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Charles Darwin in his book On Natural Selection surely states that he is convinced that the whole economy of nature, with its specifics on distribution, rarity, profusion, extinction, and variation are displaced and misunderstood through the face of nature. It is through the "struggle of existence" which he explains his understanding and why the world is lived through such a diversified way, also called Natural Selection. He likes to use the example:

" A plant on the edge of a desert is said
to struggle for life against the drought,
though more properly it
should be said to be dependent
on the moisture."

In relating to this, the plant is not in a stage of distress, but is striving to adapt to the environment and climate. This clearly proves his theory of evolution, because the plant is changing the way it lives to adapt to its environment. And through enough time this species will change very slowly as the environment is changing, and its offspring will start to......

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