...Biologist, pp. 70-1 In October 1838, that is, fifteen months after I had begun my systematic enquiry, I happened to read for amusement Malthus On Population,...existence which everywhere goes on from long-continued observation of the habits of animals and plants, it at once struck me that under these circumstances...

...October 1838, that is, fifteen months after I had lK-gun my systematic enquiry, I happened to read tor amusement 'Malthus on Population', and being well...existence which everywhere goes on from long-continued observation of the habits of animals and plants, it at once struck me that under these circumstances...

...Listen to Darwin: In October 1838, that is fifteen months after I had begun my systematic enquiry, I happened to read for amusement Malthus on Population,...existence which everywhere goes on from long-continued observation of the habits of animals and plants, it at once struck me that under these circumstances...

...order. Fifteen months after I had begun my systematic enquiry [Darwin wrote in his Autobiography], I happened to read for amusement Malthus on Population,...existence which everywhere goes on from longcontinued observation of the habits of animals and plants, it at once struck me that under these circumstances...

...physical nature, which tend prematurely to weaken and destroy the human frame. In October 1838 ... I happened to read for amusement Malthus on Population,...struggle for existence which everywhere goes on from long continued observation of the habits of animals and plants, it at once struck me that under these...

...systematic inquiry, I happened to read for amusement Malthus on population and being well ptepared to appreciate the struggle for existence which everywhere...from long-continued observations of the habits of animals and plants, it at once struck me that under these circumstances favourable variations would...

...reported that "fifteen months after I had begun my systematic inquiry [into the origins of species], I happened to read for amusement Malthus on Population,...struggle for existence which everywhere goes on from long- continued observation of the habits of animals and plants, it at once struck me that under these...

...ideas on transmutation crystal clear. In his autobiography, he describes the experience in this way: I happened to read for amusement Malthus on Population,...struggle for existence which everywhere goes on from long continued observation of the habits of animals and plants, it at once struck me that under these...

...a mystery to me. In October 1838, that is, fifteen months after I had begun my systematic enquiry, I happened to read for amusement ‘Malthus on Population'...existence which everywhere goes on from long-continued observation ofthe habits ofanimals and plants, it at once struck me that under these circumstances...

...Descent of Man (1871) 1981:Chap. 21, 405. 12 Fifteen months after 1 had begun my systematic enquiry, I happened to read for amusement Malthus on Population,...struggle for existence which everywhere goes on from long48 DAVENANT, CHARLES continued observations of the habits of animals and plants, it at once struck...