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• Bible: 2nd Book of Moses (Exodus) finished
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  A note on the edition I haven't done a variorum, but the inclusion of the Historical Sketch at the beginning indicates this is a later edition, probably the 6th. This is disappointing, as everyone with an opinion seems to agree that the first edition is preferable from both scientific and history of science perspectives; as the editions proceeded, they accumulated errors, especially on the topic of the source of heritable variation. (Thus the four stars -- the first edition gets give.) I posted this on 07 June 2009
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On the Origin of Species - A note on the edition

I haven't done a variorum, but the inclusion of the Historical Sketch at the beginning indicates this is a later edition, probably the 6th. This is disappointing, as everyone with an opinion seems to agree that the first edition is preferable from both scientific and history of science perspectives; as the editions proceeded, they accumulated errors, especially on the topic of the source of heritable variation. (Thus the four stars -- the first edition gets give.)

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