And, finally, thank you to Charles and Emma. You two are just the best. I am going to miss you.
The Darwin Family
The Wedgwood Family
Source Notes
A note about citations: In most cases, quotes from letters, notebook entries, and diary entries have not been altered and appear as originally written. In a few instances, punctuation or spelling was changed very slightly to enhance a reader’ appreciation of the content.
Please see the Selected Bibliography for full information about the sources listed below.
Chapter 1: Better Than a Dog
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“…shape of his head…”Barlow, p. 79
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The Marry, Not Marry list, which runs throughout this chapter, has been reproduced many times. The original is in the Cambridge Library. You can see the image here: http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=side&itemID=CUL-DAR210.8.2&page-seq=1 You can also look at it in Autobiography, p. 232
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“…greater store of accurate knowledge”: Darwin Correspondence Project footnote www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-372.html
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“in horizontal position.”: Porter, p. 997
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“above all praise” and “a great name…Susan Darwin to Charles-Darwin, November 22, 1835, Darwin Correspondence Project www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-288.html
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“A man who dares to waste…”: Charles Darwin to Susan Darwin, August 4, 1838, Darwin Correspondence Project www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-306.html
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“Owls. transport mice alive?”: Notebooks, p. 191
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“How easily does Wolf & Dog cross?”: Notebooks, p. 204
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“Children have an uncommon pleasure…”: Notebooks, p. 582
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“sprang up, and waving…”: Voyage, Penguin, p. 171
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“Where true Love burns…”: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, “Desire,” published 1834
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“In Man it has been said, there is instinct…”: Notebooks, p. 172
Chapter 2: Rat Catching
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“I do not believe that anyone…”: Autobiography, p. 44
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“featherbed to catch…”: Life and Letters, Volume 1, p. 513
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“the number of thoughts…”: Autobiography, p. 25. The quote continues, “…and seem hardly compatible with what physiologists have, I believe, proved about each thought requiring quite an appreciable amount of time.”
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“to the prayers and not to my…”: Autobiography, p. 25
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“You care for nothing but shooting…”: Life and Letters, Volume 1, p. 30
Chapter 3: Conceal Your Doubts
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“Man in his arrogance…”: Notebooks, p. 300
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“…acrid fluid, which burnt my tongue”: Life and Letters, Volume 1, p. 43
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“the man who walks with Henslow”: Autobiography, p. 64
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“a wild scheme”: Autobiography, p. 228
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“I have given Uncle Jos…the subject again”: Autobiography, p. 227
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Uncle Josiah’s answers, “I should not think it would be in any disagreeable…as happens to few”: Autobiography, pp. 229–30
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“extreme misery thus caused…”: Autobiography, p. 95
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“Conceal your doubts!”: Autobiography, p. 95
Chapter 4: Where Doors and Windows Stand Open
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“Emma’s handwriting…”: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 62
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“excuse this scrawl…”: Fanny Owen to Charles Darwin, late January 1828, Darwin Correspondence Project www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-38.html
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“was very pleasant for walking or riding” and the rest of Charles’s description of Maer: Life and Letters, Volume 1, p. 38
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“I never saw anything pleasanter…all this sounds and is delightful”: journal entries of Emma Caldwell cited in Litchfield, Volume 1, pp. 59–60
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“I was not the least sure of his feelings…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 5
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“Fanny Owen has quite the preference…”: Caroline and Catherine to Charles, April 11, 1826, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-31.html
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“write me one last adieu…”: Fanny Owen to Charles Darwin, December 2, 1831, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-151.html
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“It may be all very delightful…” and “I am at a loss…”: Charles to Caroline, April 5 & 6, 1832, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-164.html
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“my love of natural science…”: Autobiography, p. 141
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“quite weary of it”: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 255
Chapter 5: Little Miss Slip-Slop
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“I love Maer much too well…”: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 190
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“My dear Emma…” to “…we will have another goose”: Charles to Emma, August 7, 1838, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-423.html
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“most radiant in her person…”: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 193
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“I like the Coloes…”: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 117
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“I marvel at the strength of the girls’ spirits…secure her from selfishness”: Litchfield, Volume I, pp. 134–35
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“in such a whirl of noise…“: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 161
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“The whole Theatre was quite full…”: Litchfield, Volume I, pp. 187–88
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“My dear Fanny and Emma…“: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 201
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“Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich…”: Austen, Emma, p. 1
Chapter 6: The Next World
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“The sorrows and distresses of life…”: Malthus, p. 150
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“On Monday 13th August…” and Emma’s other notes from Fanny’s illness: Healey, pp. 129–30
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“seemed very ill for two days with vomitings…”: Caroline to Charles, September 12, 1832, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-185.html
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“At 9 came the fatal attack…”: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 250
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“Uncle Jos was terribly over come…” to “so intimately connected with her”: Caroline to Charles, September 12 1832, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-185.html
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“Oh Lord…” and “I feel a sad blank…Worthy of being with her”: Litchfield, Volume I, pp. 250–51
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“education and environment produce only a small effect…”: Life and Letters, Volume 1, p. 21
Chapter 7: The Sensation of Fear
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“My experience of English lovers…”: Raverat, p. 108
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“There was no difficulty in standing upright, but…”: Voyage, Penguin, p. 228
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“threw herself on her back, kicked & cried…”: Charles to Susan Darwin, April 1, 1838, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-407.html
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“Children understand before they can talk…put them in—like child”: Notebooks, p. 567
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“theory by which to work”: Autobiography, p. 120
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“Oh yo
u materialist!”: Notebooks, p. 291
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“Fear must be…” and Charles’s other notes on this topic through “…I believe, in Materialism”: Notebooks, p. 532
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“If one does not marry soon…trust to chance”: Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=side&itemID=CUL-DAR210.8.2&pageseq=2
Chapter 8: A Leap
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“E. says she can perceive sigh…”: Notebooks, p. 584
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“I went straight into…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 7
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“too much bewildered…” and “Indeed I was so glad to find…” and Emma’s other descriptions of the event: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 5–6
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“The day of days”: http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=side&itemID=CUL-DAR158.1-76&pageseq=30
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“drawn a prize”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 4
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“It is very like…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 12
Chapter 9: A Busy M an
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“I hardly expected such good fortune…”: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 2–3
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“You will be forming theories about me…”: Darwin Correspondence Project www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry492.html
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“I have the very good…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 1
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“How truly & warmly…”: Charlotte Langton to Charles Darwin, November 14, 1838, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-436.html
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“It is a marriage which…”: Erasmus Darwin to Charles, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-435.html
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Everything I have ever heard…from your hands”: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 9–11
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“He is the most open…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 6
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“there was never anyone so lucky…” and Charles’s other words to Emma through “Dearest Emma, good-bye”: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 3–5
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“I positively can do nothing…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 13
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“Jealousy probably originally…”: Notebooks, p. 557
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“Sexual desire makes saliva…” and Charles’s other notes on this topic: Notebooks, p. 574
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“Shyness is certainly very much…” and notes on blushing through “…a most modest person”: Notebooks, pp. 577–78
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“I am so glad he is a busy man”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 6
Chapter 10: Melancholy Thoughts
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“My reason tells me that honest…”: Emma to Charles, November 21–22, 1838, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-441.html
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“dressed in good taste…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 9
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“I bless the railroad…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 7
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“When I am with you….” and other excerpts from Emma’s letter through “…not at all too dashing”: Emma to Charles, November 21–22, 1838, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-441.html
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“These deeds are done…”: Voyage, Harvard Classics, p. 503
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“I am sitting with Mamma…”: Emma to Charles November 25, 1838, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-444.html
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“it is not possible to give…”: Voyage, Harvard Classics, p. 34
Chapter 11: A Whirl of Noise and Motion
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“I quite agree with you…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 16
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“I have seen no one for these two days…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 15
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“whirl of noise and motion…”: Dickens, p. 29
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“Houses are very scarce…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 13
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“I suspect conscience, an hereditary…”: Notebooks, p. 600
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“It does not hurt the conscience…”: Notebooks, p. 572
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“breathless haste” and “spread the news”: Life and Letters, Volume 1, p. 27
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“destitute of faith, yet terrified of skepticism”: Carlyle, p. 39
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“Belief allied to instinct”: Notebooks, p. 602
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“The emotions of terror & wonder…”: Notebooks, p. 605
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“When two races of men meet…”: Notebooks, p. 414
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“It is a beautiful part of my theory…”: Notebooks, p. 416
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“makes me feel how much…”: Notebooks, p. 540
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“I quite approve of your plan…”: Emma to Charles, November 30, 1838, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-447.html
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“Some London houses…”: Dickens, p. 8
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“a front drawing-room with three windows…and “Gower Street is ours…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 18
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“But why does joy, & OTHER EMOTION…joy & sublimity”: Notebooks, pp. 578–79
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“I long for the day…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 18
Chapter 12: Heavy Baggage, Blazing Fires
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“I take so much pleasure…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 24
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“I am very sorry to spoil…” and other descriptions of the event through “The little garden is worth its weight in gold” reported in a letter to Emma, Litchfield, Volume II, p. 19
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“My good old friend Herbert…”: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 23–24
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“What passes in a man’s mind…”: Notebooks, p. 579
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“You will have a few days more time…” through “…corrupting your mind”: Emma to Charles, January 7, 1839, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-485.html
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“By the way now we seem to be clearing old scores…”: Emma to Charles, January 9, 1839, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-486.html
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“soon teach me there is greater happiness…” and “I made a very stupid mistake yesterday…“ through “my own dear future wife…”: Charles to Emma, January 20, 1839, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-489.html
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“I am rather ashamed of writing…“: Emma to Charles, December 30, 1838, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-465.html
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“Today the Miss Northens are coming very early…”: Emma to Charles, January 20–21, 1839, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-490.html
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“You need not fear my own dear Charles…”: Emma to Charles, January 23, 1839, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-492.html
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“quite cured me” to “…news I have to tell”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 24
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“We ate our sandwiches…”: ibid, p. 26
Chapter 13: Definition of Happiness
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“A thousand thanks to you…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 30
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“Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance…” and “It is better to know as little as possible…”: Austen, Pride and Prejudice, p. 20
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