﻿darwin's 
  question. 
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  so. 
  It 
  was 
  raining 
  heavily, 
  and 
  the 
  fresh 
  

   water, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  spray, 
  trickled 
  down 
  

   her 
  body. 
  In 
  another 
  harbour 
  not 
  far 
  dis- 
  

   tant, 
  a 
  woman, 
  who 
  was 
  suckling 
  a 
  new-born 
  

   child, 
  came 
  one 
  day 
  alongside 
  the 
  vessel, 
  and 
  

   remained 
  there 
  out 
  of 
  mere 
  curiosity, 
  whilst 
  

   the 
  sleet 
  fell 
  and 
  thawed 
  on 
  her 
  naked 
  bosom 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  skin 
  of 
  her 
  naked 
  baby. 
  These 
  

   poor 
  wretches 
  were 
  stunted 
  in 
  their 
  growth, 
  

   their 
  hideous 
  faces 
  bedaubed 
  with 
  white 
  paint, 
  

   their 
  skins 
  filthy 
  and 
  greasy, 
  their 
  hair 
  

   entangled, 
  their 
  voices 
  discordant, 
  and 
  their 
  

   gestures 
  violent. 
  Viewing 
  such 
  men, 
  one 
  can 
  

   hardly 
  make 
  oneself 
  believe 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  

   fellow-creatures 
  and 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   world." 
  Well 
  might 
  Darwin 
  add, 
  " 
  Whilst 
  

   beholding 
  these 
  savages 
  one 
  asks, 
  Whence 
  

  

  