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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Mivart, Quarterly Review (174) / Draft of Expression, chapter 9, p. 235. CUL-DAR89.67. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 11.2021. RN2

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-DAR87-90 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man 2d ed. (1874-1877).

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Q. Review (174) M says I give up whole case of SS because some domestic breeds are beautiful - forgetting the parent-bred are beautiful

p 55 Bombyx most beautiful of moth (yet no choice)

[Mivart, St George Jackson. 1871. [Review of Descent] The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. Quarterly Review 131 (July): 47-90. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection reviews 174] Text]

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afterwards give a backward push with it, as if to push away the offender. I have seen a child, standing at some [words excised] clearly express its feeling

[Draft of Expression, chapter 9, p. 235.]

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