Herbert Spencer

[Paul Mackin]

On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Terrance F. Flaherty wrote:

> This principle of preservation, or the survival of the fittest, I have called
> natural Selection. It leads to the improvement of each creature in relation to
> its organic and inorganic conditions of life; and consequently, in most cases,
> to what must be regarded as an advance in organization.

> 
> -The Origin of Species-

Does this mean Darwin was picking up the vocabulary of other
"evolutionists" by the time he got around to writing On the O of S?

Or what?
				P.