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Feb 08, 2008 the book appeared in a christian world that was already aware 50 years of debate and research by some of darwin s critics had helped that the book of genesis might not be taken literally. He studied medicine at edinburgh and for the ministry at cambridge but lost interest in both professions during the training. The autobiography of charles darwin kindle edition. Charles robert darwin was born in 1809 in shrewsbury, england.
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