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“made up his mind to give up…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 61
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“a sort of clarety-brown satin”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 29
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“I often bless all novelists…”: Autobiography, pp. 138–39
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“went slopping…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 29
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“a large dose of music every evening”: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 32
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“when the plum-pudding appeared…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 33
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“the thoughts of this precious child…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 28
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“honours yet”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 33
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“Charles said his face…” and “My Charles has been very unwell since Sunday…”: Browne, Voyaging, p. 405
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“Emma is looking very pretty…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 34
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“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
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“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
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“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
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“The baby performed his first smile to-day…”: Litchfield, Volume IL p. 52
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“Charles got some of his father’s good doctoring” through “…time to read it yet”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 42
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“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
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“so entirely happy in her lot…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 42
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“first-rate landscape-painter with a pen”: Browne, Voyaging, p. 417
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“The scene, as beheld through the hazy atmosphere…and “The island would generally be considered…”: Voyage, Penguin, pp. 41–42
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“In the thirteen species of ground-finches…”: Voyage, Penguin, p. 287
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“The success of this my first literary child…”: Autobiography, p. 116
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“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
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“It cost me a good cry…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 44
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“little prince”: Charles to T C. Eyton, January 6, 1840, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-549.html
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“prodigy of beauty and intellect”: Charles to William Fox, June 7, 1840, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-572.html
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“my baby, and a very nice looking one it is…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 50
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“I find as you always prophesied…”: Charles to FitzRoy, February 20, 1840, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-555.html
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“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
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“I made in his presence many odd noises and strange grimaces…“ and other descriptions of Charles’s experiments: Expression, p. 358
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“His sympathy with the grief…”: Life and Letters, Volume 1, p. 109
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“A child crying. Frowning…”: Notebooks, p. 595
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“extremely difficult to prove that our children…“: Expression, p. 358
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“It is a great advantage to have the power of…”: Litchfield, Volume IL p. 52
Chapter 16: Down in the Country
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“A frog jumped near him…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 60
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“My little Annie…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 69
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“The London air…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 67
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“I presume you did not know any more than I” and “anything about our children…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 59
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“Charles is very busy finishing…”: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 69–70
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“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
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“Down-in-the-mouth”: Charles to Leonard Horner, October 4, 1842, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/dar-winletters/calendar/entry-648.html
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“In a country neighborhood you move…”: Austen, Pride and Prejudice, p. 40
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“He so filled every instant of my life…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 72
Chapter 17: Sudden Deaths
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hink I have found…” Voyage, p. 111
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“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)
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“Our sorrow is nothing to…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 78
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“I can still see the horse with the man’s…”: Autobiography, p. 24
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“Charles is well to-day and the funeral over…” and “I keep very well and strong and am come…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 78
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“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
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“I don’t want to have that shilling…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 81
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“I got into a transport over…”: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 86–87
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“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
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“My hairdresser (Willis) says that…”: Notebooks, p. 338
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“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
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“A great assumption/E.D…” and Emma’s other editorial comments: Desmond and Moore, p. 319
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“it will be necessary to show how the first eye is formed”: Notebooks, p. 337
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“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
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“My chief enjoyment and sole employment…”: Life and Letters, Volume 1, p. 65
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“In the morning I was baddish…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 93
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“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
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“hard at work dissecting a little animal…”: Life and Letters, Volume 1, p. 317
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“at present I am suffering from…”: Life and Letters, Volume 1, p. 320
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“I asked one of my boys to shout as loudly…”: Expression, p. 158
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“I suppose now and be-hanged to you…” and “This lovely day makes me pine…”: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 117–18
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“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
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“At Down ill health was considered normal”: Raverat, p. 122
Chapter 19: Doing Custards
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“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
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“always so candid and kind-hearted” and “always found her a child whose heart it was easy to reach”: Keynes, p. 163
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“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
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“Annie first failed about this time”: Emma’s Diary, Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/Emma-Diaries.html
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“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
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“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
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“Annie began bark”: Emma’s Diary, Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/EmmaDiaries.html
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“well not quite” and other notes about Annie’s state: Keynes, p. 174
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“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
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“Without you when sick I feel most desolate .. “: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 119
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“uncommonly well and stout”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 131
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“yesterday I fell down twice”: Keynes, pp. 182–83
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“She looks very ill: her…”: Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1399.html
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“most kind” and “Your note made me cry much…”: Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1400.html
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“She appears dreadfully exhausted…”: Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry1401.html
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“Fanny gave her a spoonful of tea”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 135
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“looking at my poor darling’s little garden…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 134
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“would not in the least recognize her…”: Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1402.html
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“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
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“I am confused now…”: Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1409.html
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“Your minute accounts…” and “imminent danger…”: Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1411.html
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“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
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“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
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“The hovel in which she had expired…”: Voyage, Penguin, pp. 314–15
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“Where is poor Etty?”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 135
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“my feeling of longing after…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 137
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“On the 23rd inst; of April, at Malvern…”: Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1416.html
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“We are disappointed at your account…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 40
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“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
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“little packet of memorials”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 139
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“We have none of us to choose our religion…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 125
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“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
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“Well, you have come quite wrong; you should…”: E. Darwin, “Pound of Sugar,” p. 4
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“Now that I stand at the end of my life…” and “My dear Emma, how I do love…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 144
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“I’m so dull…”: Correspondence, Volume 4, p. 146
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“When I have a tenth…”: Charles to William Fox, March 7, 1852, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1476.html
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“Georgy draws…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 145
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“Emma has been very neglectful…”: Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1489.html
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“I think that is all” and other details of Jessie’s deathbed scene and death: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 152
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“Oh Lenny, Lenny…”: Life and Letters, Volume 1, pp. 111–12
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“Well, you old ass…spurt that out”: Correspondence, Volume 4, p. 430
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“In the years when we were growing up…” and information about Emma’s list: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 201
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“there was always about her a bright aliveness…”: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 45–49
Chapter 24: Terrible Suffering
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“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
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“Where does your father do his barnacles?”: Browne, Darwin’s Origin, p. 55
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“pigeons if you please”: Lyell to Darwin, May 1-2, 1856, Darwin Correspondence Project, www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1862.html
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“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
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“without its full share of intelligence”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 162
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“backward in walking and talking, but intelligent and observant”: Correspondence, Volume 7, Appendix V
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“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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