...mystery to me. "In October, 1838, that is, fifteen months after I had begun my systematic inquiry, I happened to read for amusement ' Malthus on Population,'...existence which everywhere goes on from longcontinued observations of the habits of animals and plants, it at once struck me that under these circumstances...

...of nature remained for some time a mystery to me. In October 1838, that is, fifteen months after I had begun my systematic enquiry, I happened to read...on from longcontinued observation of the habits of aniixals and plants, it at once struck me that under these circumstances favourable variations would...

...me." "In October 1838," he writes, "that is, fifteen months after I had begun my systematic inquiry, I happened to read for amusement, ' Malthus on Population,'...existence which everywhere goes on from long-continued observations of the habits of animals and plants, it at once struck me that under these circumstances...

...modified ; " and on the opposite page this: "I happened to read for amusement Malthus on J'opulation, and being well prepared to appreciate the struggle...observation of the habits of animals and plants," etc. Of course, there can be no difficulty of wriggling out of the supposed colouring in either of...

...begun, Darwin says, " In October 1838, that is, fifteen months after I had begun my systematic inquiry, I happened to read for amusement Malthus on population;...struggle for existence which everywhere goes on, from long continued observation of the habits of animals and plants, it at once struck me that, under these...

...time a mystery to me. In October, 1838, being well prepared to appreciate the struggle for existence from long-continued observation of the habits of animals and plants, it at once struck me that under . . . circumstances favourable variations would tend to be preserved, and unfavourable ones to be destroyed....

...fifteen months after I had begun 1ny systematic inquiry, I happened to read for amusement "Mai thus on Population," and being well prepared to appreciate...it at once struck me that under these circumstances favorable variations would tend to be preserved, and unfavorable ones to be destroyed. The result of...

...Malthus. He says: In October, 1838, that is, fifteen months after I had begun my systematic inquiry, I happened to read for amusement " Malthus on Population,"...struggle for existence which everywhere goes on, from long continued observations of the habits of animals and plants, it at once struck me that under these...

...mystery to me. In October 1838 — that is, fifteen months after I had begun my systematic inquiry — I happened to read for amusement ' Malthus on Population...it at once struck me that under these circumstances favorable variations would tend to be preserved, and unfavorable ones to be destroyed. The result of...

...been modified. ... In October 1838, that is, fifteen months after I had begun my systematic inquiry, I happened to read for amusement Malthus on Population,...existence which everywhere goes on, from long-continued observations of the habits of plants and animals, it at once struck me that under these circumstances...