To E. H. Stanley 15 April 1875
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CD has helped leading physiologists to prepare a draft bill for legislation with regard to vivisection, and he hopes Lord Derby will support the bill and mention it to ministers of the Cabinet. Has heard that other groups are preparing bills for the same purpose, and feels it important that the science of physiology be protected as well as animals.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Henry Stanley, 15th earl of Derby |
| Date: | 15 Apr 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: C22–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9933 |
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To R. A. Cross May 1875
Summary
Sends a copy of the draft vivisection bill [see 9933] and hopes that it may be approved of and supported by the Government.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Richard Assheton Cross, Viscount Cross of Broughton in Furness |
| Date: | May 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: C19–21 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9961 |
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List of correspondents
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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…
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Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July …
Vivisection: first sketch of the bill
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Strictly Confidential Mem: This print is only a first sketch. It is being now recast with a new & more simple form – but the substance of the proposed measure may be equally well seen in this draft. R.B.L. | 2 586 Darwin and vivisection …
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- … Strictly Confidential Mem: This print is only a first sketch. It is being now recast with a …
Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest
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The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, with the publication in February of his long-awaited book on human evolution, Descent of man. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his manuscript on expression.…
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- … The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, seeing the publication of his …
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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- … There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1879 on this website. The full texts of …
