RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1870-1871]. (cover sheet:) 'Old & useless notes about the moral sense & some metaphysical points'. CUL-DAR91.4. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 7.2010. 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 volume CUL-DAR91 contains early notes on guns & shooting. Darwin's draft of recollections of Henslow, 1861. Notes on the moral sense. Wallace pension. 'a sketch of the principal events in my life' & list of Darwin's works. Loose notes found with CUL-DAR119 'Books to be read'.
Paul H. Barrett wrote that this note was almost certainly written by Darwin around the time of writing Descent of man and that the dates of the notes themselves are in fact 1838-1840.
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(Old & useless notes about the moral sense & some metaphysical points written about the year 1837 & Earlier)
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Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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