[NatureNS] Darwin's - Origin of Species

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Hi,

It has been many years since I read it. My opinion was similar. I also
read Voyage of the Beagle. This disappointed me since he left out too
much of his analysis of his observations.

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Gerald

On 9/2/14 20:35, James Hirtle wrote:
> Hi all:
>  
> I just finished reading Charles Darwin's - The Origin of Species.  For
> the sake of argument has anyone else read this and what was your opinion
> of it?  I found it rather drab and a hard read.  There were really only
> two things of real interest to me, which was the lifespan of an elephant
> and the time it takes a female to produce it's first young.  Also,
> that ants will tickle the bottom of an aphid to make it excrete and then
> eat this as food. 
>  
> It was my impression after reading the book that a lot of Darwin's
> thoughts and discoveries were not his own, but based on the research of
> others and possibly taken as his own.  In comparison to other writings
> by him and of others about his research, which by the way I really
> enjoyed at the time.  I was really disheartened after reading the actual
> Origin of Species also written by him.  I'll look forward to others
> thoughts on this book. 
>  
> James R. Hirtle
> Bridgewater

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