RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1870-1871]. Draft of Descent, fragment. CUL-DAR60.1.70r. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2022. 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 volumes CUL-DAR 54-61 contain material for Darwin's book Insectivorous plants (1875).
The text of this draft corresponds to Descent 1: 97.
[70]
on
wicked actions
Conduct to mistrust
authors appear to rely on savages undoubtedly possessing, as they undoubtedly do & often in the highest degree, those virtues which are highly serviceable, or even necessary for the existence of a tribal community.
(Philosophers of the derivative*(67) school of morals formerly assumed that the foundation of morality
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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