Charles and Emma (32 page)
Authors: Deborah Heiligman
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Chapter 27: What the Lord Hath Delivered
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187 | “I hope you are not working too hard⦔: Charles to Huxley, September 10, 1860, Darwin Correspondence Project, |
187 | “It is a wonderful thingâ¦Mudie taking 500 copies”: Darwin Correspondence Project footnote, |
188 | “If a monkey has become a man⦔: Browne, |
189 | “I have read your book with more pain than pleasure”: Sedgwick to Charles, November 24, 1859, Darwin Correspondence Project, |
191 | “How extremely stupid not to have thought of that!”: Browne, |
191 | “I trust you will not allow yourselfâ¦.” and “I am sharpening up my claws & beak in readiness”: Huxley to Darwin, November 23, 1859, Darwin Correspondence Project, |
192 | “go the whole orang”: Browne, |
194 | “There is grandeur in this view of life⦔: |
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Chapter 28: Feeling, Not Reasoning
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196 | “I wish you knew how I value you⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 171â72 |
196 | “his various experiments this summer⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 177 |
197 | “there seems too much misery in the world”: Charles to Gray, May 22, 1860, Darwin Correspondence Project, |
197 | “I am conscious that I am in an utterly hopeless muddle⦔: Charles to Gray, November 26, 1860, Darwin Correspondence Project, |
198 | “so much affection in her nature as will secure her from selfishness”: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 135 |
198 | “begged me to come to her and bring the three children⦔ and other details of Emma's invitation to Mrs. Huxley: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 186 |
200 | “the cheerful and affectionate looks⦔and other excerpts from this letter: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 174â75 |
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Chapter 29: Such a Noise
202 | “I remember when in Good Success Bay⦔: |
202 | “I bet you half a crown⦔: Browne, |
203 | “Your last letter was not interesting⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 181 |
203 | “An Appeal⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 178â80 |
205 | “Will you tell us what you can remember⦔: Charles to Fox, September 4, 1863, Darwin Correspondence Project, |
205 | “flower of my flock”: Hooker to Charles, October 1, 1863, Darwin Correspondence Project, |
206 | “Your note is most pathetic⦔: Charles to Hooker, October 4, 1863, Darwin Correspondence Project, |
206 | “I am surprised at my industry”: |
206 | “Is astonishment expressed by the eyes⦔: Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, |
207 | “We have been rather overdone with Germans⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 223 |
207 | “I am afraid I must leave off now”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 170 |
208 | “hot-house face of despair”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 197 |
208 | “I would as soon be called Dog”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 192 |
208 | “It's dogged as does it”: |
209 | “From your earliest years you have given me⦔ to “â¦dear old mother”: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 204â5 |
210 | “I think she has taken it into her head⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 198 |
210 | “famishing” and “â¦good girl”: |
210 | “My views have often been grossly misrepresented” through “On the whole I do not doubt that my works⦔: |
211 | “I sometimes feel it very odd⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 211 |
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Chapter 30: Mere Trickery
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212 | “I have been speculating last night⦔: Charles to Horace, December 15, 1871, Litchfield, Volume II, p. 207 |
212 | “She kept a sorrowful wish⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 175 |
215 | “play the game fairly” and “The usual manifestations occurred⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 216â17 |
215 | “before all these astounding miracles⦔ and Charles's other thoughts about the dance: |
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Chapter 31: Varmth to the End
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217 | “I cannot bear her notion⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 213 |
217 | “Pray give our⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 221 |
218 | “Your father is taking a good deal⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 225 |
219 | “half kill” and “bent on going, chiefly for the worms”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 226 |
220 | “How often, when a man, I⦔: |
221 | “Oh Lord, what a set of sons I have⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 224 |
221 | “I felt very grand⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 231 |
221 | “no consequence to any one except myself” and other excerpts from his 1879 letter: Charles to John Fordyce, May 7, 1879, Darwin Correspondence Project, |
221 | “very unwilling to give up my belief⦔: |
222 | “He moons about in the garden⦔: Morris and Wilson, p. 46 |
222 | “The coatâ¦will never warm⦔ and “afraid it will soon be worn out”: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 239â40 |
223 | “does not make much progress⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 241 |
223 | “To me there was a charm in his manner⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 247 |
223 | “Worms have played a more important part⦔: |
224 | “Tell all my children⦔ through “â¦to be nursed by you”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 253 |
224 | “ditto” and other notes from Emma's Diaries: Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, |
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Chapter 32: Happy Is the Man
225 | “His body is buried in peace, but his name liveth evermore” and “Happy is the man that findeth wisdom⦔ from Charles's funeral program: Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, |
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Chapter 33: Unasked Questions
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228 | “I feel a sort of wonder⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 254 |
228 | “precious packet”: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 261 |
229 | “I am so pleased to find how comfortable I can⦔ and “It gives me a sort of companionship⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 272 |
229 | “I should prefer⦔ and “in almost every one⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 280 |
230 | “There is one sentence in the |
231 | “I gradually came to disbelieve in Christianity as a divine revelation,” through “I can indeed hardly see how⦔: |
231 | “I am rather ashamed to find I use up rather more⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 275 |
232 | “I am reading the Psalms⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 305 |
232 | “My dear daughter in heart”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 304 |
232 | “Grandmama, did your little children have kites?”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 273 |
232 | “Her buoyant spirit and the essential reserve⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 283 |
232 | “I marvel at my good fortune⦔: |
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Epilogue: So Much to Worship
234 | “There is a grandeur in this view of life⦔: |
234 | “I suppose one does admire one's own view absurdly”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 286 |
235 | “The path in front of the veranda⦔ and “All the flowers that grew at Down⦔: Raverat, p. 141 |
236 | “The faint flavour of the ghost⦔ through “faintly holy and sinister, like a church”: Raverat, p. 153 |
236 | “At Down there were more things to worship⦔ Raverat, p. 142 |
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Selected Bibliography
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In researching this book, I relied as much as possible on primary sources (letters, diary entries, Charles Darwin's notebooks and manuscripts, as well as his autobiography and other published books). I was not always able to do so, however, and fortunately was able to rely on the scholarship of others. Below is a list, albeit incomplete, of the books that helped me. The resources on the Internet are almost infinite. But the two sites I used most and would recommend are The Darwin Correspondence Project (
www.darwinproject.ac.uk
) and The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online (
http://darwin-online.org.uk
). These sites are continually updated.
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