From S. T. Preston 5 August 1880
Summary
Sends his paper on "Natural science and morality", notwithstanding CD’s disinclination for the subject. This work parallels H. Spencer’s in the Data of ethics [1879].
Clerk Maxwell and William Thomson have encouraged his work in physics; STP looks for CD’s support on evolution.
| Author: | Samuel Tolver Preston |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Aug 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 62 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12678 |
Matches: 16 hits
- … Preston, S. T. Darwin, C. R. …
- … From S. T. Preston 5 August 1880 …
- … DAR 174: 62 Samuel Tolver Preston London, Reedworth St, 25 5 Aug 1880 Charles Robert …
- … 3. Preston’s paper was published in the …
- … was Physics and ethics ( [Seaton] 1879 ); Preston’s friend was William Sharpey Seaton . …
- … based morality on the fear of eternal punishment (see Preston 1880a , pp. 447–9, 453–5). …
- … Thomson . For correspondence between Preston and Maxwell, see Harmon ed. 1990–2002 , 3: …
- … ethics. Popular Science Monthly 17: 324–37. Preston, Samuel Tolver. 1880a. Natural science …
- … See letter to S. T. Preston, 22 May 1880 and n. …
- … Journal of Science for July 1880 ( Preston 1880a ). It has not been found in the Darwin …
- … CD had referred Preston to Herbert Spencer ’s The data of ethics ( Spencer 1879 ; see …
- … letter to S. T. Preston, 22 May 1880 and n. 4). William Dawson LeSueur and LeSueur 1880 . …
- … on your kindness. | Yours truly | S Tolver Preston Charles Darwin Esq r FRS &c. P.S. I …
- … Tyndall 1877 ). For ‘Responsibility and physical causation’, see Preston 1880a , pp. …
- … 457–60. Preston argued that ethical behaviour was based on rationally calculated self- …
- … as CD had argued in Descent 1: 70–104; Preston distinguished self-interest from mere …
To S. T. Preston 25 October 1880
Summary
Comments on STP’s article on women ["Evolution and female education", Nature 22 (1880): 485–6].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Samuel Tolver Preston |
| Date: | 25 Oct 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 251 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12775 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Preston, S. T. …
- … To S. T. Preston 25 October 1880 …
- … Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 4 Down letterhead 25 Oct 1880 Samuel Tolver Preston …
- … Bibliography Preston, Samuel Tolver. 1880c. Evolution and female education. Nature , 23 …
- … Preston’s article ‘Evolution and female education’ argued in favour of the intellectual …
- … See letter from S. T. Preston, 24 October 1880 . …
- … through the equal transmission of characters to children of both sexes ( Preston 1880c ) …
From S. T. Preston 8 August 1880
Summary
Appreciates what CD says about his writing on two diverse subjects. Argues for value of "interdisciplinary approach". Has CD seen the pamphlet, "Physics and ethics" which he co-authored with an anonymous friend?
| Author: | Samuel Tolver Preston |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Aug 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 63 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12683 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … Preston, S. T. Darwin, C. R. …
- … From S. T. Preston 8 August 1880 …
- … The pamphlet was [Seaton] 1879 ). Preston’s friend was William Sharpey Seaton . …
- … DAR 174: 63 Samuel Tolver Preston London, Reedworth St, 25 8 Aug 1880 Charles Robert …
- … theory of everything. Centaurus 44: 32–114. Preston, Samuel Tolver. 1880a. Natural science …
- … Journal of science 3d ser. 2: 443–62. Preston, Samuel Tolver. 1880b. On the physical …
- … CD’s letter has not been found. Preston had sent CD a copy of …
- … his paper ‘Natural science and morality’ ( Preston 1880a ; see letter from S. …
- … T. Preston, 5 August 1880 and n. 6). The theory that atoms were vortices in a perfect …
- … models of matter and motion (see Preston 1880b and Kragh 2002 ). John Tyndall . …
- … interest to you. Your’s truly | S Tolver Preston P.S. I do not know if you may have …
From S. T. Preston 24 October 1880
Summary
Regrets the pretentious tone of his 5 Aug letter [12678].
| Author: | Samuel Tolver Preston |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Oct 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 64 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12773 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Preston, S. T. Darwin, C. R. …
- … From S. T. Preston 24 October 1880 …
- … DAR 174: 64 Samuel Tolver Preston London, Kennington Rd 24 Oct 1880 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … parts of Spencer 1879 . Preston’s essay was based on the privately circulated pamphlet he …
- … In his letter of 5 August 1880 , Preston had stated that some of the conclusions reached …
- … essay on natural science and morality ( Preston 1880a ) read like a popular exposition of …
- … Bibliography Preston, Samuel Tolver. 1880a. Natural science and morality. Journal of …
- … briefly to this matter. Your’s truly | S Tolver Preston Charles Darwin Esqr FRS &c— …
From S. T. Preston 26 October 1880
Summary
His intent in quoting Descent on the law of equal hereditary transmission to both sexes in his article "Evolution and female education" was to support female education.
| Author: | Samuel Tolver Preston |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Oct 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 65 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12776 |
Matches: 9 hits
- … Preston, S. T. Darwin, C. R. …
- … From S. T. Preston 26 October 1880 …
- … DAR 174: 65 Samuel Tolver Preston London, Kennington Rd 26 Oct 1880 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1874. Preston, Samuel Tolver. 1880c. Evolution and female …
- … See letter to S. T. Preston, 25 October 1880 . …
- … In Preston …
- … 1880c , Preston quoted CD’s statement from Descent 2d ed. , p. 565: ‘It is, indeed, …
- … to the peahen. ’ In his letter to S. T. Preston, 25 October 1880 , CD mentioned that he …
- … you for your last letter. | Yours truly | S Tolver Preston Charles Darwin Esqr FRS &c— …
To S. T. Preston 22 May 1880
Summary
Discusses ethics of risking one’s life to save another.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Samuel Tolver Preston |
| Date: | 22 May 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 250 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12615 |
Matches: 6 hits
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- … To S. T. Preston 22 May 1880 …
- … DAR 147: 250 Charles Robert Darwin Down 22 May 1880 Samuel Tolver Preston …
- … See letter from S. T. Preston, 20 May 1880 . CD was in Southampton from 25 …
- … to 8 June (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). Preston had argued that morality originated in …
- … social instincts (see letter from S. T. Preston, 20 May 1880 and n. 3). CD had given the …
From S. T. Preston 20 May 1880
Summary
Thanks for CD’s comments on his paper ["On a point relating to brain dynamics", Nature 22 (1880): 29–30].
Contends that self-interest as a motive for conduct is more salutary than is generally thought, and should be considered in the evolution of morality.
| Author: | Samuel Tolver Preston |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 May 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 61 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12610 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Preston, S. T. Darwin, C. R. …
- … From S. T. Preston 20 May 1880 …
- … DAR 174: 61 Samuel Tolver Preston London, Reedworth St, 25 20 May 1880 Charles Robert …
- … been found; Preston’s paper ‘On a point relating to brain dynamics’ was published in …
- … upon my last paper. I am | Your’s truly | S Tolver Preston Charles Darwin Esqre F R S &c— …
- … CD’s letter to Preston has not …
- … of changed conditions of life. In his paper, Preston had argued that the brain directed …
- … in the social instincts (p. 132). Preston appears to be responding to CD’s statements in …
Preston, Samuel Tolver. 1880c. Evolution and female education. Nature, 23 September 1880, pp. 485–6.
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- … Preston, Samuel Tolver. 1880c. Evolution and female education. Nature , 23 September 1880, …
Preston, Samuel Tolver. 1880a. Natural science and morality. Journal of science 3d ser. 2: 443–62.
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- … Preston, Samuel Tolver. 1880a. Natural science and morality. Journal of science 3d ser. 2: …
Preston, Samuel Tolver. 1880b. On the physical aspects of the vortex-atom theory. Nature, 20 May 1880, pp. 56–9.
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- … Preston, Samuel Tolver. 1880b. On the physical aspects of the vortex-atom theory. Nature , …
To A. P. Tilt 16 December 1881
Summary
Explains he was not a member of the congress [7th International Medical Conference, August 1881], and hence it would be inappropriate to introduce his likeness into the correspondent’s composition.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Archibald Preston Tilt |
| Date: | 16 Dec 1881 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.605) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13554 |
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- … Society (Mss.B.D25.605) Charles Robert Darwin Down 16 Dec 1881 Archibald Preston Tilt …
Tilt, A. P. (1854–88)
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- … Archibald Preston Tilt 1854–88 Artist. Son of Frederick Arnaud Clarke Tilt (1823–69). …
Evans, J. G. (1852–1930)
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- … Unitarian minister in Carmarthen, 1877; Preston, Lancashire, 1877–80. Retired from active …
Preston, Alfred (1826–1905)
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- … Alfred Preston 1826–1905 Druggist and chemist. Of London. Connected with South Place …
Burgoyne, John (1723–92)
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- … 1762. MP for Midhurst, Sussex, from 1761; Preston, from 1768. Chaired investigation of the …
Hunter, Edith (1845–1923)
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- … Unitarian minister and Welsh scholar, in Preston, Lancashire, in 1877. In Oxford, St …
Preston, S. T. (1844–1917)
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- … Samuel Tolver Preston 1844–1917 Engineer and physicist. Educated at the University of …
Wingfield, Catherine (1772–1864)
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- … Wingfield of Onslow, Shropshire. Lived at Preston Montfort Cottage, Shrewsbury. Burke’s …
From M. D. Conway 18 November 1878
Summary
Invites CD to join the Association of Liberal Thinkers and encloses information on its constitution. Huxley and Tyndall are co-operating.
| Author: | Moncure Daniel Conway |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Nov 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 221 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11746 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … n. mitra (Calcutta and London). alfred preston (London). h. w. smith (Edinburgh). rev. j. …
Document type
| letter | (13) |
| people | (9) |
| bibliography | (3) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
| Preston, S. T. | (5) |
| Bentham, George | (1) |
| Conway, M. D. | (1) |
| Houghton, William | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (8) |
| Preston, S. T. | (2) |
| Nature | (1) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (1) |
| Tilt, A. P. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (13) |
| Preston, S. T. | (7) |
| Bentham, George | (1) |
| Conway, M. D. | (1) |
| Houghton, William | (1) |
