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Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest

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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of  Origin. Darwin got the fourth…

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  • … for common meat,’ he continued, ‘but eat a little game or fowl twice a day & eggs, omelet or
  • … mutual attraction in, for example, the reproductive organs, or the tissues of a bud. Darwin had …
  • … of glaciation, and the relative value attached to different forms of evidence in geology, geography, …
  • … his views on geographical distribution depended upon a ‘mundane cold period’, and he was sceptical …
  • … so well most days since being in London, like what I was 7 or 8 years ago— one day I paid 3 calls! …
  • … into English problematic: ‘I have been able to read a page or two here & there, & have been …
  • … given to methodical details, & I can find hardly any facts or detailed new views. The number of …
  • … comparisons of pollen-grains of long-styled and short-styled forms, and illustrated the floral …
  • … more specimens later in the season, he detected two floral forms of each sex and speculated: ‘I …
  • … the relative fertility of the pollen from the different male forms. Darwin evidently continued his …
  • … remarked to Lyell earlier in the year: ‘a squabble with or about Hooker always does me a world of …
  • … of sweetpea and Wallace’s work on different female forms of a Malayan species of butterfly. In July, …
  • … Darwin had drawn between natural selection and artificial or human selection had encouraged readers …
  • … in which Darwin had written of nature as ‘favouring’ or ‘seeking’ the good of a species, and warned …
  • … as to observe whether Oxalis with you exhibits different forms’, inspired Müller to make thorough …
  • … The intrusion of war On occasion, issues of national or international concern were registered …
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