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This title is of interest, as has been pointed out by 

 Professor E. Ray Lankester, in relation to the con- 

 troversy upon the exact meaning of the word 

 "Darwinisra." Some writers have argued that the 

 term " Darwinism " includes the whole of the causes of 

 evolution accepted by Darwin — the supposed inherited 

 effects of use and disuse and the direct influence of 

 environment, which find a subordinate place in the 

 " Origin," as well as natural selection, which is the real 

 subject of the book and which is fully defined in the 

 title. It would seem appropriate to use the term 

 " Darwinism," as Wallace uses it, to indicate the causes 

 of evolution which were suggested by Darwin himself, 

 excluding those supposed causes which had been 

 previously brought forward by earlier writers, and 

 especially by Lamarck. The causes of evolution pro- 

 posed by Lamarck are seriously disputed, and it is 

 possible that they may be ultimately abandoned. If 

 so, the integrity of "Darwinism," as interpreted by 

 some controversialists, would be impaired ; and this, 

 it will be generally admitted, would be most unfortu- 

 nate, as well as most unfair to the memory of Darwin. 



