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From J. D. Hooker 26[–7] February 1868KewFeby 26th/68Dear Darwin I have been bursting with impatience to hear what you would say of the Athenæum Review & who wrote it— I could not conceive who…
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- … been bursting with impatience to hear what you would say of the Athenæum Review & who wrote it— …
- … be so demoniacal; f1 & yet it must have been some one of great position, or the Journal could …
- … is hard to decide between you & the critic, as to the merits of the “cause of variation”— I …
- … thing to fall?— Yes ,—in the common acceptation of the phrase, & of all similar phrases— No …
- … not contain germs or gemmules, but a potentiality in shape of a homogenous mass, as to whose exact …
- … doctrines—viz. the transference to the progeny of any or every quality/property the parent possessed …
- … more nor less charged than others with this potentiality— of this point I am not quite sure, I must …
- … in the book, & intensely interesting— it is so full of thought, of genuine mind : & you …
- … I can neither answer nor explain nor account for any of the facts you put to me except on the …
- … Huxley, T. H. Owen, Richard Scientific negative attitude/assessment negative …
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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- … As the sheer volume of his correspondence indicates, 1862 was a particularly productive year for …
- … botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the …
- … Hooker told him: ‘you are alluded to in no less than 3 of the papers in Linn. Trans!— I do not think …
- … Still taking a keen interest in the progress of his views through Europe, Darwin negotiated, in …
- … struck the family over the summer. But towards the end of the year, Darwin was able once more to …
- … recent Edinburgh lectures (his audience applauded, sections of the Scottish press hissed). Huxley, …
- … awaited the production, by selection from a common stock, of forms that differed from one another to …
- … overrate it— you never allude to the excellent evidence of varieties of Verbascum & …
- … through November and December, Huxley delivered a series of lectures to working men that reviewed …
- … varieties when crossed being at all sterile is “absolutely negative”. Do you mean to say that …
- … Maize … does Kölreuter lie when he speaks about the vars. of Tobacco.' At the end of the …
- … staggering, but by no means all were successful. He told one correspondent: ‘I am contented if I get …
- … what the role of natural selection? Hooker’s peremptory criticism that in Origin Darwin had not …
- … one point cursing how ‘detestably’ the paper’s special correspondent wrote on the subject, with ‘not …
- … Scott, 12 November [1862] ), but, impressed by his young correspondent’s botanical knowledge, he …
- … Darwin was particularly pleased to have a new and promising correspondent in New Zealand—the …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early …
- … dispute over an anonymous review that attacked the work of Darwin’s son George dominated the second …
- … admired in his youth: ‘I have always looked on him as one of the greatest men the world has ever …
- … to D. T. Gardner, [ c . 27 August 1874] ). The death of a Cambridge friend, Albert Way, caused …
- … university days together, and the long-abandoned pleasures of shooting and collecting beetles ( …
- … and sceptics Darwin excused himself for reasons of health from various social activities, …
- … in the month, another Williams séance was held at the home of Darwin’s cousin Hensleigh Wedgwood. …
- … was that Williams managed to get the two men on each side of him to hold each other’s hands, instead …
- … January [1874] ). This did not stop word getting to America of the ‘strange news’ that Darwin had …
- … 1874 ). Back over old ground New editions of Coral reefs and Descent consumed …
- … blamed his illness for the ‘dreadfully written’ parts of the draft sent to Smith, Elder & Co, …
- … with the later chapters on the formation and distribution of coral-reefs substantially revised, and …
- … the book may have been increased by the publication in 1872 of Corals and coral islands , by …
- … J. D. Dana, 21 July 1874 ); however, he did not retract his criticism in his own second edition …
- … primroses there suffered, and to state the result, whether negative or affirmative, adding whether …
- … and observations on Utricularia, concluding: ‘The negative work takes five times more time than …
- … to F. J. Cohn, 12 October 1874 ). Darwin’s American correspondent Mary Treat sent observations of …
- … T. L. Brunton, [29] October [1874] ). Finally, one correspondent wondered whether he was …
- … retired diplomat and ornithologist Robert Swinhoe, a valued correspondent on various subjects during …
- … deeply gratified’, adding, ‘I have not one word of criticism to make. It all seems to me excellent, …
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
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- … the chief work on Charles Darwin’s mind was the writing of The variation of animals and plants …
- … projects came to fruition in 1865, including the publication of his long paper on climbing plants in …
- … lengthy discussion written by George Douglas Campbell, duke of Argyll, appeared in the religious …
- … reported in the Gardeners’ Chronicle . At the end of the year, Darwin was elected an honorary …
- … made work impossible, Darwin and Hooker read a number of novels, and discussed them in their letters …
- … usual method of working. He asked Huxley not for detailed criticism, but for a brief verdict on …
- … qualified what Darwin had apparently seen as a rather negative reaction in his letter to Darwin of …
- … sent Darwin plant specimens on occasion, and was a friendly correspondent, had objected strongly to …
- … Department at the Board of Trade, had suffered much criticism from the scientific community over his …
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