RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Etty says she saw Carter children before wailing & crying depress the corner of mouth. CUL-DAR162.99.1. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2023. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR162 contains letters to Darwin: Dabney – Dupré and miscellaneous notes pertaining to Expression, Cross and self fertilisation, Movement in plants and Earthworms.
The note is written over earlier text, partly obscure, making the two difficult to disentangle.
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Etty says she saw before Carter children before wailing & crying depress the corner of mouth in laughable degree.→ appearance There can be no doubt that (see Duchenne in adult the deflection to) & doubtful ─ In appearance as if all act act together [illeg] abnormal open also a struggle I believe really [3 words illeg]
its genetically to great c [illeg] spread & close of [illeg] muscle is brought into [text excised]
when no [illeg]
over
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Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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