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title: ""When Charles Darwin wrote “This is the Question,” a set of notes he…"
date: 2009-04-07
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# "When Charles Darwin wrote “This is the Question,” a set of notes he…

*April 7, 2009 · Facebook*

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[http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-04-07/the-science-of-when-to-get-married/](http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-04-07/the-science-of-when-to-get-married/){target="_blank"}
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\"When Charles Darwin wrote "This is the Question," a set of notes he drafted between 1837 and 1838, he was not pondering finches. "This is the Question" represented the evolutionary theorist's attempt to logically evaluate whether he should marry his girlfriend, Emma Wedgwood.\"
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