The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1871]. Draft of Expression, folio 8. CUL-DAR185.143. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and John van Wyhe, edited by John van Wyhe7.2020. RN5

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of a private collection, USA, and William Huxley Darwin.

Sotheby's 2018 auction description: "c.101 words on 12 lines, blue wove paper, 1 page, 4to leaf roughly cut at the foot (192 x 202mm), 1872, with one line of unrelated mathematical calculations on the verso, probably by G.H. Darwin, together with notes identifying the manuscript by later family members, slight spotting, mark on verso "...Everyone protects himself when falling to the ground by extending his arms, & as Prof. Alison has remarked few can desist acting thus, when falling voluntarily on a soft bed. A man often puts on his gloves quite unconsciously when going out of doors; & this may seem an extremely simple operation but as he who had taught a child to put on gloves knows that this it [sic] is by no means so simple..." Provenance Charles Darwin; his daughter Henrietta ("Etty") Litchfield (1843-1927); her niece Margaret Keynes, née Darwin (1890-1974); thence by descent". This manuscript sold for £160,000 in 2018 to an anonymous collection, USA. The same private collection holds:
[c. 1858]. Notes on Huber, Recherches sur les Moeurs des Fourmis Indigènes (1810). Text & image PC-USA-OriginAnts
1858. Draft leaf of Origin. Text & image PC-USA-OriginMS270
1858-59. Draft leaf of Origin. Text & image PC-USA-OriginMS324
1859.11.11. Letter to Adam Sedgwick on sending Origin. Text & image PC-USA-SedgwickOrigin
[1859].12.24. Letter to T. H. Huxley on a manuscript on the evolution of pigeons. Text & image PC-USA-HuxleyPigeons
[1861-62]. Draft of Orchids, folio 192. Text & image Sanders-3.2017Lot96.
1870. Draft leaf of Descent. Text & image PC-USA-DescentMS10
1871. Receipt for Murray's payment for Descent. Text & image PC-USA-DescentReceipt
1871. Draft leaf of Expression. Text & image CUL-DAR185.143
1871. Draft leaf of Expression. Text & image CUL-DAR185.144
1868.02.09. Letter to Asa Gray on Variation. Text & image PC-USA-GrayVariation

Ch. I.

as in the common experiment of rolling a marble beneath to ~~unused~~ tips of two crossed fingers, when it feels exactly like two marbles. Everyone protects himself when falling to the ground by extending his arms, & as Prof. Alison has remarked, few can ~~prevent doing this if~~ resist acting thus, when falling, voluntarily ~~falling~~ on a soft bed. A man often puts on his gloves quite unconsciously when going out of doors; & this may seem an extremely simple operation, but he who has taught a child to put on gloves knows that this it is by no means so simple.)

[Section of Expression, p. 31, with the corresponding text:]

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[In George Darwin's hand:] M.S. written by Charles Darwin GH Darwin Cambridge June 8 83

[In Darwin's hand:] p. 31. Chap I. Expression of the Emotions

[In George Darwin's hand:] This is in my father's writing - George Darwin

[In Richard Darwin Keynes's hand:] But not quite identical with p. 31 of the published book RDK 22/6/88

[line of mathematical notes by George Darwin partially excised and not transcribed]

Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)