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"And should anyone feel especially adventurous, there is a rough track, down by the Straits of Magellan, that leads to a wild and lonely beach, where lies the grave of Captain Pringle Strokes of HMS Beagle, without whose suicide this whole extraordinary story would never have happened."

That's one way to end a book

"The funeral was a quiet family affair. All the surviving officers of the Beagle, with whom (Sullivan excepted) he had long ago lost touch, had written to the Statical Department of the Board of Trade asking to attend but, sadly, as the office had been closed down, their letters remained unanswered."

He's DEAD and the suffering is not over

I'm surprised he didn't kill himself sooner

didn't expect his life to fell down the drain this quick

didn't read this book at all today but got to read abt quite a few shipwrecks while I was researching law of finds. I always love it when my hobby and irl stuff overlap.

the grip aubrey & maturin has on me is crazy. fitzroy was just made post after being a commander for 6 years and he was like, some was made before me after just a year etc and all I could think was hey jack too ;-;

hmmm. darwin was arguing what was happening in south america wasn't slavery, trying to justify it, saying the natives there are closer to animal than human etc while fitzroy was arguing against him. I know for a fact that one day they'll fall out over this issue but it'll be fitzroy who support slavery and darwin who was against it so it'll be interesting to see when exactly did they switch their views.

natural selection is cool and all but weather forecast is way more useful on the daily basis. I hope they're arguing whether whose invention/discovery is better down there in hell.

"one day, wel shall be able to foretell the weather." So close! I'm waiting for him to say the word. I know he coined the word and there's no way they'll leave that out.

I really should have paid more attention in class when they were teaching abt history of scientific research and stuff. Sooo many of their thinking stem from the bible and that's super fascinating.