Excerpt from The Dublin Review, Vol. 17: Vol; XVII. New Series, July October, 1871 Mr. Darwin, indeed, does not profess to treat of the origin of life. Science as yet throws no light on the (far higher) problem of the essence or origin of life. Origin of Species, p. 568. His endeavour is, taking life for granted, to prove that all livmg things have come, chiefly by a law which he calls natural selection, from, at most, a few primordial living types. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.