Daniel Duzdevdich recently wrote an updated version of Darwin's classic On the Origin of Species - attempting to free the book from its (apparently) stilted Victorian prose. Michael Ruse, it seems, didn't like it. Over at the NCSE's blog, Duzdevdich has defended his book. Both review and response contain comparisons of the original to the new text. Here at Extinct, we don't treat Darwin with total reverence, so invite readers to decide for themselves...