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From Ponderer to the Athenæum [before 5 June 1869]
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Inquires how CD arrived at the conclusion that fifteen million elephants could be produced from a single pair in five centuries [Origin, 5th ed., p. 74].
| Author: | Ponderer |
| Addressee: | Athenæum |
| Date: | [before 5 June 1869] |
| Classmark: | Athenæum, 5 June 1869, p. 772 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6775F |
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Rewriting Origin - the later editions
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For such an iconic work, the text of Origin was far from static. It was a living thing that Darwin continued to shape for the rest of his life, refining his ‘one long argument’ through a further five English editions. Many of his changes were made in…
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