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Why isn't the full title ever given? It is: On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle For Life.
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"Its full title was On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle…moreCited from Wikipedia:

"Its full title was On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. For the sixth edition of 1872, the short title was changed to The Origin of Species."(less)
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The Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin
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