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When on board H.M.S. 'Beagle,' as naturalist, I was much struck with
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certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and
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in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that
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continent. These facts seemed to me to throw some light on the origin of
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species--that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by one of our
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greatest philosophers. On my return home, it occurred to me, in 1837, that
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something might perhaps be made out on this question by patiently
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accumulating and reflecting on all sorts of facts which could possibly have
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any bearing on it. After five years' work I allowed myself to speculate on
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the subject, and drew up some short notes; these I enlarged in 1844 into a
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sketch of the conclusions, which then seemed to me probable: from that
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period to the present day I have steadily pursued the same object. I hope
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that I may be excused for entering on these personal details, as I give
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them to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision.
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My work is now nearly finished; but as it will take me two or three more
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years to complete it, and as my health is far from strong, I have been
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urged to publish this Abstract. I have more especially been induced to do
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this, as Mr. Wallace, who is now studying the natural history of the Malay
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archipelago, has arrived at almost exactly the same general conclusions
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that I have on the origin of species. Last year he sent to me a memoir on
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