RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Dn. 77: Kegan Paul E 15 December 1872 suggests comparison of the praying. CUL-DAR53.2.73d. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2025. 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-DAR53.2 contains drafts, notes & clippings for Darwin's book The expression of the emotions (1872) and notes to correct a further edition.
73d
Dn. 77:
E. Kegan Paul 15/12/72
suggests comparison of the praying attitudes when (1) as "a [illeg]" deity & (2) a deity that is beloved is the objet of worship. The attitude in the classical period with the hands "supine" belonged to I. (Inquire
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