...throughout the world, the slightest variations ; rejecting those that are bad and adding up all that are good; silently and insensibly working, whenever and...opportunity offers, at the improvement of each organic being in relation to its organic and inorganic conditions of life." " When we see leaf-eating insects green...

...is " daily and hourly scrutinising, throughout the world, the slightest variations " ; that it is " silently and insensibly working, whenever and wherever...opportunity offers, at the improvement of each organic being in relation to its organic and inorganic conditions of life." l This fussy activity provokes suspicion...

...throughout the world the slightest variations . . . rejecting those that are bad and adding up all that are good ; silently and insensibly working, whenever and...opportunity offers, at the improvement of each organic being in relation to its organic and inorganic conditions of life " (Origin of Species, chap, iv.), we feel...

...world the slightest variations ; rejecting those that are bad ; preserving and adding up all that are good ; silently and insensibly working, whenever and...offers, at the improvement of each organic being, in relation to its organic and inorganic conditions of life".1 This process goes on unendingly, for,...

...world the slightest variations, rejecting those that are bad, preserving and adding up all that are good, silently and insensibly working whenever and...offers at the improvement of each organic being.'* But he never recognises that the means to attain this end rests with the awful power of maternity....

...has written, ' It may be metaphorically said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinizing throughout the world every variation, even the slightest...rejecting that which is bad, preserving and adding up that which is good, (We are here reminded how Epicurus ' detached ' his gods from the world altogether.)...

...has written, ' It may be metaphorically said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinizing throughout the world every variation, even the slightest...rejecting that which is bad, preserving and adding up that which is good, (We are here reminded how Epicurus ' detached ' his gods from the world altogether.)...

...world, the slightest variations— rejecting those that are bad, preserving and adding up all that are good, silently and insensibly working, whenever and...opportunity offers, at the improvement of each organic being in relation to its organic and inorganic conditions of life." The struggle for existence is sometimes—indeed,...

...has written, ' It may be metaphorically said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinizing throughout the world every variation, even the slightest...rejecting that which is bad, preserving and adding up that which is good, (We are here reminded how Epicurus ' detached ' his gods from the world altogether.)...

...variations; rejecting those that are bad, preserving and adding up all that are good; silently and sensibly working, whenever and wherever opportunity offers, at the improvement of each organic being in relation to its organic and inorganic conditions of life. We see nothing of these slow changes in...