"My Life," i. 191-2.
"My Life," i. 108-111.
Darwin makes a similar comment: "I was very successful in collecting, and invented two new methods ... and thus I got some very rare species. No poet ever felt more delighted at seeing his first poem published than I did at seeing, in Stephens' 'Illustrations of British Insects,' the magic words, 'captured by C. Darwin, Esq.'"—Darwin's Autobiography, in the one-volume "Life," p. 20.
"My Life," i. 194-5.
There is no record in his autobiography as to the exact date when he first became acquainted with Lyell's work, though several times reference is made to it.
"Travels on the Amazon," p. 277.
"Voyage of the Beagle," pp. 11-12.
"Voyage of the Beagle," p. 534.
It is interesting to note that the careers of Sir Joseph Hooker, Charles Darwin, H.W. Bates, Alfred Russel Wallace and T.H. Huxley were all determined by voyages or journeys of exploration.
"Life of Charles Darwin" (one-volume Edit.), p. 29.