Jeg synes, det er værd at bemærke, at Darwins værker er tilgængelig online fra http://darwin-online.org.uk/

Ret interessant er fx følgende eksempel fra “The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life”.

Her er det sidste afsnit fra bogen. Først fra 1. udgaven og så fra 6. udgaven.
Prøv at finde forskellen…… (Jeg foretrækker 1.udgaven)

1.ed
There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.

6.ed.
There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.

Tja…

Darwin som Podcast

Hvis man ikke gider læse om Darwin, så er der her: http://darwin-online.org.uk/BookoftheWeek.html Audio book of Darwin’s Beagle Diary mm.