Iris’s Reviews > On the Origin of Species > Status Update

We're over halfway guys (it's been so long since I read a book that was >500 pages and now I feel really lazy for not getting through it quickly)

SHUT UP ABOUT BEES AND ANTS FFS

"When we reflect on this struggle, we may console ourselves with the full belief, that the war of nature is not incessant, that no fear is felt, that death is generally prompt, and that the vigorous, the healthy, and the happy survive and multiply."

I had heard people say that he goes on about pigeons a lot in this, but I still hadn't expected him to spend a good chunk of the FIRST CHAPTER talking about breeds of pigeons