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From the ‘Great Advice From Editors’ Department…

Łańcut Charles Darwin, finally approaching a publisher with his Origin of Species:

http://pulsobeat.com/senorita-por-favor-un-te-que-frio-tan-tremendo-en-londres/ Publisher John Murray, fearing a financial fiasco, had balked at the 500-page manuscript, and initially asked that Darwin cut it down and focus the work on pigeons because “everybody is interested in pigeons.”

From Archaeology magazine.  So good I hope it’s true.

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