The Quotable Darwin

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<p><b>A treasure trove of illuminating and entertaining quotations from the legendary naturalist</b><br><br>Here is Charles Darwin in his own words¿the naturalist, traveler, scientific thinker, and controversial author of <i>On the Origin of Species</i>, the book that shook the Victorian world. Featuring hundreds of quotations carefully selected by world-renowned Darwin biographer Janet Browne, <i>The Quotable Darwin</i> draws from Darwin¿s writings, letters to friends and family, autobiographical reminiscences, and private scientific notebooks. It offers a multifaceted portrait that takes readers through his youth, the famous voyage of the <i>Beagle</i>, the development of his thoughts about evolution, his gradual loss of religious faith, and the time spent turning his ideas into a well-articulated theory about the natural origin of all living beings¿a theory that dangerously included the origin of humans.<br><br><i>The Quotable Darwin</i> also includes many of the key responses to Da