RECORD: Tegetmeier, W. B. 1880. [Recollection of Darwin]. On the convolutions of the trachea in birds. The Field (9 October): 38.
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 10.2022. RN1
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[…] I well recollect, when I had the honour and pleasure of working with Mr C. Darwin in his work on "Variation in Animals," employing a skilled writer to collect certain facts; he worked for a fortnight, and collected 20,000. The result was embodied in three lines of Mr Darwin's book. It is difficult to shake conclusions founded on such bases. […]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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