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Creation (2009/I)
Reverend John Innes:
Charles. Charles my old friend, there you are. May I join you?
Charles Darwin:
Yes. Yes, of course.
Reverend John Innes:
Mrs. Darwin has told me about the book you're writing.
Charles Darwin:
Oh, no, no, not anymore, thank goodness.
Reverend John Innes:
You mean you finished it?
Charles Darwin:
It's been finished for me, actually. A Mr. Alfred Russel Wallace has arrived independently at exactly the same opinion. Expressed in a... In a mere twenty pages. Now there's brevity for you. I had covered two hundred fifty so far and have come to a dead end, so whilst having wasted twenty years on the project, I have at least rid of it.
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