Status Updates From Evolution: The Triumph of a...

Charles [Darwin] drafted a pro and con balance sheet. He wrote "Marry"on the left side, and "Not Marry"on the right, and "This is the question" in the middle. This nuptial Hamlet reasoned that as a single man he would have more time for science...on the other hand a wife would offer "female chit-chat" and constant companionship in old age. He added up the columns and made his conclusion: "Marry-Marry-Marry. Q.E.D."