Punch,  60 (1871), 119.

Royal Development

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Darwinism, Development, Evolution


    Pleased that the 'law of Natural Selection' has governed the marriage of Princess Louise to a 'British Peer', a 'great improvement on the rile of non-natural selection by which German husbands have hitherto been wont to be chosen for our Royal spinsters'. Also believes that the present marriage 'will not be accompanied by Struggle for Existence'.



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