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Excerpt from Evolution After Darwin, Vol. 3: The University of Chicago Centennial; Issues in Evolution On November 24, 1859, Charles Darwin at last saw in print the manu script Over which he had labored for almost a quarter Of a century, the book whose ponderous title has become the familiar Origin of Species. The world had been waiting, and in a Single day the first edition Of was sold out. One hundred years later, the day was celebrated as marking one of those events that inuence the career of man by changing his perspective of himself and his place in the universe. In December Of 1955 the University Of Chicago began planning its celebration Of the centenary in the most appropriate manner - bringing to bear, on the subject Of evolution, current knowledge from a variety of relevant fields, thus advancing once more our understanding of the world and man. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.