RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. There is no tension or straining of the arm. CUL-DAR53.1.B32. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2022. 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-DAR53.1 contains notes, photographs, and drawings for Darwin's book The expression of the emotions.
[B32]
There is no tension or straining of the arm when thrown above head in astonishment as in pushing away a dreaded object.
Astonishment often [replaces] unknown cause of terror – Hence I do not think there can be the explanation.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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