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Chapter II.

General Principles of Expression, continued

The Principle of antithesis. - Instances in the dog & cat - origin of the principle  - Conventional signs - The principle of antithesis has not consciously arisen, from the habit of performing opposite actions being performed under opposite impulses.

 

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[Draft of 'Recollections of the development of my mind & character' CUL-DAR26.1-121, pp. 87-88.]

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After my return to England it seemed to me that by following the example of L in G, & collecting all facts which bore in one way on the variation of pl. & an. under domestication & nature, some light might perhaps be thrown on the whole subject. My first note-book was opened in July 1837. I worked on this B. P. & [alter] anything [insertion?] collected facts on a great scale, more especially with respect to domesticated production, by printed enquiries, by conversation with breeder of all kinds, & skilled gardeners, & by extensive reading. When I see the list of books when I started, consisting of all kind of opera & Tracts, I am surprised at my industry