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AS a reader of Mr. Herbert Spencer's writings and a disciple of his, I shall be very glad to lift Prof. Lankester' glove. In the first place I would point out that the process he describes is not natural selection in the ordinary sense; natural selection is the death of the unfit and the survival of the fittest. In the suggested process neither the animals with perfect eyes, nor those with imperfect, are destroyed in the struggle for existence; they are simply segregated. But this is of minor importance. The question is whether there is any foundation for the hypothesis suggested.
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CUNNINGHAM, J. Blind Animals in Caves. Nature 47, 439 (1893). https://doi.org/10.1038/047439a0
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