At last gleams of light have come, & I am almost convinced (quite contrary to opinion I started with) that species are not (it is like confessing a murder) immutable.

Charles Darwin, writing to his closest friend, botanist Joseph Hooker, detailing his feelings as the Theory of Natural Selection took shape.

This is an excerpt from a newly released collection of  over 1,000 letters from Charles Darwin to Hooker throughout the course of his life. They provide an unprecedented view of Darwin’s struggles and emotions, enriching the humanity of this great scientist.

Tour the letters at Cambridge University’s Darwin Correspondence Project, and read more at BBC News.

In honor of Darwin Day today, it’s always a good time to remember that even Charles Darwin had days when he hated everybody and felt like a big idiot stupidhead: “But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything. One lives only to make blunders.– I am going to write a little Book for Murray on orchids & today I hate them worse than everything so farewell & in a sweet frame of mind, I am ever yours C. Darwin” (via Brain Pickings)
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In honor of Darwin Day today, it’s always a good time to remember that even Charles Darwin had days when he hated everybody and felt like a big idiot stupidhead:

“But I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything. One lives only to make blunders.– I am going to write a little Book for Murray on orchids & today I hate them worse than everything so farewell & in a sweet frame of mind,

I am ever yours

C. Darwin”

(via Brain Pickings)

Source: brainpickings.org

Charles Darwin And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day In a letter dated October 1, 1861, Charles Darwin wrote to Charles Lyell: “But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything.” It’s nice to know that even the most brilliant among us have bad days, surly days, downer days doubtful days, and days they just hate it all. It’s part of the human process. (via Krulwich Wonders… and check out more about Darwin’s correspondence at Brain Pickings)
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Charles Darwin And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

In a letter dated October 1, 1861, Charles Darwin wrote to Charles Lyell:

“But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything.”

It’s nice to know that even the most brilliant among us have bad days, surly days, downer days doubtful days, and days they just hate it all. It’s part of the human process.

(via Krulwich Wonders… and check out more about Darwin’s correspondence at Brain Pickings)

Source: NPR