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Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings

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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…

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  • … of a young zoologist, Edwin Ray Lankester, who was up for election to the Linnean Society. The …
  • … Edwin Ray Lankester, who had been blackballed in a bid for election to the Linnean Society. He was …
  • … to attend himself in order to cast a vote. In the event, the election was postponed until February …
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