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CHAPTER 1.IX. -- LIFE AT DOWN.

Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1

Charles Darwin · 2000

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  1. 01Front matter
  2. 02PREFACE
  3. 03CHAPTER 1.I.--The Darwin Family.
  4. 04CHAPTER 1.II.--Autobiography.
  5. 05CHAPTER 1.III.--Reminiscences.
  6. 06CHAPTER 1.IV.--Cambridge Life--1828-1831.
  7. 07CHAPTER 1.V.--The Appointment to the 'Beagle'--1831.
  8. 08CHAPTER 1.VI.--The Voyage--1831-1836.
  9. 09CHAPTER 1.VII.--London and Cambridge--1836-1842.
  10. 10CHAPTER 1.VIII.--Religion.
  11. 11CHAPTER 1.IX.--Life at Down--1842-1854.
  12. 12CHAPTER 1.X.--The Growth of the 'Origin of Species.'
  13. 13CHAPTER 1.XII.--The Unfinished Book--May 1856-June 1858.
  14. 14CHAPTER 1.I. -- THE DARWIN FAMILY.
  15. 15CHAPTER 1.II. -- AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
  16. 16CHAPTER 1.III. -- REMINISCENCES OF MY FATHER'S EVERYDAY LIFE.
  17. 17CHAPTER 1.IV. -- CAMBRIDGE LIFE.
  18. 18CHAPTER 1.V. -- THE APPOINTMENT TO THE 'BEAGLE.'
  19. 19CHAPTER 1.VI. -- THE VOYAGE.
  20. 20CHAPTER 1.VII. -- LONDON AND CAMBRIDGE.
  21. 21CHAPTER 1.VIII. -- RELIGION.
  22. 22CHAPTER 1.IX. -- LIFE AT DOWN.
  23. 23Letter to Captain Fitz-Roy, October, 1846.
  24. 24CHAPTER 1.X. -- THE GROWTH OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.'
  25. 25Chapter IV. "Affinities and Classification of Organic beings."
  26. 26Chapter V. "Unity of Type," Morphology, Embryology.
  27. 27Chapter VI. Rudimentary Organs.
  28. 28CHAPTER 1.XI. -- THE GROWTH OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.'
  29. 29CHAPTER 1.XII. -- THE UNFINISHED BOOK.
  30. 30CHAPTER 1. XIII. -- THE WRITING OF THE 'ORIGIN OF SPECIES.'
  31. 31CHAPTER 1.XIV. -- BY PROFESSOR HUXLEY.
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CHAPTER 1.IX. -- LIFE AT DOWN.

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CHAPTER 1.IX. -- LIFE AT DOWN.

1842-1854.

"My life goes on like clockwork, and I am fixed on the spot where I shall end it."