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To: Brumar89 who wrote (59533)	10/7/2014 2:19:31 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

I think he stole the idea he's best known for. You have not read his and Wallace's writings of the time. Both Darwin and Wallace were greatly influenced by Thomas Malthus. Darwin begin writing to his colleagues in October 1838 about Malthus' book and how it informed his theory. Wallace does not seem to mention Malthus until the1850s. Darwin apparently figured that publication of a theory that eliminated the need for a god to control life would make his life public and controversial and he was a rather shy person. It seems he was writing books to lay the foundation for Natural Selection, but was going to delay what was to be Origin of Species until he was on his deathbed. He did write to other naturalists, and therefore Wallace heard about him, that is why Wallace sent him a letter in 1858 getting feedback on a theory that was pretty much like Natural Selection. This forced Darwin's hand and his book was published the next year. Darwin fully disclosed Wallace's letter and contribution, but Origin of Species had already been written, it was just stalling the publication.