Charles Darwin — "I have just finished my 'Origin,' and am now going to be a hermit for the rest o…"
I have just finished my 'Origin,' and am now going to be a hermit for the rest of my life.
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From a letter to Asa Gray, expressing exhaustion after publishing his magnum opus.
Date: 1859
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