Vulgar words in Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 (Page 1)

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The bastard wing of birds is a rudimentary digit; and I believe that if fossil birds are found very low down in the series, they will be seen to have a double or bifurcated wing.

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I attended the Bench on Monday, and was detained in adjudicating some troublesome cases 1 1/2 hours longer than usual, and came home utterly knocked up, and cannot rally.

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Well, if any one, who does not understand Natural Selection, will read this, he will be a blockhead if it is not as clear as daylight.

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What an ass the man is to think he cuts one to the quick by giving one's Christian name in full.

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