Darwin's autobiography says of his father, " . . . [ he ] was a little unjust to me when I was young, but afterwards I am thankful to think that I became a prime favourite with him . " Bradbury quotes J . Huxley and H . B . D . Kettlew : " The predisposing cause of any psychoneurosis which Charles Darwin displayed seems to have been the conflict and emotional tension springing from his ambivalent relations with his father . . . whom he both revered and subconsciously resented . " Bradbury also quotes John Chancellor's analysis : " . . . [ Darwin's ] obsessive desire to work and achieve something was prompted by hatred and resentment of his father, who had called him an idler and good-for-nothing during his youth ."
