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A onetime theology student in training to become a. This excursion interested me greatly, and it was the last time i was ever strong enough to climb mountains or to. On the origin of species by charles darwin is a publication of the pennsylvania state university. The autobiography of charles darwin, by charles darwin. You can read about darwin s life in 1875 through his letters and see a full list of the letters. You may want to browse the index and just search using the bar above e. The life and letters of charles darwin, including an autobiographical chapter. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of the correspondence of charles darwin, and a new chapter to darwin s life in letters has been added here. Feb 01, 2000 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Charles darwins theory of evolution by natural selection is the foundation upon which modern evolutionary theory is built.
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