RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1868.01.12. A Trifle excites in same person to act on grief-muscle. CUL-DAR194.13. 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 & William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR194 contains loose notes 'removed from correspondence', Humble bees, hypericum, earthworms, potato grafts etc. 1835-1882.
"Crofton, Amy, 1866 Jan. 4 visited Down. 1867 May 25. C was a family friend who went to May eights at Cambridge with ED and family. Stayed 4 days, left on 1867 May 28. Visited yearly 1868-71. ED's diary." (Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe, Darwin: A Companion, 2021)
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Jan 12/68/ a Trifle excites in same person to act on grief-muscle — I have seen an excited girl in highest spirits
Amy Crofton when talking with unparalleled velocity, when often as she cd not get t words out quick enough, her eyebrows become oblique with the effort.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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