...dangerous to theism. In appreciation of its being extremely indeterminate as a cause, Darwin remarks : 8 " Several writers have misapprehended or objected to the term ' natural selection.' Some hare even imagined that natural selection induces variability, whereas it implies only the preservation...

...selection, and would be left a fluctuating element, as perhaps we see in the species called polymorphic. Several writers have misapprehended or objected to...as occur and are beneficial to the being under its conditions of life. No one objects to agriculturists speaking of the potent effects of man's selection...

...struggle for existence " was a theory to account for variations. Let me read what Darwin says himself: " Several writers have misapprehended or objected to...as occur and are beneficial to the being under its conditions of life." — (P. 91.) How can it be said, then, that bringing in " use and disuse " as...

...in the third edition of "the Origin" he attempted to clear up this point by means of this statement: Several writers have misapprehended or objected to...selection. Some have even imagined that natural selection even induces variability, whereas it implies only the preservation of such variations as arise and...

...misapprehended or objected to the term natural selection. Some have even imagined that natural selection even induces variability, whereas it implies only the preservation of such variations as arise and are beneficial to the being under its conditions of life." Nevertheless, almost side by side...

...precise words repeated in several places (see pages 71, 91, 123, &c.). At page 91 he says : — " Some writers have misapprehended or objected to the term natural selection. Some have imagined that natural selection induces variability ; whereas it implies only the preservation of such...

...would ultimately become fixed, owing to the nature of the organism and the nature of the conditions. Several writers have misapprehended or objected to...implies only the preservation of such variations as arise and are beneficial to the being under its conditions of life. No one objects to agriculturists...

...coherent whole, indeed, as a possibility in nature, is, ((). S. 84, 196) " that natural selection acts by the preservation of such variations as occur, and are beneficial to the being, (he elsewhere and often implies individual) and under its conditions of life,'' ie, which give it a...

...dangerous to theism. In appreciation of its being extremely indeterminate as a cause, Darwin remarks : 8 " Several writers have misapprehended or objected to...implies only the preservation of such variations as arise and are beneficial to the being under its conditions of life The variability which we almost...

...will follow Mr. Darwin's answer to those who have objected to the expression, "natural selection." Mr. Darwin says:— " Several writers have misapprehended...imagined that natural selection induces variability."* And small wonder if they have; but those who have fallen into this error are hardly worth considering....