Country diary: Thrilled by Darwin, and the wonder of worms | Lev Parikian
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Downe, Kent: It’s hard not to feel the earth move by a visit to the great man’s house. He truly valued these creatures of the dirt The garden beds are moistened by steady rain, but the ground is still unyielding. A blackbird hops across bare soil. A dart, a jab, and up it comes – a wriggling tube of pink flesh. A simple catch. But when I rummage in the dirt, my only reward is loam under the fingernails. Perhaps I should have brought a bassoon. I’ve come to Down House . Here, Charles Darwin changed the world. And here he wrote his last book , its title usually shortened for convenience: Earthworms. Continue reading...
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