Status Updates From Darwin's Notebook: The Life...

Well only now I notice and should have before - where are the citations? p126 a quote is attributed to 20th C scientist Karl Lorenz but it must be referring to Konrad bc it’s about psychology. Quote cannot be found and Karl Lorenz was a WWII German general. Said quote refers to something said in 2 pubs, one a dissertation, about someone else. Ugh.

Note on the layout of this book: maps and callouts and quotes never repeat copy from main content and reader can safely pay attention to all text. Every line is worth reading attentively. Masterfully designed book. English pubs, however, leave a tiny bit to be desired with readability. Am I a reading-peeve-irascible middle-aged woman or an 20-10 sighted 18-year old? The former, thanks.

See notes re: medical history for review - “What was wrong with Darwin?” - Down House was in passable if rough shape and the dining room invited a conversation about paint ingredients, moisture, mold and one’s respiratory health. Stephen Kent MD paper in HekInt 2023.

Look at this amazing creature - quick let’s kill it. :/ Chuck, *must* you ride the tortoises? The “precious nonsense” of travel and to “no sooner discover what is most interesting in any locality” only to immediately be “hurried from it” - Jesus can I relate right now. We are both headed home soon with an eagerness, his bag filled with dead things and mine with new books.

Bought at Down House in Kent, England 14 May 2026