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amunderstood。Isuppose\"naturalselection\"wasabadterm;buttochangeitnow，Ithink，wouldmakeconfusionworseconfounded，norcanIthinkofabetter;\"NaturalPreservation\"wouldnotimplyapreservationofparticularvarieties，andwouldseematruism，andwouldnotbringman’sandnature’sselectionunderonepointofview。Icanonlyhopebyreiteratedexplanationsfinallytomakethematterclearer。IfmyMS。
spreadsout，IthinkIshallpublishonevolumeexclusivelyonvariationofanimalsandplantsunderdomestication。IwanttoshowthatIhavenotbeenquitesorashasmanysuppose。
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Lowellinthe’ChristianExaminer’（Boston，U。S。，May，1860。）sometime……I