This is the story of the man without whom the name Charles Darwin
might be unknown to us today. That man was Captain Robert FitzRoy,
who invited the 22-year-old Darwin to be his companion on board the
Beagle .
This is the remarkable story of how a misguided decision by
Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, precipitated his employment
of a young naturalist named Charles Darwin, and how the clash
between FitzRoy's fundamentalist views and Darwin's discoveries led
to FitzRoy's descent into the abyss.
One of the great ironies of history is that the famous
journey--wherein Charles Darwin consolidated the earth-rattling
'origin of the species' discoveries--was conceived by another man:
Robert FitzRoy. It was FitzRoy who chose Darwin for the
journey--not because of Darwin's scientific expertise, but because
he seemed a suitable companion to help FitzRoy fight back the
mental illness that had plagued his family for generations. Darwin
did not give FitzRoy solace; indeed, the clash between the two
men's opposing views, together with the ramifications of Darwin's
revelations, provided FitzRoy with the final unendurable torment
that forced him to end his own life.
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