Mr Darwin's ShooterAlfred A. Knopf, 1998 - Всего страниц: 365 In this richly detailed novel based on the life of Syms Covington, Charles Darwin's hard-working shipboard assistant and later his house-servant, Roger McDonald shines a light on a man forgotten by history, capturing the breathtaking excitement of the historic voyage of the Beagle and brilliantly illuminating the scientific, religious, and social controversies that exploded around Darwin's watershed theories. As "Darwin's shooter, " Covington collected and preserved invaluable specimens; as the scientist's clerk in London, was he the first man to grasp the full import of their research -- the seeds of Darwin's theory of natural selection? Twenty years later, Covington awaits his copy of The Origin of Species with mixed emotions. Embittered by Darwin's failure to acknowledge him, he is also profoundly troubled by his own role in the discoveries that subverted sacred doctrines and shook the Victorian worldview to its very foundation. |
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... head thrown back , shaking his tray , and they were slow to be gone at a ha'penny a clutch . Covington dropped his head between his knees and closed his eyes . He did not know how much time went past . He was in the Vale of Despond ...
... head thrown back , shaking his tray , and they were slow to be gone at a ha'penny a clutch . Covington dropped his head between his knees and closed his eyes . He did not know how much time went past . He was in the Vale of Despond ...
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... head , smaller than spilt peas , cavities and corrugations . What did they mean , that he was wiser than he knew ? For the Patagonians ' heads were round as coconuts and they were foolish as horses . Likewise Volunteer Musters , his ...
... head , smaller than spilt peas , cavities and corrugations . What did they mean , that he was wiser than he knew ? For the Patagonians ' heads were round as coconuts and they were foolish as horses . Likewise Volunteer Musters , his ...
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... head in . It would not do for me , but your head is not such a great enlargement as mine . ' ' The better for thinking , say I , ' said the gent . ' And whatever else bumpology wants of it , eh ? ' ' Bumpology - indeed . ' ' It is not ...
... head in . It would not do for me , but your head is not such a great enlargement as mine . ' ' The better for thinking , say I , ' said the gent . ' And whatever else bumpology wants of it , eh ? ' ' Bumpology - indeed . ' ' It is not ...
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