Charles Darwin ruminates on the pros and cons of marriage

Charles Darwin married his first cousin , Emma Wedgwood , in January 1839 — but not before render it some serious persuasion . In the month leading up to his wedlock proposal in November of 1838 , the preeminent naturalist hold a bit of lean , scrawled in his diary , dedicated to the pro and flimflam of marriage , and the impact that the two divergent course might have on his personal and professional life .

As Brain Pickings ’ Maria Popovapoints out , Darwin ’s first appearance bespeak “ the timeless , and arguably artificial , cultural tautness between home and life history , love and piece of work , heart and head , ” while offering “ a beautiful antidote to the cultural myth that erotic love and meaningful employment ca n’t coexist . ” ( Darwin and his married woman would persist matrimonial throughout his extremely productive life history right up until his death , and had ten youngster together . ) Included here is an excerption from one of Darwin ’s list of professional and con game , penned in July of 1938.You’ll find a few more lists like it over on Brain Pickings ; they ’re but a small sampling of a time - devouring collection of the letters that together comprise theDarwin Correspondence Project — explore it at the peril of your productivity .

This is the Question [ circle in pencil ]

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Marry

Children – ( if it Please God ) – invariant companion , ( & Quaker in onetime age ) who will feel interested in one , – object to be beloved & played with . – – unspoiled than a dog anyhow . – menage , & someone to take guardianship of house – Charms of music & female chit - chat . – These thing good for one ’s wellness . – but tremendous loss of time . –

My God , it is intolerable to think of spending ones whole lifespan , like a neuter bee , working , workings , & nothing after all . – No , no wo n’t do . – Imagine living all one ’s sidereal day solitarily in smoky dirty London House . – Only delineation to yourself a dainty soft married woman on a lounge with good flame , & books & music perhaps – Compare this vision with the disconsolate realness of Grt . Marlbro ’ St.

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Not wed

exemption to go where one liked – option of Society & slight of it . – Conversation of cagey men at clubs – Not coerce to confab relatives , & to bend in every triviality . – to have the expense & anxiousness of children – perhaps quarelling – Loss of time . – can not read in the Evenings – fatness & idleness – Anxiety & duty – less money for record & c – if many tike impel to make one ’s bread . – ( But then it is very regretful for ones health[19 ] to play too much )

Perhaps my wife wo nt like London ; then the sentence is Coventry & degradation into work-shy , idle fool .

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