RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Speaking of an angry man it is often said 'his back is up'. CUL-DAR189.83. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 10.2023. 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-DAR189 contains material for Darwin's book Expression of the emotions.


[83]

Speaking of an angry man it is often said `His back is up'— showing metaphor for a dog—

the word

Cowards seem to be derived from the tail

[Expression, p. 116.]


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