Template:RQ:Darwin Origin of Species

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1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
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Usage[edit]

This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote Charles Darwin's work On the Origin of Species (1st edition, 1859; 4th edition, 1866; 5th edition, 1869; and 6th edition, 1872). It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at the Internet Archive:

Parameters[edit]

The template takes the following parameters:

  • |edition= – if quoting from the 4th, 5th, or 6th edition, specify |edition=4th, |edition=5th, or |edition=6th, respectively.
  • |1= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) quoted from. If quoting a range of pages, note the following:
    • Separate the first and last page number of the range with an en dash, like this: |pages=10–11.
    • You must also use |pageref= to indicate the page to be linked to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).
This parameter must be specified to have the template determine the name of the chapter quoted from, and to link to the online version of the work.
  • |2=, |text=, or |passage= – the passage to be quoted.
  • |footer= – a comment on the passage quoted.
  • |brackets= – use |brackets=on to surround a quotation with brackets. This indicates that the quotation either contains a mere mention of a term (for example, “some people find the word manoeuvre hard to spell”) rather than an actual use of it (for example, “we need to manoeuvre carefully to avoid causing upset”), or does not provide an actual instance of a term but provides information about related terms.

Examples[edit]

  • 1st edition:
    • Wikitext:
      • {{RQ:Darwin Origin of Species|page=107|passage=[I]n fresh water we find some of the most anomalous forms now known in the world, as the Ornithorhynchus and Lepidosiren, which, like fossils, connect to a certain extent orders now widely separated in the natural scale. These anomalous forms may almost be called '''living fossils'''; they have endured to the present day, from having inhabited a confined area, and from having thus been exposed to less severe competition.}}; or
      • {{RQ:Darwin Origin of Species|107|[I]n fresh water we find some of the most anomalous forms now known in the world, as the Ornithorhynchus and Lepidosiren, which, like fossils, connect to a certain extent orders now widely separated in the natural scale. These anomalous forms may almost be called '''living fossils'''; they have endured to the present day, from having inhabited a confined area, and from having thus been exposed to less severe competition.}}
    • Result:
      • 1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, “Natural Selection”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 107:
        [I]n fresh water we find some of the most anomalous forms now known in the world, as the Ornithorhynchus and Lepidosiren, which, like fossils, connect to a certain extent orders now widely separated in the natural scale. These anomalous forms may almost be called living fossils; they have endured to the present day, from having inhabited a confined area, and from having thus been exposed to less severe competition.
  • 4th edition:
    • Wikitext:
      • {{RQ:Darwin Origin of Species|edition=4th|page=532|passage=Thus, community in embryonic structure reveals community of descent; but dissimilarity in embryonic development does not prove '''discommunity''' of descent, {{...}}}}; or
      • {{RQ:Darwin Origin of Species|edition=4th|532|Thus, community in embryonic structure reveals community of descent; but dissimilarity in embryonic development does not prove '''discommunity''' of descent, {{...}}}}
    • Result:
  • 5th edition:
    • Wikitext:
      • {{RQ:Darwin Origin of Species|edition=5th|page=9|passage=Such facts as the complex and extraordinary out-growths which '''invariably''' follow from the insertion of a minute drop of poison by a gall-producing insect, show us what singular modifications might result in the case of plants from a chemical change in the nature of the sap.}}; or
      • {{RQ:Darwin Origin of Species|edition=5th|9|Such facts as the complex and extraordinary out-growths which '''invariably''' follow from the insertion of a minute drop of poison by a gall-producing insect, show us what singular modifications might result in the case of plants from a chemical change in the nature of the sap.}}
    • Result:
  • 6th edition:
    • Wikitext:
      • {{RQ:Darwin Origin of Species|edition=6th|page=191|passage=The Echinodermata (star-fishes, sea-urchins, &c.) are furnished with remarkable organs, called pedicellariæ, which consist, when well developed, of a '''tridactyle''' forceps—that is, of one formed of three serrated arms, neatly fitting together and placed on the summit of a flexible stem, moved by muscles.}}; or
      • {{RQ:Darwin Origin of Species|edition=6th|191|The Echinodermata (star-fishes, sea-urchins, &c.) are furnished with remarkable organs, called pedicellariæ, which consist, when well developed, of a '''tridactyle''' forceps—that is, of one formed of three serrated arms, neatly fitting together and placed on the summit of a flexible stem, moved by muscles.}}
    • Result:
      • 1872, Charles Darwin, “Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection”, in The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], 6th edition, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 191:
        The Echinodermata (star-fishes, sea-urchins, &c.) are furnished with remarkable organs, called pedicellariæ, which consist, when well developed, of a tridactyle forceps—that is, of one formed of three serrated arms, neatly fitting together and placed on the summit of a flexible stem, moved by muscles.


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