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Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small

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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…

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  • … contained particles of starch very clearly,’ he wrote to Henry Groves, the botanist who had supplied …
  • … about the life of any one plant or animal!’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). He wrote to …
  • … over the microscope affects my heart’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). Earthworms …
  • … fact the clergyman and professor of ecclesiastical history Henry Wace. Darwin was confident that the …
  • … Simpson, 7 January 1882 ). The agricultural chemist Joseph Henry Gilbert was struck by the benefits …
  • … Collier, 16 February 1882 ). Collier had married Thomas Henry Huxley’s daughter Marian. He returned …
  • … A. R. Wallace, [ c . 10 April 1864] ). To the physician Henry Holland, he remarked. ‘I shall …
  • … a little work in Natural History every day’ ( letter to Henry Holland, 6 November [1864] ). …
  • … on heredity. His belief in human improvement was tested by Henry Keylock Rusden, an Australian …
  • … undertaken observations years earlier. In 1871, he had asked Henry Johnson to observe the thickness …
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