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Darwin shared his most dangerous thinking before publication with these two friends

Johannes Vermeer, ‘Girl with a Red Hat’ ca. 1665-66 National Gallery of Art, Washington Painting and Photography -- Comparison:

Johannes Vermeer, ‘Young Woman Seated at a Virginal’ ca 1670-75 National Gallery, London / Art Resource, NY

In 1849, over a dozen members of a group known as the Petraschevsky Circle faced a firing squad in the middle of St. Petersburg for discussing and conspiring to spread unlawful ideas. The first three men were tied to the stakes, and Dostovesky was next in line when Tsar Nicholas I spared the prisoners' lives

A model of the analytical engine, a calculating machine invented in 1837 by Charles Babbage

The 'Great Western Railway' painted before 1844 by Turner en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._W._Turner

Conard Martens's famous watercolor of the Beagle in Murray Narrow. Martens had joined the ship for part of the voyage en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Martens www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-101065

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