Darwin also cribbed a lot of his work, including some paraphrases of quotes and actual quotes, from his grandfather Erasmus Darwin’s work.
It’s very doubtful that he was ‘inspired’ for the idea of evolution from a visit to the Galapagoes.
Off to some professional meetings for the rest of the week.
I'll check in Sunday or so and see if the creationists have come up with anything new, or if they are just relying on the same old, tired anti-science nonsense.