done what he did on purpose. He more than he was told in the letter of 3 January, 1880, before he could have understood in what way the words and 'accidental' could be properly applied to what had not noticing that he was striking out of his preface more than he of the translation orthe modified of both the footnotes became altered. The first footnote about of Evolu- : took this to mean that Darwin had would have had to know 'unintentional' happened. We can now see that the inadvertence consisted in Darwin's intended. So long as the words stating that Dr Krause had altered his article between February and November were there, all was well; the first footnote guaranteed the accuracy Dr Krause to make the modifications with Butler's book before him.

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done what he did on purpose. He more than he was told in the letter of 3 January, 1880, before he could have understood in what way the words and 'accidental' could be properly applied to what had not noticing that he was striking out of his preface more than he of the translation orthe modified of both the footnotes became altered. The first footnote about of Evolu-

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By far the most important notice of EvolUliotl Old arid Nno was that taken by Mr Darwin himself; for I can hardly be mistaken in believing that Dr Krause's anicle would have been allowed to repose unaltered in the pages of the well· known I German scientific journal, Krumos, unless something had happened to make Mr Darwin feel that his reticence concerning his grandfather must now be ended .