Evolution and Wonder: Understanding Charles Darwin

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This elevation map of a coral reef island is a hand-drawn water-color sketch by Charles Darwin, date unknown.

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A greyscale image of Notebook B. The original notebook has been lost and isn't available for photoduplication.
(Reprinted with permission of Syndics of Cambridge University Library, DAR 121:214)

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[…]The difference intellect of Man & animals not so great as between living thing without thought (plants) & living thing with thoughts (animal).
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:. my theory very distinct from Lamarcks Without two species will generate common kind, which is not probable; then monkeys will never produce man. but

both monkeys & man may produce other species., man already has produced marked varieties & may someday produce something else., but not probable owing to mixture of races.— When all mixed & physical changes (intellectual being acquired alters case) other species or angels. produced &