The Quotable Darwin

List of Illustrations ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xix
Chronology xxiii
Part 1: Early Life and Voyage of the Beagle Foundations 3
The Beagle Voyage 11
Geology 24
Slavery 30
Natural History Collecting 33
Indigenous Peoples 39
Galápagos Archipelago 45
Part 2: Marriage and Scientific Work Notes on Species 53
Marriage 59
A Theory by Which to Work 65
Children 73
Pigeons 80
Barnacles 84
Precursors 90
Independent Discoveries 97
Part 3: Origin of Species On the Origin of Species 107
Species 117
Selection 122
Difficulties 127
Design and Free Will 133
Variation and Heredity 138
Origin of Life 144
Survival of the Fittest 147
Responses to On the Origin of Species 150
Botany 165
Part 4: Mankind Human Origins 173
Race 181
Sexual Selection 185
Morality 190
Intellect 193
Instincts 198
Expression of the Emotions 202
Human Society 207
Part 5: On Himself Religious Belief 217
Health 226
Politics 232
Science 234
Writing 240
Dogs 244
Anti-vivisection 247
Nature 249
Autobiographical 253
Part 6: Friends and Family
Friends and Contemporaries 263
Reflections by His Contemporaries 275
Recollections by His Family 286
Tributes 298
Varia 303
Sources 307
Index 315