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Darwin wrote
On the Origin
of the Species
longhand with
pen & ink.

His wife
read the
manuscript by
candlelight at
the kitchen
table in
one setting.

The next morning
Darwin wrapped
the manuscript
in butcher
paper &
put it on a
horse-drawn
mail wagon
to London.

The book
sold out its
first day
in print.

There are
many ways to
change the world
without joining
Facebook.

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