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Darwin: The Origin of Species
Living things vary, more are born than survive, and natural selection over long ages makes new species.
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15 minutes a day: Harvard Classics readings
Days in Harvard Classics Daily, from the 1930 reading guide to the 1909–10 Harvard Classics, that read this author.
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- February 16Social Circles Among AntsDarwin’s Origin of Species
- April 24Nineteen Million ElephantsDarwin’s Origin of Species
- July 1Darwin Not First EvolutionistDarwin’s Origin of Species
- September 5Survival of the FittestDarwin’s Origin of Species
- November 24The Book that Upset TennesseeDarwin’s Origin of Species
More readings by the same author
- January 29Visits the Land of FireCharles Darwin, Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle
- March 16Crabs Climb Trees?Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle
- April 2A Spoon Dances in the MoonlightCharles Darwin, Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle
- June 20No Salt for These BirdsCharles Darwin, Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle
- June 28Pages from the Pampas Book of EtiquetteCharles Darwin, Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle
- July 24Indian Sorcery Blamed for an EarthquakeCharles Darwin, Darwin’s The Voyage of the Beagle
- October 2Veteran Tells of Indian WarCharles Darwin, Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle
- December 22Rubbing Noses in New ZealandCharles Darwin, Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle
- December 27Million-Year-Old IslandsCharles Darwin, Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle
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