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The Times is getting more detestable (but that is too weak word) than ever.

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Charles Darwin
Age: 73 †
Born: 1809
Born: February 12
Died: 1882
Died: April 19
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To my deep mortification my father once said to me, You care for nothing but shooting, dogs, and rat-catching, and you will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family.
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Farewell Australia! You ... are too great and ambitious for affection, yet not great enough for respect. I leave your shores without sorrow or regret.
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Our faculties are more fitted to recognize the wonderful structure of a beetle than a Universe.
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The school as a means of education to me was simply a blank.
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