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once met with any sympathetic agreement. It is probable 

 that some did then believe in evolution, but they were 

 either silent or expressed themselves so ambiguously, 

 that it was not easy to understand their meaning. Now 

 things are wholly changed, and almost every naturalist 

 admits the great principle of evolution " (" Origin," sixth 

 edition, p. 424). At present the sale of the book in this 

 country approaches forty thousand copies. Its sale in 

 America has been very large; and numerous transla- 

 tions into German, French, Italian, Russian, Dutch, and 

 Swedish, and even into Japanese and Hindustani, have 

 been largely sold. It must always be one of the most 

 valued of all English classics. 



