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Species." His little work, "A Pitman's Faith and Science" ("Köhlerglaube und Wissenschaft") exercised a great influence during the natural science revival of 1856–62. Other works: "Zoological Letters," "Old and New from the Life of Animals and Men," "Lectures on Man,"—probably none of them translated into English.

Wallace, Alfred Russel (born 1822), English naturalist, who, contemporaneously with Darwin, in 1857, developed the theory of evolution of species through natural selection in the struggle for life. His work, "Darwinism," is an admirable exposition of the subject, popularly written and thoroughly scientific. In his youth he came under the influence of Robert Owen's teachings, and is still in favour of land nationalisation.