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Index of Subjects --_000_D7CC8CACCF2745898EAE5A045195B45Adalca_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I read it for the first time two years ago. I got the current Penguin editi= on which is the final edition (6th if memory serves) and I found it to be a= great read. There each edition included counter arguments against objectio= ns raised from previous editiions. I found it to be clear, easy to understa= nd, and a great read. Given how old the book is, it does an amazing job of = outlining the premise and the supporting evidence for it. Pat On Sep 2, 2014, at 8:35 PM, James Hirtle wrote: Hi all: I just finished reading Charles Darwin's - The Origin of Species. For the = sake of argument has anyone else read this and what was your opinion of it?= I found it rather drab and a hard read. There were really only two thing= s of real interest to me, which was the lifespan of an elephant and the tim= e it takes a female to produce it's first young. Also, that ants will tick= le the bottom of an aphid to make it excrete and then eat this as food. It was my impression after reading the book that a lot of Darwin's thoughts= and discoveries were not his own, but based on the research of others and = possibly taken as his own. In comparison to other writings by him and of o= thers about his research, which by the way I really enjoyed at the time. I= was really disheartened after reading the actual Origin of Species also wr= itten by him. I'll look forward to others thoughts on this book. James R. 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I got the current Penguin editi= on which is the final edition (6th if memory serves) and I found it to be a= great read. There each edition included counter arguments against objectio= ns raised from previous editiions. I found it to be clear, easy to understand, and a great read. Given how ol= d the book is, it does an amazing job of outlining the premise and the supp= orting evidence for it. <div><br> </div> <div>Pat</div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> <div> <div>On Sep 2, 2014, at 8:35 PM, James Hirtle wrote:</div> <br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> <blockquote type=3D"cite"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-= collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-varian= t: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal= ; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: n= one; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-hori= zontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-dec= orations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stro= ke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "> <div class=3D"hmmessage" style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri; "> <div dir=3D"ltr"><font color=3D"#000000" size=3D"6">Hi all:</font><br> <font color=3D"#000000" size=3D"6"></font> <br> <font color=3D"#000000" size=3D"6">I just finished reading Charles Darwin's= - The Origin of Species. For the sake of argument has anyone else re= ad this and what was your opinion of it? I found it rather drab = and a hard read. There were really only two things of real interest to me, which was the lifespan of an elephant and the time= it takes a female to produce it's first young. Also, that&= nbsp;ants will tickle the bottom of an aphid to make it excrete and then ea= t this as food. </font><br> <font size=3D"6"></font> <br> <font size=3D"6">It was my impression after reading the book that a lot of = Darwin's thoughts and discoveries were not his own, but based on the resear= ch of others and possibly taken as his own. In comparison to other wr= itings by him and of others about his research, which by the way I really enjoyed at the time. I was really disheart= ened after reading the actual Origin of Species also written by him. = I'll look forward to others thoughts on this book. <span class=3D"Appl= e-converted-space"> </span></font><br> <font size=3D"6"></font> <br> <font size=3D"6">James R. Hirtle</font><br> <font size=3D"6">Bridgewater</font><br> </div> </div> </span></blockquote> </div> <br> <div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-varian= t: normal; font-weight