The Doctrine of Evolution; Its Basis And Its Scope..
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One after another, the cases that were supposed to give positive evidence have been reinvestigated, with the result that has been stated above. It would seem, therefore, that heredity and congenital modification must play by far the greater part in the evolution of species. The doctrine of natural selection took form in the mind of Darwin mainly on accoimt of three potent influences; these were, first, the geological doctrine of uniformitarianism proposed by Lyell, second, his own observations ...of wild life in many lands and his analysis of the breeder's results with domesticated animals, and third, the writings of Malthus deaUng with overpopulation. As Darwin had read the works of Buffon, Lamarck, and Erasmus Darwin, his grand- father, who had written a famous treatise under the title of "Zoonomia," he was familiar with the evidences 136 DOCTRINE OF EVOLUTION known in his student days tending to prove that organic evlution was a real natural process. Lyell's doctrine of uniform geological history made an early and deep impression upon his mind, and it led him to ask himself whether the efficient causes of past evolution might not be revealed by an analysis of the present workings of nature.
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