Darwin's Odyssey: The Voyage of the Beagle (Kindle Single) by Kevin Jackson

Author:Kevin Jackson [Jackson, Kevin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-10-15T14:00:00+00:00

Nam simul expletus dapibus, vinoque sepultus

Cervicem inflexam posuit, jacuitque per antrum

Immensus, saniem eructans, ac frusta cruenta

Per somnum commixta mero.

The lines are from Virgil’s Aeneid, Book III, and describe the monstrous Cyclops, sated by the blood of his victims: “For when, gorged with the feast, and drowned in wine, the monster rested his drooping neck, and lay in endless length throughout the cave, in his sleep vomiting gore and morsels mixed with blood and wine …’

The following morning, the mansos set out in search of revenge. Darwin was by now entirely disgusted at the appalling savagery of the war that was being waged on the Indians, and incredulous at the indifference of those who supported that war. He concluded:

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