Charles Darwin: The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection

CHAPTER V. LAWS OF VARIATION.
11. SUMMARY. (continued)

Whatever the cause may be of each slight difference between the offspring and their parents--and a cause for each must exist--we have reason to believe that it is the steady accumulation of beneficial differences which has given rise to all the more important modifications of structure in relation to the habits of each species.

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