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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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- … In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the …
- … chlorophyll by examining thin slices of plant tissue under a microscope. When not experimenting, he …
- … more weak than usual. To Lawson Tait, he remarked, ‘I feel a very old man, & my course is nearly …
- … 1881. But some of his scientific friends quickly organised a campaign for Darwin to have greater …
- … styled plants ( letter from Fritz Müller, 1 January 1882 , and letter to Fritz Müller, 4 January …
- … the nature of their contents, if immersed for some hours in a weak solution of C. of Ammonia’. …
- … vol. 28, letter from Arthur de Souza Corrêa, 20 October 1880 , and Correspondence vol. 29, …
- … up the results on Brazilian cane, with Darwin providing a detailed outline: ‘I had no intention to …
- … any extra labour’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 6 January 1882 ). The finished paper, ‘On new …
- … effects on chlorophyll ( letter to Joseph Fayrer, 30 March 1882 ). He received a specimen of …
- … one plant or animal!’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). He wrote to an American in Kansas …
- … experimentising on them’ ( letter to J. E. Todd, 10 April 1882 ). While enthusiasm drove him, …
- … affects my heart’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). Earthworms and evolution …
- … Murray, carried an anonymous article on the book in January 1882. The reviewer’s assessment was …
- … and this was no exception. Another American, Caroline Kennard, had written on 26 December …
- … our homes, would in this case greatly suffer’ ( letter to C. A. Kennard, 9 January 1882 ). Kennard …
- … judged, intellectually his inferior, please ( letter from C. A. Kennard, 28 January 1882 ). …
- … dull aching in the chest’ (Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin, [ c . 28 March 1882] (DAR 210.3: 45)). …
- … to some Estancia,’ wrote Hughes, ‘as the scenery &c. will amply repay your trouble’ ( letter …
- … before I am able to work’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, [ c . 10 April 1864] ). To the physician …
Darwin on race and gender
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Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
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- … races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual …
- … in effect separate species), and the fixity of racial types. A leading factor in disputes about …
- … the dispute between monogenists and polygenists would ‘die a silent and unobserved death’ when …
- … white supremacist contemporaries, he nonetheless clung to a single scale of civilisation on which …
- … Gaika as an authoritative observer in Expression . He had a number of women correspondents who …
- … British Journal of the History of Science 6: 9–23 [in a special issue on ‘Descent of Darwin: race, …
- … Letter to [E. M. Dicey?], [1877] Letter to C. A. Kennard, 9 January 1882 …
Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…
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- … restrict himself to ‘more confined & easy subjects’. A month earlier, on 23 February , he had …
- … of his book on earthworms, published in October, was a boost. His 5-year-old grandson Bernard, who …
- … on 8 December. Krause countered Butler’s accusations in a review of Unconscious memory in …
- … Kosmos article should be translated and also appear in a British journal. Darwin could see that …
- … seasoned journalist and editor Leslie Stephen. There was ‘a hopeless division of opinion’ within the …
- … , hoping that he did not think them ‘all gone mad on such a small matter’. The following day, Darwin …
- … avoid being pained at being publicly called in ones old age a liar, owing to having unintentionally …
- … avoided, even though he wished ‘to give Somebody such a slap in the face as he would have cause to …
- … try to banish the thoughts, & say to myself that so good a judge, as Leslie Stephen thinks …
- … published it in Nature , and George Romanes wrote such a savage review of Unconscious memory …
- … Wallace, co-discoverer of natural selection, had received a civil list pension. ‘I hardly ever …
- … on 4 January . Buckley had suggested petitioning for a pension for Wallace, but it was Darwin’s …
- … heard on 8 January that Wallace would receive £200 a year, he wrote to Darwin, ‘I congratulate …
- … of pleasure in the early months of 1881. This book had been a major undertaking for both Darwin and …
- … other books, Movement in plants did not generate a large correspondence. It was mainly those who …
- … Germany; and I doubted much whether I was not quite as great a sinner as those whom I have blamed.’ …
- … he was sending his printers ‘in 3 or 4 weeks the M.S. of a quite small book of little moment’. …
- … with you’, a Swedish teacher told him ( letter from C. E. Södling, 14 October 1881 ), while H. M. …
- … birds to fly as a body in the same direction. Caroline Kennard wrote on 26 December after having …
- … to possibilities for women, judging from her organization &c’. When Darwin replied the following …
- … ‘bread-winners’ ( Correspondence vol. 30, letter to C. A. Kennard, 9 January 1882 ). …
- … publication & to acknowledge any criticism’ ( letter to C. G. Semper, 19 July 1881 ). He …
- … proved ‘the greatness of their power’ ( letter from M. C. Stanley, 16 October 1881 ). Hooker …
- … men the true methods of investigation’ ( letter from C. V. Riley, 18 December 1881 ). …
- … Nature published the day after Darwin’s death in April 1882. Deaths, gifts and legacies …
Correspondence with women
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We know of letters to or from around 2000 correspondents, about 100 of whom were women. Using the letter summaries available on this website, the letters can be assigned to rough categories. Included in the count are letters to women in Darwin’s family…
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- … between them is the largest surviving one between Darwin and a woman. The next biggest block after …
- … correspondents other than close family members. Botany was a popular subject for women to take up: …
- … order: friends; go-betweens (women writing on behalf of a man); writers (usually women writing on …
- … since it cut across too many others was “trying to get a pension for someone”. Some letters didn’t …
- … for making ginger beer and someone seeking to sell a portrait of Erasmus Darwin. In addition there …
- … own comments that Emma was prepared to tell him whether a paper he liked was too boring to republish …
- … Catholic adversary St George Jackson Mivart. Henrietta was a valued editor of his works. In his …
- … on inheritance that might seem strange today. He begins with a nod to the view that there is no …
- … of their greater tenderness. So far, so conciliatory; a difference in disposition is something …
- … is in ornamental plumage to the peahen”. This seems a conservative conclusion: but he believes that …
- … education as men, who must maintain their superiority in a similarly effortful way. Oddly, though, …
- … infinitely slowly (if at all), by inheritance from a few educated women, rather than more rapidly by …
- … as follows: The question to which you refer is a very difficult one. I have discussed it …
- … are inferior intellectually; & there seems to me to be a great difficulty from the laws of …
- … of our homes, would in this case greatly suffer. (Darwin to C. A. Kennard, 9 January 1882 ) …
- … through college, and that the mental exercise of running a household was fully equivalent to that of …
- … He was conservative in his views and not sure that would be a good thing; but he didn’t think it was …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
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- … On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were …
- … Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, …
- … , previously worked with us playing Charles Darwin in a dramatisation of the correspondence between …
- … and justified his revolutionary theory of natural selection (a film of a performance is …
- … his masterful characterisation of Charles Darwin. It was a long and full day at the microphone, …
- … [1880] ). The letters cover a long time span from one of 31 August …
- … of reports and questions that led up to his ‘confessing a murder’ in his famous letter to J. D. …
Darwin in public and private
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Extracts from Darwin's published works, in particular Descent of man, and selected letters, explore Darwin's views on the operation of sexual selection in humans, and both his publicly and privately expressed views on its practical implications…
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- … selected extracts [ View full extracts in a PDF ] 1) “And this leads me to say a few …
- … p. 88. 2) “There is one other point deserving a fuller notice. It has long been known that in …
- … courageous, pugnacious, and energetic than woman, and has a more inventive genius…” Descent …
- … powers of the two sexes is shewn by man attaining to a higher eminence, in whatever he takes up, …
- … and mind than woman, and in the savage state he keeps her in a far more abject state of bondage than …
- … Darwin thanks his daughter, Henrietta, for editing a manuscript version of chapter two of Descent …
- … , Murray tells Darwin that he believes the book will be a success but will cause a stir among men. …
- … 1877] Darwin’s daughter-in-law thanks Darwin for a welcome note which was left at her new …
- … Mrs Cutting. Letter 13607 – Darwin to Kennard, C. A., [9 January 1882] …
Women as a scientific audience
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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…
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- … those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless …
- … from both women and men. Were women a target audience? Letter …
- … obscure, even after it had been proofread and edited by “a lady”. Darwin, E. to Darwin, W …
- … asks his son, Francis, to check his Latin translation of a passage of Descent . Evidence …
- … , Murray tells Darwin that he believes the work will be a success and will cause a stir among men. …
- … May 1872] Reade tells Darwin of his plans to write a book detailing his travels and …
- … is particularly drawn to the chapter on pangenesis, which is a revelation. Letter 6976 …
- … March 1871] Mary Bathoe responds systematically to a close reading of Descent . She …
Science: A Man’s World?
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Discussion Questions|Letters Darwin's correspondence show that many nineteenth-century women participated in the world of science, be it as experimenters, observers, editors, critics, producers, or consumers. Despite this, much of the…
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- … Emma, Darwin weighed the pros and cons of married life for a man of science. In his notes, Darwin …
- … Darwin, [30 March 1864] Lydia Becker sends Darwin a copy of her book, Botany for …
- … the Royal Society library. Kovalevsky would like to read a book by Jacobi on elliptic and theta …
- … [20 November 1871] Sarah Norton passes on to Darwin a pamphlet on Goethe and Darwinism from …
- … but stumbled across the pamphlet while looking for a novel to read. Norton is “in true feminine …
- … May 1872] Reade tells Darwin of his plans to write a book detailing his travels and …
- … [January 1880] Mary Johnson tells Darwin about a recent geological ramble she had taken …
- … powers of patience. Letter 13607 – Darwin to Kennard, C. A., [9 January 1882] …
