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Name: Darwin's ghosts
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Author: Rebecca Stott

Christmas, 1859. Just one month after the publication of On the Origin of Species, Darwin received a letter that deeply unsettled him. He had expected criticism. Letters were arriving every day like swarms, some expressing praise, most outrage and accusations of heresy. But the letter from the Reverend Powell was different.

First publish date: 2012

Authors: Rebecca Stott

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