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Darwin and dogs

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Darwin was almost always in the company of dogs. Nina, Spark, Pincher, and Shiela. Snow, Dash, Bob, and Bran. The beloved terrier Polly (right). They were Darwin's constant companions at home and in the field, on walks and in sport, in his study and…

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  • … II and William Owen. While at Cambridge, he got a new Pointer (Dash) to stalk pheasant across the …
  • … the evolution of the moral sense. He gave the example of a pointer who displayed remorse after …

Moral Nature

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In Descent of Man, Darwin argued that human morality had evolved from the social instincts of animals, especially the bonds of sympathy and love. Darwin gathered observations over many decades on animal behavior: the heroic sacrifices of social insects,…

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  • … 3 March [1871] Using the example of the English pointer, Darwin insisted that conscience …
  • … such as hunger or the urge to give chase. "A good pointer, if ... overmastered by the …

Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest

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The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, with the publication in February of his long-awaited book on human evolution, Descent of man. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his manuscript on expression.…

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  • … desires and passions. He had used the example of an English pointer, who ‘if able to reflect on his …

Darwin’s reading notebooks

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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…

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  • … Breaking 3 d . Edit [Hutchinson 1856] new information on Pointer & Retriever &c …
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