RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Bain, Mental and Moral Science. CUL-DAR195.4.86. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 6.2022. 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-DAR195 contains materials for Darwin's book Expression of the emotions (1872) organised roughly as: DAR195.1 blushing. DAR195.2 astonishment, fear. DAR195.3 indignation, rage, screaming, etc. DAR195.4 laughter, frowning, introduction.


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Bain on Tender Emotion 12 new Edit see p. 240 on Touch as signs

I ought perhaps to quote.

(Tender Feelings)

[Expression, p. 215: "A strong desire to touch the beloved person is commonly felt; and love is expressed by this means more plainly than by any other.21
21 Mr. Bain remarks ('Mental and Moral Science,' 1868, p. 239), 'Tenderness is a pleasurable emotion, variously stimulated, whose effort is to draw human beings into mutual embrace.'"]


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