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This edition of Life and Habit by Samuel Butler is given by Golden - Million Book Edition

William Bateson claimed at the Darwin Centenary in 1909 that Samuel Butler (1835-1902) was 'the most brilliant and by far the most interesting of Darwin's opponents, whose works are at length emerging from oblivion.' Best remembered today as the author of the novels Erewhon and... Read Full Overview

Samuel Butler (4 December 1835 - 18 June 1902) was the iconoclastic English author of the Utopian satirical novel Erewhon (1872) and the semi-autobiographical Bildungsroman The Way of All Flesh, published posthumously in 1903. Both have remained in print ever since. In other... Read Full Overview

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Life and Habit

Since Samuel Butler published "Life and Habit" thirty-three \'7b1\'7d years have elapsed - years fruitful in change and discovery, during which many of the mighty have been put down from their seat and many of the humble have been exalted. I do not know that Butler can truthfully... Read Full Overview

Life and Habit, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This... Read Full Overview

Life and Habit

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Life and Habit is a philosophical book written by Samuel Butler, first published in 1877. The book explores the concept of heredity and the idea that habits and experiences acquired by an organism during its lifetime can be passed down to its offspring. Butler argues that this... Read Full Overview

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