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‘to avoid saying how far I believe in materialism, say only that emotions, instincts, degrees of talent which are hereditary are so because brain of child resembles parent stock.’<ref>http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1877</ref>}}
‘to avoid saying how far I believe in materialism, say only that emotions, instincts, degrees of talent which are hereditary are so because brain of child resembles parent stock.’<ref>http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1877</ref>}}
Scholars refer to the private notebook in which Darwin stated he was a materialist as the "M" notebook of 1838.<ref>Barrett, Paul H. ''Darwin on Man'' 1974:276</ref> [[Ernst Mayr]] wrote that "It is apparent that Darwin lost his faith in the years 1836-39, much of it clearly prior to the reading of [[Malthus]]. In order not to hurt the feelings of his friends and of his wife, Darwin often used deistic language in his publications, but much in his Notebooks indicates that by this time he had become a 'materialist' (more or less = atheist)" <ref>''American Scientist'' May 1977:323</ref>
Scholars refer to the private notebook in which Darwin stated he was a materialist as the "M" notebook of 1838.<ref>Barrett, Paul H. ''Darwin on Man'' 1974:276</ref> [[Ernst Mayr]] wrote that "It is apparent that Darwin lost his faith in the years 1836-39, much of it clearly prior to the reading of [[Robert Majthus|Malthus]]. In order not to hurt the feelings of his friends and of his wife, Darwin often used deistic language in his publications, but much in his Notebooks indicates that by this time he had become a 'materialist' (more or less = atheist)" <ref>''American Scientist'' May 1977:323</ref>
"It is apparent that Darwin lost his faith in the years 1836-39, much of it clearly prior to the reading of Malthus" and much in his notebooks indicates that by this time he had become a 'materialist'.<ref>''American Scientist'' May 1977:323</ref>
"It is apparent that Darwin lost his faith in the years 1836-39, much of it clearly prior to the reading of Malthus" and much in his notebooks indicates that by this time he had become a 'materialist'.<ref>''American Scientist'' May 1977:323</ref>