Charles Darwin hereby speaks for himself:

"I may here also confess that as a little boy

I was much given to inventing deliberate falsehoods,

and this was always done for the sake of causing excitement."

Reference: The Autobiography of Charles Darwin 1809-1882.

With original omissions restored. Edited by Nora Barlow. P.23.

The following link is herein attached as documentary evidence:

http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=text&itemID=F1497&a...

"I love fools' experiments. I am always making them." --Charles Darwin

Reference: John Bartlett(1820–1905).Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.1919.

The following link is herein attached as documentary evidence:

http://www.bartleby.com/100/450.5.html