Chapter XXVIII: Concluding Remarks

DOMESTICATION—NATURE AND CAUSES OF VARIABILITY—SELECTION—DIVERGENCE AND DISTINCTNESS OF CHARACTER—EXTINCTION OF RACES—CIRCUMSTANCES FAVOURABLE TO SELECTION BY MAN—ANTIQUITY OF CERTAIN RACES—THE QUESTION WHETHER EACH PARTICULAR VARIATION HAS BEEN SPECIALLY PREORDAINED ... Page 405

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THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN Volume I By Charles Darwin Edited By His Son Francis Darwin

CONTENTS VOLUME I PREFACE LIFE AND LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN. VOLUME I. CHAPTER 1.I. — THE DARWIN FAMILY. CHAPTER 1.II. — AUTOBIOGRAPHY. CHAPTER 1.III. — REMINISCENCES OF MY FATHER'S EVERYDAY LIFE. CHAPTER 1.IV. — CAMBRIDGE LIFE. CHAPTER 1.V. — THE APPOINTMENT TO THE 'BEAGLE.' CHAPTER 1.VI. — THE VOYAGE. CHAPTER 1.VII. — LONDON AND CAMBRIDGE. CHAPTER 1.VIII. — RELIGION. CHAPTER 1.IX. — LIFE AT DOWN. CHAPTER 1.X. — THE GROWTH OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.' Chapter I. "On the kind of intermediateness necessary, and the number Chapter II. "The gradual appearance and disappearance of organic Chapter III. "Geographical Distribution." Corresponds to Chapters XI. Chapter IV. "Affinities and Classification of Organic beings." Chapter V. "Unity of Type," Morphology, Embryology. Chapter VI. Rudimentary Organs. Chapter VII. Recapitulation and Conclusion. CHAPTER 1.XI. — THE GROWTH OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.' CHAPTER 1.XII. — THE UNFINISHED BOOK. CHAPTER 1. XIII. — THE WRITING OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.' CHAPTER 1.XIV. — BY PROFESSOR HUXLEY.

THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF

CHARLES DARWIN Volume II By Charles Darwin Edited By His Son Francis Darwin CONTENTS TRANSCRIPT OF A FACSIMILE OF A PAGE FROM A NOTE-BOOK OF 1837. LIFE AND LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN. VOLUME II. CHAPTER 2.I. — THE PUBLICATION OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.' CHAPTER 2.II. — THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES' (continued). CHAPTER 2.III. — SPREAD OF EVOLUTION. CHAPTER 2.IV. — THE SPREAD OF EVOLUTION. CHAPTER 2.V. — THE PUBLICATION OF THE 'VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION.' CHAPTER 2.VI. — WORK ON 'MAN.' CHAPTER 2.VII. — PUBLICATION OF THE 'DESCENT OF MAN.' CHAPTER 2.VIII. — MISCELLANEA CHAPTER 2.IX. — MISCELLANEA (continued) CHAPTER 2.X. — FERTILISATION OF FLOWERS. CHAPTER 2.XI. — THE 'EFFECTS OF CROSS- AND SELF-FERTILISATION CHAPTER 2.XII. — 'DIFFERENT FORMS OF FLOWERS ON PLANTS OF THE SAME SPECIES.' CHAPTER 2.XIII. — CLIMBING AND INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS. CHAPTER 2.XIV. — THE 'POWER OF MOVEMENT IN PLANTS.' CHAPTER 2.XV. — MISCELLANEOUS BOTANICAL LETTERS. CHAPTER 2.XVI. — CONCLUSION. APPENDIX I. APPENDIX II. Notes upon the Rhea Americana. Zoology Society Proc., Part v. 1837. Notes on the Effects produced by the Ancient Glaciers of Notes on the Fertilization of Orchids. Annals and Magazine of Natural APPENDIX III. APPENDIX IV.

MORE LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN

By Charles Darwin

CONTENTS PREFACE TABLE OF CONTENTS. MORE LETTERS OF CHARLES DARWIN. VOLUME I. OUTLINE OF CHARLES DARWIN'S LIFE. CHARLES DARWIN CHAPTER 1.I.—AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FRAGMENT, AND EARLY LETTERS. CHAPTER 1.II.—EVOLUTION, 1844-1858. CHAPTER 1.III.—EVOLUTION, 1859-1863. CHAPTER 1.IV.—EVOLUTION, 1864-1869. CHAPTER 1.V.—EVOLUTION, 1870-1882.