I have attempted to write the following account of myself, as if I were a dead man in another world looking back at my own life. Nor have I found this difficult, for life is nearly over with me. I have taken no pains about my style of writing.


volume I, chapter II: "Autobiography", page 27 - The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin (1887)

Charles Darwin Quotes

I have attempted to write the following account of myself, as if I were a dead man in another world looking back at my own life. Nor have I found...

I have attempted to write the following account of myself, as if I were a dead man in another world looking back at my own life. Nor have I found...

I have attempted to write the following account of myself, as if I were a dead man in another world looking back at my own life. Nor have I found...

I have attempted to write the following account of myself, as if I were a dead man in another world looking back at my own life. Nor have I found...