RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1871-1872]. Draft of Expression, fragment. CUL-DAR60.1.91r. 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 Expression, p. 223.
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continually contracted used lowered & contracted to serve as a shade against the too strong a light; & this [illeg] movement would have been more especially come into use serviceable, as soon as the early progenitors of man became erect held their heads erect. Lastly Prof. Donders believes (Archives of Medicine Edi Edn. by L. Beale Vol. V. 1870. p. 34) that the corrugator is brought into action in causing the whole eye-ball to advance, in accommodation for near proximity in vision.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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