...characters," whereas natural selection acts "on every shade of constitutional difference" (83). Furthermore, "Man selects only for his own good; Nature only for that of the being which she tends." Finally, the wishes and efforts of man are "fleeting," his time is "short," so that "how poor will...

...(Darwin, 1967). While most of Darwin's ensuing contrasts stress nature's superior sweep, "She can act on every internal organ, on every shade of constitutional difference, on the whole machinery of life" and ruthlessness. Darwin believes that humanity "does not rigidly destroy all inferior animals, ..."...

...nature cares nothing for appearances, except in so far as they may be useful to any being. She can act on every internal organ, on every shade of constitutional...being which she tends. Every selected character is folly exercised by her; and the being is placed under well-suited conditions of life. Man keeps die...

...nature cares nothing for appearances, except in so far as they may be useful to any being. She can act on every internal organ, on every shade of constitutional...Nature only for that of the being which she tends" (Darwin, Origin of Species, p. 146). Unlike Tennyson's personification of a dangerously ruthless force...

...nature cares nothing for appearances, except in so far as they may be useful to any being. She can act on every internal organ, on every shade of constitutional...which she tends. Every selected character is fully exercised by her; and the being is placed under well-suited conditions of life. Man keeps the natives...

...it is misunderstood & apparently always will be. Referring to your book I find such expressions as "Man selects only for his own good; Nature only for that of the being which she tends". This it seems will always be misunderstood; but if you had said "Man selects only for his own good;...

...fittest, cares nothing for appearances, except in so far as they are useful to any being. She can act on every internal organ, on every shade of constitutional...for his own good, Nature only for that of the being for which she tends. ... It may metaphorically be said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinising...

...to any being. She can act on every internal organ, on every shade of constitutional difference, ou the whole machinery of life. Man selects only for...own good , Nature only for that of the being which the tends. Every selected Ann. if Mag. N. Hist. Ser.3. Vol. v. 10character is fully exercised by her...

...mould and shape the forms of actually existing species. Through death, Darwin held, nature can act on every internal organ, on every shade of constitutional difference, on the whole machinery of life. ... It may be said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinising, throughout the world, every...