...because of limitations of resources, and thus Darwin was 'well prepared to appreciate the (Malthusian) struggle for existence which everywhere goes on from long-continued observation of the habits of plants and animals', as he put it in his brief autobiography. He also knew, as was common knowledge...

...population growth (Essay on Population) led to his famous epiphany on September 28, 1838. Darwin wrote he "read for amusement Malthus on Population, and being...habits of animals and plants, it at once struck me," he continues, "that under these circumstances favourable variations would tend to be preserved, and...

...Malthus's Essay on Population. 'In October 1838,' Charles Darwin recorded in his Autobiography, 'that is 15 months after I had begun my systematic enquiry, I...the struggle for existence which everywhere goes on ... it at once struck me that under these circumstances favourable variations would tend to be preserved,...

...Essay on Population. 'In October 1838,' Charles Darwin recorded in his Autobiography, 'that is 1 5 months after I had begun my systematic enquiry, I...the struggle for existence which everywhere goes on ... it at once struck me that under these circumstances favourable variations would tend to be preserved,...

...published in 1887 and well known to anyone who knew anything about Darwin, the naturalist wrote that: Fifteen months after I had begun my systematic enquiry,...read for amusement Malthus on population, and being well-prepared to appreciate the struggle for existence which everywhere goes on, from long-continued...

...concepts of the struggle for existence were influenced by Malthus' work. Darwin is quoted as saying, "In October 1838, that is, fifteen months after I had begun my systematic inquiry, I happened to read, Malthus' Essay on the Principle of Population, and being well prepared...

...authority of science to Malthus's pronouncements. In his autobiography, Darwin wrote: I happened [in 1838] to read for amusement Malthus on population, and being...struggle for existence which everywhere goes on from long continuous observation of the habits of animals and plants, it at once struck me that under these...

...an explanatory theory from which the above "supposition" followed. "In October 1838," Darwin wrote, "that is fifteen months after I had begun my systematic...enquiry, I happened to read for amusement Malthus' Population, and being well prepared to appreciate the struggle for existence (a phrase used by Malthus)...

...Limits of Nature' in The Limits of Human Nature, ed. J. Benthall, London 1973. 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 would...

...Überlebenskampf stark von den Thesen Malthus' beeinflussen lassen.39 In seiner Autobiographie schreibt er: In October 1838, that is, fifteen months after I had begun my systematic inquiry, I happened to read for amusement Malthus on Population, and being well prepared to appreciate...