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To: Dixie Yooper
Dixie:

Now that you have been thoroughly schooled in Darwin's personality I will add a couple of other thing that I think you will find interesting. FitzRoy and Darwin got off on the wrong foot just as the voyage was to begin. FitzRoy gave the ship's crew Christmas Eve off and were expected to be ready to sail on Christmas Day. The crew reported back to the ship drunk and/or hungover so FitzRoy had them flogged. This distressed Darwin greatly; such cruelty was unknown to him.

Darwin seems to have been unaware that he was from a relatively well-to-do family until he was about 22 years old when he discovered some family papers that revealed the family's financial standing.

I am at a loss to understand the seeming hostility you exhibit to such a great scientist. Care to explain?

JFK

463 posted on 01/02/2009 2:50:57 PM PST by Fishman Jack (A further explanation into Darwin's "character.")
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To: Fishman Jack
After 2-1/2 years since making these comments, I still haven't taken my family to Lawrence Welk’s birthplace. Funny how times fly...Happy 3 New Years!
464 posted on 01/03/2009 4:05:43 AM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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