Although Erasmus Darwin was a physician, he was overweight ([[Hippocrates]] was an early advocate of the health benefits of [[exercise]] and [[nutrition]].<ref>http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/pe/exs190web/exs190history.htm</ref>). An article entitled [http://creation.com/darwinism-it-was-all-in-the-family Darwinism: it was all in the family] declares concerning Erasmus Darwin:
Although Erasmus Darwin was a physician, he was overweight ([[Hippocrates]] was an early advocate of the health benefits of [[exercise]] and [[nutrition]].<ref>http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/pe/exs190web/exs190history.htm</ref>). An article entitled [http://creation.com/darwinism-it-was-all-in-the-family Darwinism: it was all in the family] declares concerning Erasmus Darwin:
{{cquote|His love of food (particularly fruits, sugar, cream and butter) was matched by his dislike of exercise, and by the age of 46 he had grown so corpulent that a semi-circle had to be cut out of his dining table to accommodate his girth at meal times.<ref>[http://creation.com/darwinism-it-was-all-in-the-family Darwinism: it was all in the family]</ref>}}
{{cquote|His love of food (particularly fruits, sugar, cream and butter) was matched by his dislike of exercise, and by the age of 46 he had grown so corpulent that a semi-circle had to be cut out of his dining table to accommodate his girth at meal times.<ref>[http://creation.com/darwinism-it-was-all-in-the-family Darwinism: it was all in the family]</ref>}}
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Erasmus Darwin's wealth formed a basis for Charles Darwin's inherited wealth, which in turn gave him the economic freedom to research and write without the day-to-day task of earning his own living.