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To be honest this is the last place that I expected to be looking for an obscure quote that not many people would know the location of, but I won't doubt the ability of anyone who cares the opportunity to surprise me. Anyway this quote I'm looking for is something that may be prove that Charles Darwin was in fact the most racially tolerant man in his time. I can't remember much of the context but I know that it included him saying something like "they don't have nearly enough of a mental difference for me to consider them members of a different race." I don't have the patience to scan every one of his writings and all the quotes that I'm more than sure that people have placed by the thousands in every bloody place that they can. So if any of you can help me by quoting it exact, or at least by linking me to a site that is likely to have it, I would much appreciate it.

2006-11-06 12:12:19 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Quotations

Right, uh, "Gr8 F8" is it? Yeah, just wondering, what's the deal with that? Yes, I did find similar stuff in my search (which confused the **** out of me, to be honest) but all I asked for was the possible location of my query, not a page that was meant to prove that Darwin's earlier writings led to the Nazi genocide. If you can't, or don't want, to help me, then don't post anything. It's as simple as that.

2006-11-06 22:52:12 · update #1

3 answers

Here's all the writings of Darwin, in which you could do a search:

http://darwin-online.org.uk/

2006-11-06 12:25:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I don't know that specific quote, but you know, right? that he was taken aback by the very primitive p[eople he saw at Tierra de Fuego, and there was a huge discussion about whether they were capable of being civilized. So, pretty likely it is connected with that episode.

You remember that the Captain of the Beagle, Fitzgerald, had kidnapped a couple of Fuegians when he was there on a previous voyage, brought them back to England where he attempted to have them educated, and Darwin's voyage was specifically set up so that he could return them to their country. After they arrived there, the Fuegians rapidly lost the veneer of civilization they had acquired (they even met the Queen!).

Sorry I dont know the exact quote.

2006-11-07 09:37:31 · answer #2 · answered by matt 7 · 0 0

http://www.thedarwinpapers.com/oldsite/number12/Darwinpapers12HTML.htm

2006-11-06 12:22:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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