RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Lutke's Voyage. CUL-DAR53.1.B37. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2022. RN2

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Fedor P. Lutké. 1835. Voyage Autour Du Monde, Exécuté Par Ordre De Sa Majeste L'Empereur Nicolas, etc. Paris.


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Lutké voyage in Carolina Vol II p. 132 offered to take a savage, send him wide world be grieved: "il leva les épaules et dit qu' il valait mieux rester à Farroilap quelque mal qu'on y fût."

Expression common to savage & Frenchman, unaccompanied by dignity – "no mon dieu" with a strong – "all I can say, I am very sorry &c it is" – does not accompany I will not. I am sorry I cannot

 

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Reason in [songlets] form probably is single comparison by senses of any two objects – they by vivid power of conception between one or two absent things – reason probably more consequence &vividness & multiplicity of things remembered & thus associated pleasure or accompanying such memory.

a melody a flute a [Epic] presence opposite ends of senses or harmonious prose.


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