You remember that there is a classic illustration in missions about Charles Darwin's visit to the New Hebrides Islands. He visited them before the missionaries went there, and after the missionaries had been there. You know that, as the story goes, it is said he made a contribution to the work of missions because of the changes in the people. That illustration is being challenged. Do you know where it could be verified in a historical way?
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