...described the Fuegians in his journal as being "miserable degraded savages" many times. He also commented, "I could not have believed how wide was the difference between savage and civilised man: it is greater than between a wild and a domesticated animal, inasmuch as in man there...

...heard their wild cry. ... In the morning the saptain sent a party to communicate with the Fnegians. When we were on shore, the party looked rather alarmed,...the difference between savage and civilized man." Concerning the scenery of this island Mr. Darwin wrote : " As we proceeded the scenery assumed a peculiar...

...the most curious and interesting spectacle" he ever beheld. "I could not have believed," he says, " how wide was the difference between savage and civilized...and domesticated animal, inasmuch as in man there is greater power of improvement." In Tierra del Fuego Mr. Darwin had many opportunities of studying man...

...primera edición del Diario publicada en 1839, la frase ha sido cambiada en forma muy significativa: "I could not have believed how wide was the difference between savage and civilized man" (3; p. 228). — "No habría podido creer cuán amplia era la diferencia entre el salvaje y el hombre...

...viaje, en la cual ya habla sólo de la "amplia" diferencia entre el salvaje y el hombre civilizado ("I could not have believed how wide was the difference between savage and civilized man") (Darwin, 1839, p. 228). Pero, por cierto, Darwin no pudo llegar a aquella comprensión para los valores...