Charles Darwin 
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition) 

pub One.info present you this wonderfully illustrated edition. "But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this- we can perceive that events are brought about not by insulated interpositions of Divine power, exerted in each particular case, but by the establishment of general laws.