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Visiting the Darwins
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'As for Mr Darwin, he is entirely fascinating…' In October 1868 Jane Gray and her husband spent several days as guests of the Darwins, and Jane wrote a charming account of the visit in a sixteen-page letter to her sister. She described Charles…
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- … & friends & intimates few— She had just returned from a journey in Switzerland with Miss …
- … before the fire in our chamber at night. We took the train at 3.30, meeting Dr. & Mrs. …
- … about 6 o’clock— At home I should have said after such a journey, give me a cup of tea & let me …
- … & friends & intimates few— She had just returned from a journey in Switzerland with Miss …
- … Mrs. Hooker & I went in their carriage— We took the train at Orpington, Dr. Gray & I …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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