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WE are constantly meeting with an objection to Mr. Darwin's writings, urged alike by friends and foes, on the score of his not having published his views concerning the origin of life. As this objection refers to a matter of literary taste rather than to anything of substantial importance, in ordinary cases it is best met by silence; but when a President of the British Association gives it a prominent position in his inaugural address, it is time that a dissentient view should be raised.
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A Disciple of Darwin. Darwin on “The Origination of Life”. Nature 10, 335–336 (1874). https://doi.org/10.1038/010335b0
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