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From love letters to a thimble, Darwin on display

By Ellen Ruppel Shell
Globe Correspondent / March 13, 2006

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NEW YORK -- Charles Darwin, the father of evolutionary theory, was born to pious parents and raised a creationist. Stubborn and strong-headed, he hated school and did poorly, leading his despairing father to deride him as a dilettante who cared only for ''shooting, dogs, and rat catching." (Full article: 1061 words)

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