对于姓威基伍的人来说，关心所有低人一等的事物几乎就是一个宗教信条，他们告诉小达尔文说，在把蚯蚓穿在鱼钩上前，需要把它泡在盐水里使它安乐死。

Concern for all things lowly was almost an article of faith for the Wedgwood cousins, who taught young Darwin to euthanize earthworms in brine before impaling them on a fishhook.