things that Charles Darwin hates

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I hate every wave of the ocean.
-Charles Darwin to W. D. Fox 15 Feb 1836

Oh my God how I do hate species & varieties.
-Charles Darwin to J. D. Hooker, 11 Mar 1858

I am very tired, very stomachy & hate nearly the whole world.
-Charles Darwin to Thomas Huxley, 10 Sep 1860

I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything.
-Charles Darwin to Charles Lyell, 1 Oct 1861

I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees.
-Charles Darwin to John Lubbock, 3 Sep 1862

I am languid & bedeviled & hate writing & hate everybody.
-Charles Darwin to J. D. Hooker 23 Jun 1863

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1 month ago

jpoulos

1 month ago

omg so same

jpoulos

1 month ago

Fckin bees 😡

dreyfusslugado 1 month ago

Finally! I can say "I'm just like Charles Darwin!" and mean it!

bencmeissner

1 month ago

“I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything” is my new auto reply.

williwaw

1 month ago

For those interested, all of Darwin's correspondence has digitized and placed online for perusing: https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/full-edi...

@bencmeissner for over a decade I kept a framed photo of Darwin on my work desk with that quote at the bottom

scruss

1 month ago

The 1836 quote would've been written while he was still on the Beagle. He was a martyr to seasickness, despite the years he spent at sea

things that Charles Darwin hates

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