ON 



THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES 



BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION, 



PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE 

 FOR LIFE. 



By CHARLES DARWIN, M.A., 



FELLOW OF THE ROYAL, GEOLOGICAL, LINN^iAN, ETC., SOCIETIES; 



AUTHOR OF ' JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES DURING H. M. S. BEAGLE'S VOYAGE 

 ROUND THE WORLD.' 



LONDON: 

 JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 



1859. 



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