lordkalvan
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On another thread I commented in reply to a post by Stan53:
....Darwin's daughter Henrietta categorically denied Lady Hope's presence:
"I was present at his deathbed. Lady Hope was not present during his last illness, or any illness. I believe he never even saw her, but in any case she had no influence over him in any department of thought or belief. He never recanted any of his scientific views, either then or earlier. We think the story of his conversion was fabricated in the U.S.A. . . . The whole story has no foundation whatever."
Quoted here: http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_cul4.htm
You think she would know.
Stan suggested that Henrietta was being economical with the truth:
'This is NOT surprising, based on the fact that she did edit the biographies of her grandfather, father and mother. She also edited her father's book, The Descent of Man.
Seems Etty was more concerned with maintaining the image rather than the truth.'
I would be interested in evidence that supports this accusation, other than a preference for Lady Hope's version of events over Henrietta's and Francis's.
....Darwin's daughter Henrietta categorically denied Lady Hope's presence:
"I was present at his deathbed. Lady Hope was not present during his last illness, or any illness. I believe he never even saw her, but in any case she had no influence over him in any department of thought or belief. He never recanted any of his scientific views, either then or earlier. We think the story of his conversion was fabricated in the U.S.A. . . . The whole story has no foundation whatever."
Quoted here: http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_cul4.htm
You think she would know.
Stan suggested that Henrietta was being economical with the truth:
'This is NOT surprising, based on the fact that she did edit the biographies of her grandfather, father and mother. She also edited her father's book, The Descent of Man.
Seems Etty was more concerned with maintaining the image rather than the truth.'
I would be interested in evidence that supports this accusation, other than a preference for Lady Hope's version of events over Henrietta's and Francis's.
