RECORD: Darwin, C. R. Letter to Robert Waring Darwin 31 August [1831] regarding objections to the Beagle voyage. CUL-DAR97.B10
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by John van Wyhe 2017. 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.
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(1) Disreputable to my character as a Clergyman hereafter
(2) A wild scheme
(3) That they must have offered to many others before me, the place of Naturalist
(4) And from its not being accepted there must be some serious objection to the vessel or expedition
(5) That I should never settle down to a steady life hereafter
(6) That my accomodations would be most uncomfortable
(7). That you should consider it as again changing my profession
(8) That it would be a useless undertaking
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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