NOTE THREE -8 : THE PENCIL NOTES OF 1837 'THIS IS THE QUESTION' The following notes in Charles Darwin's hand were hurriedly scrawled on scraps of paper; one is on a letter addressed to him whilst he was living at 36 Great Marlborough Street. The writing of the notes

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War' jiniJlud Ir not marry TRAvn? Europe - Yes? America???? If I travel it must be exclusively geological-United States - Mexico.

Depend upon health and vigour and how far 1 become zoological. If I don't travel - Work at transmission of Species - microscope - simplest forms of life - Geology - ? Oldest formations?? Some experiments - physiological observations on lower animals.