On the Origin of Species

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Charles Darwin · Sixth edition, 1872. The introduction and fifteen chapters, each as an original PDF, followed by a glossary and the complete text. Start at the beginning or open a chapter below. Public-domain text from Project Gutenberg, eBook 2009: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2009
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Chapters

  1. Introductionpersist.click/templates/documents/chapters/00-introduction.pdfPDF
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  2. 1Variation Under Domesticationpersist.click/templates/documents/chapters/01-variation-under-domestication.pdfPDF
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  3. 2Variation Under Naturepersist.click/templates/documents/chapters/02-variation-under-nature.pdfPDF
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  4. 3Struggle for Existencepersist.click/templates/documents/chapters/03-struggle-for-existence.pdfPDF
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  5. 4Natural Selection or the Survival of the Fittestpersist.click/templates/documents/chapters/04-natural-selection-or-the-survival-of-the-fittest.pdfPDF
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  6. 5Laws of Variationpersist.click/templates/documents/chapters/05-laws-of-variation.pdfPDF
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  7. 6Difficulties of the Theorypersist.click/templates/documents/chapters/06-difficulties-of-the-theory.pdfPDF
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  8. 7Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selectionpersist.click/templates/documents/chapters/07-miscellaneous-objections-to-the-theory-of-natural-selection.pdfPDF
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  9. 8Instinctpersist.click/templates/documents/chapters/08-instinct.pdfPDF
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  10. 9Hybridismpersist.click/templates/documents/chapters/09-hybridism.pdfPDF
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  11. 10On the Imperfection of the Geological Recordpersist.click/templates/documents/chapters/10-on-the-imperfection-of-the-geological-record.pdfPDF
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  12. 11On the Geological Succession of Organic Beingspersist.click/templates/documents/chapters/11-on-the-geological-succession-of-organic-beings.pdfPDF
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  13. 12Geographical Distributionpersist.click/templates/documents/chapters/12-geographical-distribution.pdfPDF
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  14. 13Geographical Distribution Continuedpersist.click/templates/documents/chapters/13-geographical-distribution-continued.pdfPDF
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  15. 14Mutual Affinities of Organic Beingspersist.click/templates/documents/chapters/14-mutual-affinities-of-organic-beings.pdfPDF
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  16. 15Recapitulation and Conclusionpersist.click/templates/documents/chapters/15-recapitulation-and-conclusion.pdfPDF
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Appendix

  1. Full Textpersist.click/templates/documents/appendix/full-text.txttext
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  2. Glossarypersist.click/templates/documents/appendix/glossary.pdfPDF
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