On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life

Furthermore, I am convinced that Natural Selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification.

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On the other hand, cats, from their nocturnal rambling habits, cannot be matched, and, although so much valued by women and children, we hardly ever see a distinct breed kept up; such breeds as we do sometimes see are almost always imported from some other country, often from islands