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1、TheAutobiographyofCharlesDarwinTheAutobiographyofCharlesDarwin--FromTheLifeandLettersofCharlesDarwinEditedbyFrancisDarwin1TheAutobiographyofCharlesDarwin[Myfather'sautobiographicalrecollections,giveninthepresentchapter,werewrittenforhischildren,--andwrit
2、tenwithoutanythoughtthattheywouldeverbepublished.Tomanythismayseemanimpossibility;butthosewhoknewmyfatherwillunderstandhowitwasnotonlypossible,butnatural.Theautobiographybearstheheading,'RecollectionsoftheDevelopmentofmyMindandCharacter,'andendwiththefol
3、lowingnote:--"Aug.3,1876.ThissketchofmylifewasbegunaboutMay28thatHopedene(Mr.HensleighWedgwood'shouseinSurrey.),andsincethenIhavewrittenfornearlyanhouronmostafternoons."Itwilleasilybeunderstoodthat,inanarrativeofapersonalandintimatekindwrittenforhiswifea
4、ndchildren,passagesshouldoccurwhichmustherebeomitted;andIhavenotthoughtitnecessarytoindicatewheresuchomissionsaremade.Ithasbeenfoundnecessarytomakeafewcorrectionsofobviousverbalslips,butthenumberofsuchalterationshasbeenkeptdowntotheminimum.--F.D.]AGerman
5、Editorhavingwrittentomeforanaccountofthedevelopmentofmymindandcharacterwithsomesketchofmyautobiography,Ihavethoughtthattheattemptwouldamuseme,andmightpossiblyinterestmychildrenortheirchildren.Iknowthatitwouldhaveinterestedmegreatlytohavereadevensoshortan
6、ddullasketchofthemindofmygrandfather,writtenbyhimself,andwhathethoughtanddid,andhowheworked.Ihaveattemptedtowritethefollowingaccountofmyself,asifIwereadeadmaninanotherworldlookingbackatmyownlife.NorhaveIfoundthisdifficult,forlifeisnearlyoverwithme.Ihavet
7、akennopainsaboutmystyleofwriting.IwasbornatShrewsburyonFebruary12th,1809,andmyearliestrecollectiongoesbackonlytowhenIwasafewmonthsoverfouryearsold,whenwewenttonearAbergeleforsea-bathing,andIrecollectsomeeventsandplacestherewithsomelittledistinctness.Mymo
8、therdiedinJuly1817,whenIwasalittleovereightyearsold,anditisoddthatIcanrememberhardlyanythingaboutherexceptherdeath-bed,herblackvelvetgown,andhercuriouslyconstructedwork-table.InthespringofthissameyearIwassenttoaday-schooli
