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The Origin of Species

10 Aug 20093 stars

An odd interpretation of Charles Darwin's younger days

An excitable young Darwin receives an audience in his study, and keeps the tempo rolling with an hour of life’n’works backstory as he prepares his latest work (The O of S, of course) for publication. As he sings, ‘I’ve got a point to get across’, but…