701]

Language: English

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Princeton University

THE LOUIS CLARK VANUXEM FOUNDATION
LECTURES FOR 1915-1916

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The Louis Clark Vanuxem Foundation of Princeton University

was established in 1912 with a bequest of $25,000 under the will of Louis
Clark Vanuxem, of the Class of 1879. By direction of the executors of Mr.
Vanuxem's estate, the income of the foundation is to be used for a series
of public lectures delivered in Princeton annually, at least one half of
which shall be on subjects of current scientific interest. The lectures are
to be published and distributed among schools and libraries generally.

The following lectures have already been published or are in press:

1912-13 The Theory of Permutable Functions, by Vito Volterra

1913-14 Lectures delivered in connection with the dedication of the
Graduate College of Princeton University by Emile Boutroux, Alois
Riehl, A. D. Godley, and Arthur Shipley

1914-15 Romance, by Sir Walter Raleigh

1915-16 A Critique of the Theory of Evolution, by Thomas Hunt Morgan

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LOUIS CLARK VANUXEM FOUNDATION

A CRITIQUE

OF THE

THEORY OF EVOLUTION

BY

THOMAS HUNT MORGAN

PROFESSOR OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY IN
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

LECTURES DELIVERED AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
FEBRUARY 24, MARCH 1, 8, 15, 1916

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
PRINCETON
LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
1916

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Copyright, 1916, by
PRINCETON UNIVERSI