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Article: The man who dared to climb the family tree; Charles Darwin sat on his great theory of evolution for years, worrying about the public backlash he would have to endure.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- September 26, 2002
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Byline: Diana Muir
One morning in 1858 Charles Darwin picked up his mail and discovered a letter from Alfred Russel Wallace. Darwin had spent 20 years working out evidence to support his theory of natural selection, secure in the knowledge that the theory was too radical and the details too arcane for anyone else to have thought out. He could have published all or part of his work at almost any point; his closest scientific friends often urged him to do so. But he kept silent because he dreaded the consequences: Publication would invite public condemnation likely to make Rome's reception of Galileo look friendly. He didn't think that he could bear the notoriety.
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