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Religion

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Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…

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  • … to Gray and tells him Origin has “stirred up the mud with a vengeance”; Gray and three or four …
  • … forthcoming botanical papers. He says he is in a “thick mud” regarding design in nature, and more …

Getting to know Darwin's science

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One of the most exciting aspects of Charles Darwin’s correspondence is the opportunity it gives to researchers to ‘get to know’ Darwin as an individual. The letters not only reveal the scientific processes behind Darwin’s publications, they give insight…

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  • … for recording observations, a couple of spoonfuls of mud, and a green thumb. In some cases, the …

Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'

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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…

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  • … various other possible means of dispersal. He felt that the mud on birds’ feet probably had a role …
  • … stops at local ponds and ditches to collect scoops of mud to analyse for seeds. Similar experiments …

Dramatisation script

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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007

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  • … flag than to fire my usual long-range shot. I am in thick mud. The orthodox would say in fetid, …
  • …   112   As I say, I flounder hopelessly in the mud. BEGINNING OF WAR IN AMERICA: 1861-1862 …

Darwin’s observations on his children

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Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children, began the research that culminated in his book The Expression of the emotions in man and animals, published in 1872, and his article ‘A biographical sketch of an infant’, published in Mind…

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  • … whether you do or not. Lenny 4½ coming in all over mud up to the eyes. Papa “Oh Lenny what …
  • … who were making a horrid mess) they like going into the mud.” 1856. May 21. Lenny lying on my …
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