RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1880]. Draft leaf of Earthworms, folio 8 / pp. 312-313. LINSOC-DWC.2.10. (Cite as: John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Catalogued, transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2026. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Linnean Society of London and William Huxley Darwin. LINSOC-DWC.2 consists of an album of draft leaves of Darwin's books, Earthworms, Insectivorous plants, Cross and self fertilisation, Expression, and Power of movement deposited by The Charles Darwin Trust.
This rough draft of Darwin's book on worms was transferred to the family scrap paper pile after creation of the fair copy, which is now in CUL-DAR24 & CUL-DAR25.
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objects are thin, they draw in a certain number by their broader ends. They do not act like many most of the lower animals, in the same unvarying manner in all cases; with all kinds of leaves or other objects; for instance they do not drag in leaves by their foot-stalks, unless the basal part of the blade is as narrow as the apex, or narrower than the apical part.) it.)
( The leaves which are thus dragged into large numbers into the burrows, after being torn into fragments, partially digested, saturated with the intestinal & urinary excretions, & commingled with much earth, form the dark-coloured, rich humus which almost everywhere
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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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