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* direct »Letter 1066 — Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, C. R., [c. 4 Mar 1847]
Notes on part of CD's species sketch.
* direct »Letter 1927 — Woodward, S. P. to Darwin, C. R., 15 July 1856
Has reduced 20 Cyrena species to geographical varieties of one species, Cyrena fluminalis. Hooker is reducing Indian flora at the rate of 19 to 1. Recommends W. H. Harvey's Seaside book [1849] and Charles Pickering's Races of man [1850].
* direct »Letter 2281 — Darwin, C. R. to Tegetmeier, W. B., 8 [June 1858]
Discusses bees' cells. Wants hive and swarm; would be glad to have WBT's box with commenced cells. "I am partly a disciple of Waterhouse, but not wholly."
* direct »Letter 2534 — Kingsley, Charles to Darwin, C. R., 18 Nov 1859
Will judge CD's book [Origin] free from two superstitions: the dogma of the permanent species and the need of an act of intervention to bring change.
* direct »Letter 2558 — Darwin, C. R. to Huxley, T. H., 27 Nov [1859]
Sends references for materials useful for THH's lecture.Breeding and crossing. Pigeon fanciers. Responses to Origin: A. C. Ramsay, Charles Kingsley, Quatrefages de Bréau.
* direct »Letter 2561 — Darwin, C. R. to Kingsley, Charles, 30 Nov [1859]
Thanks CK for allowing him to insert his "admirable sentence" [in Origin, 2d ed., p. 481].
* direct »Letter 2565 — Darwin, C. R. to Lyell, Charles, 2 Dec [1859]
Comments on note from Charles Kingsley saying CD's theory is not opposed to a high conception of the Deity. Mentions negative views of Origin of Sedgwick, John Crawfurd, Roderick Murchison, John Phillips, and Joseph Prestwich.
* direct »Letter 2604 — Darwin, C. R. to Fox, W. D., 25 Dec [1859]
His poor health keeps him from work. His book [Origin] is a success "in the ordinary sense" – has had to reprint another 3000 copies. Will now begin his "bigger book" which he plans to publish in three separate volumes with distinct titles and also a general title.
* direct »Letter 2676 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 1 Feb [1860]
CD is glad there is to be an American edition of Origin printed from the corrected 2d English edition.
* direct »Letter 2690 — Darwin, C. R. to Bunbury, C. J. F., 9 Feb [1860]
Responds to CJFB's criticisms of the Origin [see 2669]. If CD's theory is a satisfactory explanation of the "principles of Homology, and of Embryology, and Rudimentary organs", the difficulty in imagining the transitions between classes of beings should not weigh against the understanding it provides such large classes of facts. Defends natural selection against criticism that it is not a vera causa. Comments on "Degeneracy", extinction of intermediate forms, and the effect of theory in natural history in opening up new fields of inquiry and giving rational instead of theological explanations of facts.