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by Deborah Heiligman


  91

  “made up his mind to give up…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 61

  91

  “a sort of clarety-brown satin”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 29

  91

  “I often bless all novelists…”: Autobiography, pp. 138–39

  92

  “went slopping…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 29

  92

  “a large dose of music every evening”: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 32

  93

  “when the plum-pudding appeared…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 33

  93

  “the thoughts of this precious child…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 28

  93

  “honours yet”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 33

  93

  “Charles said his face…” and “My Charles has been very unwell since Sunday…”: Browne, Voyaging, p. 405

  94

  “Emma is looking very pretty…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 34

  94

  “Erasmus drank tea…” and other excerpts from Emma’s diaries: Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/EmmaDiaries.html

  Chapter 14: Pregnant Thoughts

  96

  “I should be most unhappy if I thought…”: this letter, which is quoted throughout this chapter, can be found in Darwin’s Autobiography, p. 237, as well as on the Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=side&itemID=CUL-DAR210.8.14&pageseq=1

  97

  “write about coral formations…” to “…undeniably growing”: Charles to Caroline, October 27, 1839, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-542.html

  Chapter 15: Little Animalcules

  101

  “The baby performed his first smile to-day…”: Litchfield, Volume IL p. 52

  101

  “Charles got some of his father’s good doctoring” through “…time to read it yet”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 42

  102

  “it beat all other nonsense he has ever read on the subject”: Charles to Caroline, October 27, 1839, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-542.html

  102

  “so entirely happy in her lot…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 42

  103

  “first-rate landscape-painter with a pen”: Browne, Voyaging, p. 417

  103

  “The scene, as beheld through the hazy atmosphere…and “The island would generally be considered…”: Voyage, Penguin, pp. 41–42

  104

  “In the thirteen species of ground-finches…”: Voyage, Penguin, p. 287

  104

  “The success of this my first literary child…”: Autobiography, p. 116

  105

  “What an awful affair a confinement is…”: Charles to Fox, June 7, 1840, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-572.html

  105

  “It cost me a good cry…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 44

  105

  “little prince”: Charles to T C. Eyton, January 6, 1840, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-549.html

  105

  “prodigy of beauty and intellect”: Charles to William Fox, June 7, 1840, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-572.html

  105

  “my baby, and a very nice looking one it is…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 50

  106

  “I find as you always prophesied…”: Charles to FitzRoy, February 20, 1840, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-555.html

  106

  “During first week…: Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=CUL-DAR210.11.37&viewtype=side&pageseq=1

  106

  “I made in his presence many odd noises and strange grimaces…“ and other descriptions of Charles’s experiments: Expression, p. 358

  107

  “His sympathy with the grief…”: Life and Letters, Volume 1, p. 109

  107

  “A child crying. Frowning…”: Notebooks, p. 595

  108

  “extremely difficult to prove that our children…“: Expression, p. 358

  108

  “It is a great advantage to have the power of…”: Litchfield, Volume IL p. 52

  Chapter 16: Down in the Country

  109

  “A frog jumped near him…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 60

  109

  “My little Annie…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 69

  110

  “The London air…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 67

  110

  “I presume you did not know any more than I” and “anything about our children…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 59

  111

  “Charles is very busy finishing…”: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 69–70

  111

  “An individual organism placed under…” and other excerpts from this species sketch: Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/EditorialIntroductions/Freeman_Sketchesof1842and1844.html text views

  114

  “Down-in-the-mouth”: Charles to Leonard Horner, October 4, 1842, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/dar-winletters/calendar/entry-648.html

  115

  “In a country neighborhood you move…”: Austen, Pride and Prejudice, p. 40

  115

  “He so filled every instant of my life…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 72

  Chapter 17: Sudden Deaths

  116

  hink I have found…” Voyage, p. 111

  116

  “very feverish, violent headaches” and other notes from Emma’s diary: Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=CUL-DAR242%5B.8%5D&view- type=image&pageseq=1 (diary entries are listed by date)

  117

  “Our sorrow is nothing to…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 78

  117

  “I can still see the horse with the man’s…”: Autobiography, p. 24

  117

  “Charles is well to-day and the funeral over…” and “I keep very well and strong and am come…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 78

  117

  “I feel sure I shall become deeply attached to Down…” Charles to Catherine, September 16, 1842, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-633.html

  119

  “I don’t want to have that shilling…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 81

  120

  “I got into a transport over…”: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 86–87

  120

  “At last gleams of light have come…”: Charles to J. D. Hooker, January 11, 1844, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-729.html

  121

  “My hairdresser (Willis) says that…”: Notebooks, p. 338

  122

  “My. Dear. Emma. I have just finished my sketch…”: Charles to Emma, July 5, 1844, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-761.html

  123

  “A great assumption/E.D…” and Emma’s other editorial comments: Desmond and Moore, p. 319

  123

  “it will be necessary to show how the first eye is formed”: Notebooks, p. 337

  124

  “I have also read the ‘Vestiges,’ but…”: Charles to J. D. Hooker, Life and Letters, Volume 1, pp. 301–2

  Chapter 18: Barnacles and Babies

  126

  “My chief enjoyment and sole employment…”: Life and Letters, Volume 1, p. 65

  126

  “In the morning I was baddish…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 93

  127

  “patient look,�
�� “Don’t you think you could not come in again…” and “I well remember lurking about…”: Life and Letters, Volume 1, p. 113

  128

  “hard at work dissecting a little animal…”: Life and Letters, Volume 1, p. 317

  129

  “at present I am suffering from…”: Life and Letters, Volume 1, p. 320

  129

  “I asked one of my boys to shout as loudly…”: Expression, p. 158

  129

  “I suppose now and be-hanged to you…” and “This lovely day makes me pine…”: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 117–18

  131

  “You will be surprised to hear that we all…” and Charles’s other description of the water cure: Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1241.html

  132

  “At Down ill health was considered normal”: Raverat, p. 122

  Chapter 19: Doing Custards

  133

  “A good, cheerful, and affectionate daughter…” Litchfield, Volume II, p. 2 133 “doing custards”: My description of Annie in this chapter is taken, unless otherwise noted, from Charles’s memorial to her, which can be found in a complete version at the Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=CUL-DAR210.13.40&viewtypeside&pageseq=1

  133

  “always so candid and kind-hearted” and “always found her a child whose heart it was easy to reach”: Keynes, p. 163

  134

  “how neatly Annie takes hold…”: Notebook of Observations of the Darwin Children, Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=text&itemID=CUL-DAR210.11.37&pageseq=1

  135

  “Annie first failed about this time”: Emma’s Diary, Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/Emma-Diaries.html

  136

  “I was so bold during my wifes confinement…”: Charles to J. S. Henslow, January 17, 1850, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1293.html

  Chapter 20: A Fretful Child

  137

  “Her sensitiveness appeared extremely early in life…”: Charles’s memorial to Annie, Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=CUL-DAR210.13.40&viewtype=side&pageseq=1

  140

  “Annie began bark”: Emma’s Diary, Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/EmmaDiaries.html

  140

  “well not quite” and other notes about Annie’s state: Keynes, p. 174

  140

  “the fretfulness of a child is an infinite evil!” and “I was aghast…”: Newman, Phases of Faith, p. 78

  Chapter 21: God Only Knows the Issue

  143

  “Without you when sick I feel most desolate .. “: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 119

  144

  “uncommonly well and stout”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 131

  144

  “yesterday I fell down twice”: Keynes, pp. 182–83

  145

  “She looks very ill: her…”: Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1399.html

  146

  “most kind” and “Your note made me cry much…”: Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1400.html

  146

  “She appears dreadfully exhausted…”: Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry1401.html

  146

  “Fanny gave her a spoonful of tea”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 135

  147

  “looking at my poor darling’s little garden…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 134

  147

  “would not in the least recognize her…”: Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1402.html

  147

  “Don’t do that please” to “Poor darling child”: Charles to Emma, April 20, 1851, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1406.html

  148

  “I am confused now…”: Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1409.html

  148

  “Your minute accounts…” and “imminent danger…”: Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1411.html

  148

  “My dear dearest Emma…” and other excerpts from Charles’s letter about Annie’s death: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 136–37

  Chapter 22: A Dear and Good Child

  150

  “She must have known how we loved her…” and other excerpts from Charles’s memorial to Annie throughout the chapter: Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=CUL-DAR210.13.40&viewtype=side&pageseq=1

  150

  “The hovel in which she had expired…”: Voyage, Penguin, pp. 314–15

  151

  “Where is poor Etty?”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 135

  151

  “my feeling of longing after…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 137

  152

  “On the 23rd inst; of April, at Malvern…”: Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1416.html

  153

  “We are disappointed at your account…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 40

  154

  “Where do the women go, for all the angels are men” and other details about Etty’s worries and Emma’s responses: Correspondence, Volume 5, p. 542

  156

  “little packet of memorials”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 139

  156

  “We have none of us to choose our religion…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 125

  156

  “I do not suppose you will have heard…”: Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1425.html

  Chapter 23: Against the Rules

  158

  “Well, you have come quite wrong; you should…”: E. Darwin, “Pound of Sugar,” p. 4

  159

  “Now that I stand at the end of my life…” and “My dear Emma, how I do love…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 144

  159

  “I’m so dull…”: Correspondence, Volume 4, p. 146

  159

  “When I have a tenth…”: Charles to William Fox, March 7, 1852, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1476.html

  160

  “Georgy draws…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 145

  160

  “Emma has been very neglectful…”: Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1489.html

  161

  “I think that is all” and other details of Jessie’s deathbed scene and death: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 152

  161

  “Oh Lenny, Lenny…”: Life and Letters, Volume 1, pp. 111–12

  162

  “Well, you old ass…spurt that out”: Correspondence, Volume 4, p. 430

  162

  “In the years when we were growing up…” and information about Emma’s list: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 201

  163

  “there was always about her a bright aliveness…”: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 45–49

  Chapter 24: Terrible Suffering

  166

  “Yearly more are bred than can survive…”: Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=CUL-DAR210.13.40&viewtype=side&pageseq=1

  166

  “Where does your father do his barnacles?”: Browne, Darwin’s Origin, p. 55

  167

  “pigeons if you please”: Lyell to Darwin, May 1-2, 1856, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1862.html

  167
/>   “I rather hate the idea of writing for priority…”: Darwin to Lyell, May 3, 1856, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1866.html

  167

  “I am working very hard at my Book…”: Darwin to Fox, February 8, 1857, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-2049.html

  168

  “without its full share of intelligence”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 162

  168

  “backward in walking and talking, but intelligent and observant”: Correspondence, Volume 7, Appendix V

  168

  “Etty taken ill” and other notes from Emma’s diaries throughout this chapter: Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/EmmaDiaries.html

 

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