Authors: Deborah Heiligman
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Source Notes
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A note about citations: In most cases, quotes from letters, notebook entries, and diary entries have not been altered and appear as originally written. In a few instances, punctuation or spelling was changed very slightly to enhance a reader' appreciation of the content.
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Please see the Selected Bibliography for full information about the sources listed below.
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Chapter 1: Better Than a Dog
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5 | “â¦shape of his head⦔Barlow, p. 79 |
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7 | “â¦greater store of accurate knowledge”: Darwin Correspondence Project footnote |
8 | “in horizontal position.”: Porter, p. 997 |
10 | “above all praise” and “a great nameâ¦Susan Darwin to Charles-Darwin, November 22, 1835, Darwin Correspondence Project |
10 | “A man who dares to waste⦔: Charles Darwin to Susan Darwin, |
12 | “Owls. transport mice alive?”: |
12 | “How easily does Wolf & Dog cross?”: |
13 | “Children have an uncommon pleasure⦔: |
13 | “sprang up, and waving⦔: |
15 | “Where true Love burns⦔: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, “Desire,” published 1834 |
15 | “In Man it has been said, there is instinct⦔: |
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Chapter 2: Rat Catching
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17 | “I do not believe that anyone⦔: |
19 | “featherbed to catch⦔: |
19 | “the number of thoughts⦔: |
20 | “to the prayers and not to my⦔: |
21 | “You care for nothing but shooting⦔: |
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Chapter 3: Conceal Your Doubts
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22 | “Man in his arrogance⦔: |
24 | “â¦acrid fluid, which burnt my tongue”: |
24 | “the man who walks with Henslow”: |
24 | “a wild scheme”: |
25 | “I have given Uncle Josâ¦the subject again”: |
25 | Uncle Josiah's answers, “I should not think it would be in any disagreeableâ¦as happens to few”: |
27 | “extreme misery thus caused⦔: |
28 | “Conceal your doubts!”: |
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Chapter 4: Where Doors and Windows Stand Open
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29 | “Emma's handwriting⦔: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 62 |
29 | “excuse this scrawl⦔: Fanny Owen to Charles Darwin, late January 1828, Darwin Correspondence Project |
29 | “was very pleasant for walking or riding” and the rest of Charles's description of Maer: |
30 | “I never saw anything pleasanterâ¦all this sounds and is delightful”: journal entries of Emma Caldwell cited in Litchfield, Volume 1, pp. 59â60 |
32 | “I was not the least sure of his feelings⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 5 |
32 | “Fanny Owen has quite the preference⦔: Caroline and Catherine to Charles, April 11, 1826, Darwin Correspondence Project, |
33 | “write me one last adieu⦔: Fanny Owen to Charles Darwin, December 2, 1831, Darwin Correspondence Project, |
33 | “It may be all very delightful⦔ and “I am at a loss⦔: Charles to Caroline, April 5 & 6, 1832, Darwin Correspondence Project, |
34 | “my love of natural science⦔: |
35 | “quite weary of it”: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 255 |
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Chapter 5: Little Miss Slip-Slop
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36 | “I love Maer much too well⦔: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 190 |
36 | “My dear Emma⦔ to “â¦we will have another goose”: Charles to Emma, August 7, 1838, Darwin Correspondence Project, |
37 | “most radiant in her personâªâ¦”: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 193 |
38 | “I like the Coloes⦔: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 117 |
39 | “I marvel at the strength of the girls' spiritsâ¦secure her from selfishness”: Litchfield, Volume I, pp. 134â35 |
40 | “in such a whirl of noise⦓: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 161 |
40 | “The whole Theatre was quite full⦔: Litchfield, Volume I, pp. 187â88 |
41 | “My dear Fanny and Emma⦓: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 201 |
41 | “Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich⦔: Austen, |
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Chapter 6: The Next World
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42 | “The sorrows and distresses of life⦔: Malthus, p. 150 |
42 | “On Monday 13th August⦔ and Emma's other notes from Fanny's illness: Healey, pp. 129â30 |
44 | “seemed very ill for two days with vomitings⦔: Caroline to Charles, September 12, 1832, Darwin Correspondence Project, |
44 | “At 9 came the fatal attack⦔: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 250 |
44 | “Uncle Jos was terribly over come⦔ to “so intimately connected |
45 | “Oh Lord⦔ and “I feel a sad blankâ¦Worthy of being with her”: Litchfield, Volume I, pp. 250â51 |
46 | “education and environment produce only a small effect⦔: |
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Chapter 7: The Sensation of Fear
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47 | “My experience of English lovers⦔: Raverat, p. 108 |
47 | “There was no difficulty in standing upright, but⦔: |
48 | “threw herself on her back, kicked & cried⦔: Charles to Susan Darwin, April 1, 1838, Darwin Correspondence Project, |
48 | “Children understand before they can talkâ¦put them inâlike child”: |
51 | “theory by which to work”: |
52 | “Oh you materialist!”: |
52 | “Fear must be⦔ and Charles's other notes on this topic through “â¦I believe, in Materialism”: |
53 | “If one does not marry soonâ¦trust to chance”: Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, |
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Chapter 8: A Leap
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55 | “E. says she can perceive sigh⦔: |
56 | “I went straight into⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 7 |
56 | “too much bewildered⦔ and “Indeed I was so glad to find⦔ and Emma's other descriptions of the event: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 5â6 |
58 | “The day of days”: |
58 | “drawn a prize”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 4 |
58 | “It is very like⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 12 |
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Chapter 9: A Busy M an
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60 | “I hardly expected such good fortune⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 2â3  |
60 | “You will be forming theories about me⦔: Darwin Correspondence |
61 | “I have the very good⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 1 |
61 | “How truly & warmly⦔: Charlotte Langton to Charles Darwin, November 14, 1838, Darwin Correspondence Project, |
62 | “It is a marriage which⦔: Erasmus Darwin to Charles, Darwin Correspondence Project, |
62 | Everything I have ever heardâ¦from your hands”: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 9â11 |
63 | “He is the most open⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 6 |
63 | “there was never anyone so lucky⦔ and Charles's other words to Emma through “Dearest Emma, good-bye”: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 3â5 |
65 | “I positively can do nothing⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 13 |
65 | “Jealousy probably originally⦔: |
65 | “Sexual desire makes saliva⦔ and Charles's other notes on this topic: |
66 | “Shyness is certainly very much⦔ and notes on blushing through “â¦a most modest person”: |
67 | “I am so glad he is a busy man”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 6 |
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Chapter 10: Melancholy Thoughts
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68 | “My reason tells me that honest⦔: Emma to Charles, November 21â22, 1838, Darwin Correspondence Project, |
68 | “dressed in good taste⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 9 |
68 | “I bless the railroad⦔: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 7 |
69 | “When I am with youâ¦.” and other excerpts from Emma's letter through “â¦not at all too dashing”: Emma to Charles, November 21â22, 1838, Darwin Correspondence Project, |
72 | “These deeds are done⦔: |
73 | “I am sitting with Mamma⦔: Emma to Charles November 25, 1838, Darwin Correspondence Project, |
73 | “it is not possible to give⦔: |