#charlesdarwin — Public Fediverse posts

"I am almost convinced (quite contrary to opinion I started with) that species are not (it is like confessing a murder) immutable.... I think I have found out (here's presumption!) the simple way by which species become exquisitely adapted to various ends."

Darwin, quoted in Roberts, p. 305

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Introduce a couple of line breaks and this could stand on its own as a #FoundPoem!

The full letter is here.

https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-729.xml

#CharlesDarwin #Poetry #FoundPoetry

This week's #NewBooks at the library:

- I'm digging into the backcatalogue of #CarlSafina with The View from Lazy Point from #HenryHolt
- I bought a rare second-hand copy of Charles Darwin's Natural Selection (his *other* big book) from #CambridgeUniversityPress
- And Demon Download? Well, you can tell 'm Jordan Sorcery sent you

#NaturalHiistory #Evolution #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #CharlesDarwin #Warhammer #GamesWorkshop
#Books #Scicomm #Bookstodon