text: Darwin agreed with Alfred Russel Wallace that this new phrase â '' `` survival of the fittest '' â '' avoided the troublesome anthropomorphism of `` selecting '' , though it `` lost the analogy between nature 's selection and the fanciers ' '' .
simplified: Survival of the fittest would avoid this problem , but it `` lost the analogy between nature 's selection and the fanciers '' ( breeders ) .