On 7th August 1838, Charles Darwin described his first ever railway journey. He was not overly impressed.
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Evergreen articles for August.
05-Aug-1832: Darwin under fire (get used to it, Charles!)
On 5th August 1832, in what he described as ‘an eventful day’, Charles Darwin and his HMS Beagle colleagues helped put down an armed insurrection in Argentina.
24-Aug-1831: Henslow’s letter
On 24th August 1831, Charles Darwin’s great friend and mentor John Stevens Henslow sat down at his desk, took up his pen, and wrote what turned out to be one of the most important letters in the history of science.