Craig, I read the link after all, and have to say I was underwhelmed. I disagreed with the first para (about the inchworm playing) and it was all downhill after that.
What was the writer's point (in your reading of it.) Ian On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 4:58 AM, Dan Glover <daneglo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dave, > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 2:35 PM, david <dmbucha...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> I don't know who said: >> "In an explicit riposte to social Darwinists, Kropotkin argued that the >> entire theoretical basis for Social Darwinism was wrong: those species that >> cooperate most effectively tend to be the most competitive in the long run." >> >> >> >> dmb says: >> I've heard that Darwin used the phrase "survival of the fittest" only twice >> in his famous book but he used the word "love" 27 times. > > Dan: > Well, the online version (the final sixth draft) of Origins of Species > only contains 3 mentions of "love" two of which pertain to maternal > love and one to the love a dog feels for his master. "Clover" is > mentioned numerous times and that might well skew the search for > "love." > In addition, Darwin didn't use the phrase "survival of the fittest" > until the fifth edition of Origins of (the) Species. The title was > shortened at that time too. He continued to extensively revise the > book over the years and the term "evolution" did not appear until the > sixth edition. The opening words of the Historical Sketch read: 'I > will here a give a brief sketch . . .'. and this mistake apparently > wasn't noticed until the 17th printing. > > http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F373&viewtype=text&pageseq=1 > > Dan > > http://www.danglover.com > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
