Charles and Emma (29 page)

5

“…shape of his head…”Barlow, p. 79

5

The
Marry, Not Marry
list, which runs throughout this chapter, has been reproduced many times. The original is in the Cambridge Library. You can see the image here:
http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=side&itemID=CUL-DAR210.8.2&page-seq=1
You can also look at it in
Autobiography
, p. 232

7

“…greater store of accurate knowledge”: Darwin Correspondence Project footnote
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-372.html

8

“in horizontal position.”: Porter, p. 997

10

“above all praise” and “a great name…Susan Darwin to Charles-Darwin, November 22, 1835, Darwin Correspondence Project
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-288.html

10

“A man who dares to waste…”: Charles Darwin to Susan Darwin,
August 4, 1838, Darwin Correspondence Project
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-306.html

12

“Owls. transport mice alive?”:
Notebooks
, p. 191

12

“How easily does Wolf & Dog cross?”:
Notebooks,
p. 204

13

“Children have an uncommon pleasure…”:
Notebooks,
p. 582

13

“sprang up, and waving…”:
Voyage
, Penguin, p. 171

15

“Where true Love burns…”: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, “Desire,” published 1834

15

“In Man it has been said, there is instinct…”:
Notebooks
, p. 172

17

“I do not believe that anyone…”:
Autobiography,
p. 44

19

“featherbed to catch…”:
Life and Letters,
Volume 1, p. 513

19

“the number of thoughts…”:
Autobiography,
p. 25. The quote continues, “…and seem hardly compatible with what physiologists have, I believe, proved about each thought requiring quite an appreciable amount of time.”

20

“to the prayers and not to my…”:
Autobiography,
p. 25

21

“You care for nothing but shooting…”:
Life and Letters,
Volume 1, p. 30

22

“Man in his arrogance…”:
Notebooks,
p. 300

24

“…acrid fluid, which burnt my tongue”:
Life and Letters,
Volume 1, p. 43

24

“the man who walks with Henslow”:
Autobiography,
p. 64

24

“a wild scheme”:
Autobiography,
p. 228

25

“I have given Uncle Jos…the subject again”:
Autobiography,
p. 227

25

Uncle Josiah's answers, “I should not think it would be in any disagreeable…as happens to few”:
Autobiography,
pp. 229–30

27

“extreme misery thus caused…”:
Autobiography,
p. 95

28

“Conceal your doubts!”:
Autobiography,
p. 95

29

“Emma's handwriting…”: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 62

29

“excuse this scrawl…”: Fanny Owen to Charles Darwin, late January 1828, Darwin Correspondence Project
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-38.html

29

“was very pleasant for walking or riding” and the rest of Charles's description of Maer:
Life and Letters,
Volume 1, p. 38

30

“I never saw anything pleasanter…all this sounds and is delightful”: journal entries of Emma Caldwell cited in Litchfield, Volume 1, pp. 59–60

32

“I was not the least sure of his feelings…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 5

32

“Fanny Owen has quite the preference…”: Caroline and Catherine to Charles, April 11, 1826, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-31.html

33

“write me one last adieu…”: Fanny Owen to Charles Darwin, December 2, 1831, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-151.html

33

“It may be all very delightful…” and “I am at a loss…”: Charles to Caroline, April 5 & 6, 1832, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-164.html

34

“my love of natural science…”:
Autobiography,
p. 141

35

“quite weary of it”: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 255

36

“I love Maer much too well…”: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 190

36

“My dear Emma…” to “…we will have another goose”: Charles to Emma, August 7, 1838, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-423.html

37

“most radiant in her person‪…”: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 193

38

“I like the Coloes…”: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 117

39

“I marvel at the strength of the girls' spirits…secure her from selfishness”: Litchfield, Volume I, pp. 134–35

40

“in such a whirl of noise…“: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 161

40

“The whole Theatre was quite full…”: Litchfield, Volume I, pp. 187–88

41

“My dear Fanny and Emma…“: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 201

41

“Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich…”: Austen,
Emma,
p. 1

42

“The sorrows and distresses of life…”: Malthus, p. 150

42

“On Monday 13th August…” and Emma's other notes from Fanny's illness: Healey, pp. 129–30

44

“seemed very ill for two days with vomitings…”: Caroline to Charles, September 12, 1832, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-185.html

44

“At 9 came the fatal attack…”: Litchfield, Volume I, p. 250

44

“Uncle Jos was terribly over come…” to “so intimately connected
with her”: Caroline to Charles, September 12 1832, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-185.html

45

“Oh Lord…” and “I feel a sad blank…Worthy of being with her”: Litchfield, Volume I, pp. 250–51

46

“education and environment produce only a small effect…”:
Life and Letters,
Volume 1, p. 21

47

“My experience of English lovers…”: Raverat, p. 108

47

“There was no difficulty in standing upright, but…”:
Voyage,
Penguin, p. 228

48

“threw herself on her back, kicked & cried…”: Charles to Susan Darwin, April 1, 1838, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-407.html

48

“Children understand before they can talk…put them in—like child”:
Notebooks,
p. 567

51

“theory by which to work”:
Autobiography,
p. 120

52

“Oh you materialist!”:
Notebooks,
p. 291

52

“Fear must be…” and Charles's other notes on this topic through “…I believe, in Materialism”:
Notebooks,
p. 532

53

“If one does not marry soon…trust to chance”: Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online,
http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=side&itemID=CUL-DAR210.8.2&pageseq=2

55

“E. says she can perceive sigh…”:
Notebooks,
p. 584

56

“I went straight into…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 7

56

“too much bewildered…” and “Indeed I was so glad to find…” and Emma's other descriptions of the event: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 5–6

58

“The day of days”:
http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=side&itemID=CUL-DAR158.1-76&pageseq=30

58

“drawn a prize”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 4

58

“It is very like…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 12

60

“I hardly expected such good fortune…”: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 2–3  

60

“You will be forming theories about me…”: Darwin Correspondence
Project
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry492.html

61

“I have the very good…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 1

61

“How truly & warmly…”: Charlotte Langton to Charles Darwin, November 14, 1838, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-436.html

62

“It is a marriage which…”: Erasmus Darwin to Charles, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-435.html

62

Everything I have ever heard…from your hands”: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 9–11

63

“He is the most open…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 6

63

“there was never anyone so lucky…” and Charles's other words to Emma through “Dearest Emma, good-bye”: Litchfield, Volume II, pp. 3–5

65

“I positively can do nothing…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 13

65

“Jealousy probably originally…”:
Notebooks,
p. 557

65

“Sexual desire makes saliva…” and Charles's other notes on this topic:
Notebooks,
p. 574

66

“Shyness is certainly very much…” and notes on blushing through “…a most modest person”:
Notebooks,
pp. 577–78

67

“I am so glad he is a busy man”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 6

68

“My reason tells me that honest…”: Emma to Charles, November 21–22, 1838, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-441.html

68

“dressed in good taste…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 9

68

“I bless the railroad…”: Litchfield, Volume II, p. 7

69

“When I am with you….” and other excerpts from Emma's letter through “…not at all too dashing”: Emma to Charles, November 21–22, 1838, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-441.html

72

“These deeds are done…”:
Voyage,
Harvard Classics, p. 503

73

“I am sitting with Mamma…”: Emma to Charles November 25, 1838, Darwin Correspondence Project,
www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-444.html

73

“it is not possible to give…”:
Voyage,
Harvard Classics, p. 34