"Natural Selection will never produce in a being anything injurious to itself, for natural selection acts solely by and for the good of each. No organ will be formed, as Paley has remarked, for the purpose of causing pain or for doing an injury to its possessor" (208).
Why did I pick this quote? I found this point interesting. In a world of good versus evil, it seems that there is a dark side to almost anything. It is sort of nice to think that mother nature would never do wrong to an organism. Natural selection is a process that only improves; it never hinders or harms. Although not as significant or as important as the other topics Darwin discusses, it is nice to think about that which is positive for a change.
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