Chapter IV, diagram and discussion
The branching tree diagram showing divergence of character from common ancestors.
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Chapter XIV (Conclusion)
The famous closing image: 'from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.'
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