Origin of Species in English

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Born at Shrewsbury, Darwin came from an affluent family, descended
from successful country doctors on one side and the Wedgwood family
(of pottery fame) on the other. He was intended to follow the family
tradition of medicine, but couldn’t stand the bloody nature of surgery,
and seemed likely to become a wastrel. His father sent him to
Cambridge to study theology with a view to turning him into a country
parson, but Darwin became fascinated by geology and natural history,
impressing his tutors so much that they recommended him for a
vacancy that arose as an unpaid naturalist and companion for the
Captain on the voyage of the Beagle. The round-the-world voyage
lasted from 1831 to 1836, and gave Darwin a rare insight into the
geology of different parts of the globe and the variety of life on Earth.
Back home, he found he had a reputation as a geologist, based on
the reports and materials he had sent back during the voyage, but was
not known as a naturalist at all. Although he almost imme

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