Wouldn't it be wonderful if modern scientists would write as clearly and incitefully as Darwin did.  Ah, progress.


Allen Aigen
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-- Sophie Valtat <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
For those who might not have the first edition of "The Formation of
Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms" at home, it can easily
be found on the web (not the first ed of course !):
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2355
http://charles-darwin.classic-literature.co.uk/formation-of-vegetable-mould/
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2355

Sophie

>Hi
>Search the Archives because we had quite a bit of stuff about
>Darwin's book on worms. It was his last book and one of his best
>selling works! I have a copy of the 1st edition, and yes, I have
>read it!
>Alex
>
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>John;-
>     I believe that Charles Darwin, between the publication of the
>Origin of Species and the Ascent (or Descent) of man, wrote a book
>about worms. Of course, I never met anyone who read it.
>        Art

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