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IT was Darwin himself who, looking back on his life, wrote in his autobiography, “The voyage of the Beagle has been by far the most important event in my life, and has determined my whole career” ; and there can be no doubt that he was right. Thus every additional gleam of light on this period of his life is bound to be of interest.
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HUXLEY, J. CHARLES DARWIN: THE DECISIVE YEARS. Nature 157, 536–538 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157536a0
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