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  <title><![CDATA[On Natural Selection]]></title>
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  <read_at>Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Finally wrapped up this slim volume.  I'll go through my notes later, but for now I'll just say it was fascinating how many aspects of evolution Darwin described in almost exactly the same way I learned it in school, from the basics of natural selection to sexual selection, even selection acting upo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44973688">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It is an incredible experience to read Darwin, who in these smartly picked sections from &quot;On the Origin of Species&quot; is first working through his revolutionary ideas on natural selection and evolution.  What makes it incredible are not the findings — we all know what he says — but rathe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55235332">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;It is so easy to hide our ignorance under such expressions as the 'plan of creation,' 'unity of design,' &amp;c., and to think that we give an explanation when we only restate a fact.&quot;]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was incredible reading the original words that officially introduced the world to the beliefs that I hold about how life works. I had to put it down every once in a while to really absorb how wonderful his arguments and deductions are. <br/><br/>Only 4 stars for this particular volume because r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70358815">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Darwin is the most dreadful writer to read so far. His points are good and there is some truth but he really did not consider the entire point of macro evolution. Only years later to be disproved.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Darwin is always wonderful, but I'm quite fond of the Penguin Great Ideas series in general. The slim, concise volumes and those striking embossed covers make these such easy books to carry around. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://edwardhenry.wordpress.com/2006/11/16/booklog-on-natural-selection/" title="http://edwardhenry.wordpress.com/2006/11/16/booklog-on-natural-selection/">http://edwardhenry.wordpress.com/2006/11...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not quite 'Origin of Species', but a good read.]]></body>
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