RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1838-1839]. Notebook M excised pages 153-154. CUL-DAR53.1.B29. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 6.2025. 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-DAR53.1 contains notes, photographs, and drawings for Darwin's book The expression of the emotions.


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wing arches wings— as does black Swan.— Goose do all species put their necks straight out & hiss.— (Hyæna pisses from fear so does man.— & so dog): Man grins & stamps with passion. can expression be used more correctly than this for C. Sphynx.—

In the wild ass there is a curious drawing out of the side part of nostril, when passion commences.—

All Nearly all will exclaim, your arguments are good but look at the immense difference. between man,— forget the use of language, & judge only by what you see. compare, the Fuegian & Ourang & outang, & dare to say difference so great . . . "Ay Sir there is much in analogy, we never find out."

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This unwillingness to consider Creator as governing by laws is probably that as long as we consider each object an act of separate creation we admire it more because we can compare it to the standard of our own minds which ceases to be the case when we consider the formation of laws invoking laws & giving rise at last even to the perception of a final cause.—


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