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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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- … ‘I feel a very old man, & my course is nearly run’ ( letter to Lawson Tait, 13 February 1882 ) …
- … fertility of crosses between differently styled plants ( letter from Fritz Müller, 1 January 1882 …
- … François Marie Glaziou (see Correspondence vol. 28, letter from Arthur de Souza Corrêa, 20 …
- … quite untirable & I am glad to shirk any extra labour’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 6 January …
- … published. Darwin carried on with botanical work in spring. He tried to obtain cobra poison, …
- … we know about the life of any one plant or animal!’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). He …
- … of seeing the flowers & experimentising on them’ ( letter to J. E. Todd, 10 April 1882 ). …
- … find stooping over the microscope affects my heart’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). …
- … sooner or later write differently about evolution’ ( letter to John Murray, 21 January 1882 ). The …
- … leaves into their burrows ( Correspondence vol. 29, letter from J. F. Simpson, 8 November 1881 …
- … on the summit, whence it rolls down the sides’ ( letter from J. F. Simpson, 7 January 1882 ). The …
- … light on it, which would have pleased me greatly’ ( letter from J. H. Gilbert, 9 January 1882, …
- … annelid seemed to have rather the best of the fight’ ( letter from G. F. Crawte, 11 March 1882 ). …
- … by the American educator Emily Talbot (Talbot ed. 1882). His letter to Talbot written the previous …
- … by the flippant witlings of the newspaper press’ ( letter from A. T. Rice, 4 February 1882 ). Rice …
- … men, and their role as providers for the family. In his letter, he conceded that there was ‘some …
- … of our homes, would in this case greatly suffer’ ( letter to C. A. Kennard, 9 January 1882 ). …
- … she be fairly judged, intellectually his inferior, please ( letter from C. A. Kennard, 28 January …
- … he has allied himself to so dreadful a man, as Huxley’ ( letter to John Collier, 16 February 1882 …
- … Would my actions be the same without my consciousness?’ ( letter from John Collier, 22 February …
- … a solid scientific foundation cannot be overestimated’ ( letter to William Jenner, 20 March [1882] …
- … making observations of geological uplift ( letter from Thomas Sutcliffe, [28 August – 5 September …
- … theory of ice dams causing glacial lakes was presented by Thomas Francis Jamieson in a paper to the …
Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, by John Clunies Ross. Transcription by Katharine Anderson
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[f.146r Title page] Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle Supplement / to the 2nd 3rd and Appendix Volumes of the First / Edition Written / for and in the name of the Author of those / Volumes By J.C. Ross. / Sometime Master of a…
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- … had at Diego Garcia so he went on to Pulo Nias – got some rice but not enough – came on along …
- … Settlement – took him into Keyser's Bay – there – only rice could be obtained – when being …
- … a moment longer to come home as he deserved to do.” That letter they shewed to Mr Ross and requested …
- … to somewhere else” – so now read “your brother's letter and then we may have something sure to …
- … wrote to him immediately before leaving for Sumatra – a letter calculated to elicit something …
- … the most important – to wit – constantly kept short of rice – and that only given to be eaten along …
- … – not all exaggerated – and Mr R sent him back with a letter [ f.183r p.73 ] as he proposed. …
- … was not of any profitable description but of what Mr H in letter to Mr R denominated “fiddle faddle” …
- … to a note from Mr H concerning the last mentioned fugitive a letter which – Mr H sent to Mr R – …
- … I did not let him stop here – but as to “his eating our rice” that is not possible – there being …
- … (Mr H's) quarters stop with his party and be eating their rice] the rice allowance that you …
- … to Captain Ross I know not as yet – without enough of rice it is impossible to do any amount of good …
- … ] The three or four runaways mentioned in the forgoing letter had run to apply to Mr Ross – and on …
- … from frequenting your islands &c” and in this his second letter he writes “I told you how it …
- … to bush ranging for some time – they helped themselves to rice from Mr H’s store which he kept on a …
- … the “trustworthy” party who after Mr H removing to the rice house Isle remained at the original …
- … at present only as by the bye” – In reply to Mr Ross’ letter which he sent with the paper –Mr H …
- … builders can work upwards – namely that of “low water or spring tides.” – but kept above it – yea …
- … know I have very lately made a trip to Bencoolen for ^the^ rice of which you [ f.190r p.87 ] …
- … West Isle he removed to the little isle on which he kept his rice – as above-mentioned – yet ^that^ …
- … the Eastern one may be seen by the following extract from a letter dated 19 th May and sent by Mr …
- … the pirates) set them to clear the forest and jungles raise rice, sugarcane, pepper, and spice trees …
- … boards and the pillars of the Island timber. Two Englishmen (Thomas Deeley and George Bailey) of the …
- … Sandilands went to see Mr Hare – who was then living on Rice Islet. Mr H. made the interview as …
- … whilst these reefs remained at the level of low water spring tides (above which Mr Darwin very truly …
- … time. That plan was this – after Mr Hare had moved on to Rice Islet he had proposed to put up a …
- … along with their foundation down to the level of low water spring tides above which you yourself …
- … Copy Extract Of a letter sent to Captain Ross by Captain Harding of H.M …
