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From: The Washington Post
Date: 20051120
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In a particularly timely recognition of the importance of foundational texts, two publishers are offering very similar collections of Charles Darwin's most influential books in a single, massive volume, From So Simple a Beginning: The Four Great Books of Charles Darwin (Norton, $39.95) and Darwin: The Indelible Stamp (Running, $29.95). Originally published between 1845 and 1872, the four books include grand adventures (The Voyage of the Beagle), grand intellectual triumphs (The Descent of Man) and a risky application of evolutionary theory to behavior (The Expression of the Emotions in Man ...
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