RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Draft of Descent vol. 1, p. 175. CUL-DAR54.49r. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 11.2025. 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 volumes CUL-DAR 54-61 contain material for Darwin's book Insectivorous plants (1875).
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, also, made twenty is "excessively high,"*(19); but what the cause of this may be seems doubftul. Lastly if the men who prudently delay marrying until they can bring up their families in comfort, were always to select, as they often do, women in their prime of life, the rate of increase of the better class would be only slightly lessened; but as in this case the women would not necessarily be selected for prudence or other virtues, the
Chloroform
2 drops. 1'. 30" all curled in
1 1' no action
2 1' slightly inflected
2. 1'. 30' rapid movement
4 2', 25' movement
2 2' movement — meat put on does not cause rapid [excised]
Segregation
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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