...it's not the most likely motive for reading Malthus but there we are. He writes: Being well-prepared to appreciate the struggle for existence which everywhere goes on from long-continued observation of plants and animals, it at once struck me that under these circumstances favourable variations...

...happened in one of those serendipitous bursts of illumination. This is how Darwin recorded t incident: In October 1838, that is, fifteen months after I had...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...

...available food supply. In October 1 838, 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...

...contributing a significant step in the development of the theory of natural selection: "In October 1838 ... 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...

...evolutionary thought. Charles Darwin himself observed: 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 1 838, that is, fifteen months after 1 had begun my systematic enquity, 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 citcumsrances...

...mechanism of change is not random but a creative force in itself. THE INNER LANDSCAPE In October 1838 ... 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...

...thinking when he writes: "ln October 1838 ... l happened to read for amusement Malthus on Popalarion, and being well prepared to appreciate the struggle...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...

...after I had begun my systematic enquiry, I happened to read for amusement 'Malthus on Population1, and being well prepared to appreciate the struggle...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...

...Malthus regarding the tendency of population to outgrow resources, Darwin noted that he was: . . . well prepared to appreciate the 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 circumstances...