The book "Darwinism as presented by Darwin himself: Characteristic passages from the writings of Charles Darwin" is a collection of key texts of the famous naturalist who first expressed the concept of evolution through natural selection. Readers will be able to read Charles Darwin's original statements that reflect his thoughts on the development of life on Earth and the importance of natural selection in this process. This book will allow you to better understand the ideological foundations of Darwinism and the impact they had on the development of science and society as a whole.