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St George Jackson Mivart
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In the second half of 1874, Darwin’s peace was disturbed by an anonymous article in the Quarterly Review suggesting that his son George was opposed to the institution of marriage and in favour of ‘unrestrained licentiousness’. Darwin suspected, correctly,…
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- … In 1874, the Catholic zoologist St George Jackson Mivart caused Darwin and his son George serious …
- … resolved until early 1875, and, even then, not to Darwin’s complete satisfaction. The story sheds …
- … 98–114, and Dawson 2007, pp. 77–81. George Darwin's article on marriage In August …
- … to liberty of marriage’ in the Contemporary Review (G. H. Darwin 1873b). In this article, George …
- … and others granted divorce on very slight causes. Mivart's review George’s …
- … of its created image, the mind of man’ (p. 76). Mivart’s argument did not win general assent. …
- … throughout the paper. The following quotations from Mivart’s paper mention Darwin and George: …
- … it for publication in the next issue of the Quarterly ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 29 July 1874 …
- … kind of thing Murray would be likely to wish to circulate ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] …
- … them explicitly, he might be thought to endorse them ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 August 1874 ). …
- … of encouraging licentiousness. A postscript to Darwin’s letter, which may belong to another letter, …
- … protégé, and Huxley’s reaction was savage ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [6 December 1874] ). Hooker …
- … admit his authorship of the attack on George ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December 1874 ). Huxley …
- … attacked a friend of mine.’ ( Enclosure to letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 .) A reply …
- … from John Tyndall, 28 December 1874 , and letter from J. D. Hooker, 29 December 1874 ). …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
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- … What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’ ( letter to Francis Galton, 8 November [1872] …
- … On the origin of species , intended to be Darwin’s last, and of Expression of the emotions …
- … anything more on 'so difficult a subject, as evolution’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 27 July …
- … and papers, and the latter formed the subject of Darwin’s last book, The formation of …
- … , published in the year before his death. Despite Darwin’s declared intention to take up new work, …
- … , shortly after correcting the proofs, and Darwin’s concern for the consolidation of his legacy is …
- … editions were costly to incorporate, and despite Darwin’s best efforts, set the final price at 7 s. …
- … condition as I can make it’, he wrote to the translator ( letter to J. J. Moulinié, 23 September …
- … let alone the fifth. Printing of the proofs of Moulinié’s translation of the fifth English edition …
- … translation remained unpublished at the end of the year ( letter from C.-F. Reinwald, 23 November …
- … he wrote to the comparative anatomist St George Jackson Mivart ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 …
- … to defend himself in the sixth edition were those made by Mivart himself. In a new chapter on …
- … Darwin refuted point by point assertions published by Mivart at the beginning of the previous year …
- … persuasiveness of his arguments: ‘I think your answer to Mivart, on initial stages of modification …
- … you have greatly misrepresented my views Although Mivart was among those who wrote in …
- … letters saw relations between them irretrievably break down. Mivart’s book had been followed by a …
- … as I am made to appear’, complained Darwin ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 5 January 1872 ). Piqued, …
- … `fundamental intellectual errors’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 6 January 1872 ). Darwin …
- … to think he felt friendly towards me’ ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 8 January [1872] ). Despite …
- … if only `in another world’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 10 January 1872 ). Darwin, determined …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … over an anonymous review that attacked the work of Darwin’s son George dominated the second half of …
- … been the naturalist and traveller Alexander von Humboldt’s 105th birthday, Darwin obliged with a …
- … be done by observation during prolonged intervals’ ( letter to D. T. Gardner, [ c . 27 August …
- … pleasures of shooting and collecting beetles ( letter from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] ). Such …
- … And … one looks backwards much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). …
- … was an illusory hope.— I feel very old & helpless’ ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 6 January [1874] …
- … inferred that he was well from his silence on the matter ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 26 October …
- … in such rubbish’, he confided to Joseph Dalton Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] …
- … allowed ‘a spirit séance’ at his home ( letter from T. G. Appleton, 2 April 1874 ). Back …
- … letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 8 January 1874 , letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 January 1874 , and …
- … for misinterpreting Darwin on this point ( letter from J. D. Dana, 21 July 1874 ); however, he did …
- … conciseness & clearness of your thought’ ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 20 April 1874 ). …
- … George’s article as a defence of such immoral practices, Mivart was indirectly accusing Darwin …
- … over the ‘scurrilous libel’ on his son ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [27 July 1874] ). George, …
- … scurrilous accusation of [a] lying scoundrel’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] ). He …
- … with Murray on the outcome ( enclosure to letter from G. H. Darwin, 6 [August] 1874 ): …
- … Mivart (see Correspondence vol. 20, letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). To Darwin …
- … whether he was the author of the review ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December 1874 ). Huxley …
Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution
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The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’. Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…
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- … to humans from Alfred Russel Wallace and St George Jackson Mivart, and heated debates sparked by …
- … shall be a man again & not a horrid grinding machine’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 25 December …
- … anything which has happened to me for some weeks’ ( letter to Albert Günther, 13 January [1870] ) …
- … corrections of style, the more grateful I shall be’ ( letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] ) …
- … who wd ever have thought that I shd. turn parson?’ ( letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] ). …
- … abt any thing so unimportant as the mind of man!’ ( letter from H. E. Darwin, [after 8 February …
- … writer and philanthropist Frances Power Cobbe. At Cobbe’s suggestion, Darwin read some of Immanuel …
- … thro’ apes & savages at the moral sense of mankind’ ( letter to F. P. Cobbe, 23 March [1870?] …
- … ). Humans as animals: ears Despite Cobbe’s plea, most of Darwin’s scientific attention …
- … his statue of Puck, the mischievous fairy in Shakespeare’s A midsummer night’s dream. Darwin …
- … for the drawing ( Correspondence vol. 16, letter to J. D. Hooker, 26 November [1868] ; this …
- … to H. W. Bates, [22 May 1870] ). St George Jackson Mivart Another set of objections …
- … for by an underlying design. Darwin commented on Mivart’s essay in a letter to William Henry …
- … to W. H. Flower, 25 March [1870] ). In his letters to Mivart, Darwin remained cordial and …
- … & valuable labours on the Primates’ ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 23 April [1870] ). He also …
- … an Ape differs from a lump of granite’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 22 April 1870 ). …
- … whatever may have been his “origin” ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 25 April 1870 ). In his …
- … than I could a ball at Buckingham Palace’ ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 30 June [1870] ). …
- … persons long married grow like each other’ ( letter from J. J. Weir, 17 March 1870 ). …
- … to ride the same horse that had thrown him (letter from G. H. Darwin to H. E. Darwin, [21 – 2 …
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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- … Plants always held an important place in Darwin’s theorising about species, and botanical research …
- … a long-running dispute with the zoologist St George Jackson Mivart. In April and early May, Darwin …
- … In January, the protracted dispute with Mivart came to a close. The final chapter of the controversy …
- … On 8 January , he told Hooker: ‘I will write a savage letter & that will do me some good, if I …
- … and assistance from his family, he sent a curt note to Mivart on 12 January , breaking off all …
- … friends, Hooker and Thomas Henry Huxley. Because Mivart was a distinguished zoologist, a …
- … Huxley chose journalism, depicting the anonymous reviewer (Mivart) as a blind antagonist of ‘all …
- … his position as president of the Royal Society from spurning Mivart in public. ‘Without cutting him …
- … Murray, the publisher of the Quarterly Review , in which Mivart’s anonymous essay had appeared. …
- … to the Editor … Poor Murray shuddered again & again’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 January …
- … feel now like a pure forgiving Christian!’ Darwin’s ire was not fully spent, however, for he …
- … The vivisection issue was a delicate one within Darwin’s family, and he tried to balance his concern …
- … paper sent me by Miss Cobbe.’ Darwin found Cobbe’s memorial inflammatory and unfair in its …
- … offered to pay the costs for printing an additional 250 ( letter to John Murray, 3 May 1875 ). …
- … & bless the day That ever you were born (letter from E. F. Lubbock, [after 2 …
- … that the originally red half has become wholly white’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, [before 4 …
- … pp. 188–90). He drew attention to this discussion in a letter to George Rolleston, remarking on 2 …
- … Darwin wrote, ‘I beg ten thousand pardon & more’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [ c . February …
- … signed himself, ‘Your affect son … the proofmaniac’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, 1 and 2 May [1875 …
- … of a review of William Dwight Whitney’s work on language (G. H. Darwin 1874c). George had taken the …
- … both critical and reverential. On 16 July he received a letter from an advocate of women’s …
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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- … book out of my head’. But a large proportion of Darwin’s time for the rest of the year was devoted …
- … manner.”‘ The most lively debate centred on Darwin’s evolutionary account of the ‘higher’ faculties …
- … brought a significant milestone for the family, as Darwin’s eldest daughter Henrietta was married in …
- … human evolution was comparatively small, reflecting Darwin’s aim of showing kinship with animals at …
- … Hooker suggested one of the reasons behind the book’s popularity: ‘I hear that Ladies think it …
- … do to talk about it, which no doubt promotes the sale’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 26 March 1871 ) …
- … Correspondence vol. 19, Appendix IV). Four of Darwin’s five sons received a copy, and his daughter …
- … in ‘lucid vigorous style’, as well as for the book’s ‘arrangment, not to mention still more …
- … to her liking, ‘to keep in memory of the book’ ( letter to H. E. Darwin, 20 March 1871 ). …
- … and had forsaken his lunch and dinner in order to read it ( letter from James Crichton-Browne, 19 …
- … they believe to be the truth, whether pleasant or not’ (letter from W. W. Reade, 21 February 1871). …
- … one’s n th . ancestor lived between tide-marks!’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 20 February 1871 ). …
- … habits, furnished with a tail and pointed ears” (letter from Asa Gray, 14 April 1871) …
- … ‘will-power’ and the heavy use of their arms and legs ( letter from C. L. Bernays, 25 February 1871 …
- … letter from Arthur Nicols, 7 March 1871 ; letter from B. J. Sulivan, 11 March 1871 ; letter …
- … a high aesthetic appreciation of beauty ( letter from E. J. Pfeiffer, [before 26 April 1871] ). …
- … a good way ahead of you, as far as this goes’ ( letter to J. B. Innes, 29 May [1871] ). On …
- … vexing critic for Darwin was the zoologist St George Jackson Mivart. An expert on primates and a …
- … to explain various animal structures and homologies. Mivart’s views were published in expanded form …
- … that his own views on evolution had been misrepresented. Mivart had ignored his continued reliance …
- … in his assertions. Darwin pressed this last point with Mivart, insisting that he had hunted through …
- … only the ‘most guarded expressions’ ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 23 January [1871] ). …
Darwin's 1874 letters go online
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The full transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1874 through his letters and see a full list of the letters. The 1874 letters…
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- … online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1874 through his letters …
- … offence that the Catholic zoologist St George Jackson Mivart caused Darwin and his son George. …
- … , scurrilous accusation of [a] lying scoundrel.— ( Letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] …
- … about how Darwin and his family and friends dealt with Mivart's accusations . Here …
- … everything more quietly, as not signifying so much. ( Letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ) …
- … of 1874. He had a clear idea of the shape of his life’s work, and was aware that he was unlikely to …
- … of books in relation to the Origin, of which I have the M.S. half completed; but I have started …
- … with the second by his son George, now a fellow of Christ’s College, Cambridge. At the same time he …
- … work takes five times more time than the positive ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 August [1874] ) …
- … hardly ever enjoyed a day more in my life than this day’s work ( Letter to D. F. Nevill, 18 …
- … directors, fearing that Horace shared the Darwin family’s ill health and hoping to protect him from …
- … Amy Ruck and came to live in Down village as Darwin’s secretary. I declare I wonder …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a …
- … Observers Women: Letter 1194 - Darwin to Whitby, M. A. T., [12 August …
- … silkworm breeds, or peculiarities in inheritance. Letter 3787 - Darwin, H. E. to …
- … observations of cats’ instinctive behaviour. Letter 4258 - Becker, L. E. to Darwin, …
- … to artificially fertilise plants in her garden. Letter 4523 - Wedgwood, L. C. to …
- … expression of emotion in her pet dog and birds. Letter 5817 - Darwin to Huxley, T. …
- … him. Letter 6535 - Vaughan Williams , M. S. to Darwin, H. E., [after 14 October …
- … of wormholes. Letter 8611 - Cupples, A. J. to Darwin, E., [8 November1872] …
- … Letter 4242 - Hildebrand, F. H. G. to Darwin, [16 July 1863] Hildebrand writes to …
- … Letter 4436 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., [26-27 March 1864] Darwin thanks Hooker for …
- … and orangs. Letter 5705 - Haast, J. F. J. von to Darwin, [4 December 1867] …
- … in a marble tablet”. Letter 6815 - Scott, J. to Darwin, [2 July 1869] John …
- … Men: Letter 385 - Wedgwood, S. E. & J. to Darwin, [10 November 1837] …
- … Hall, Staffordshire. Letter 1219 - Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, [3 February 1849] …
- … for more samples. Letter 4928 - Henslow, G. to Darwin, [11 November 1865] …
- … Letter 5254 - Hildebrand, F. H. G. to Darwin, [23 October 1866] German botanist …
- … job. Letter 9157 - Darwin to Da rwin, G. H., [20 November 1873] Darwin …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
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- … Down House measured by the ongoing tally of his and Emma’s backgammon games. ‘I have won, hurrah, …
- … ‘my wife … poor creature, has won only 2490 games’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876 ). …
- … Lodge with his wife, Amy, had settled in as his father’s botanical assistant, and their close …
- … concussion from a riding accident, and George Darwin’s ill-health grew worse, echoing Darwin’s own …
- … of the next generation of the family, with Francis and Amy’s child expected in September. Their joy …
- … to William on 11 September just hours after Amy’s death. For once, the labour of checking proofs …
- … quantity of work’ left in him for ‘new matter’ (letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876). The …
- … to a reprint of the second edition of Climbing plants ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 23 February …
- … & I for blundering’, he cheerfully observed to Carus. ( Letter to J. V. Carus, 24 April 1876. …
- … provided evidence for the ‘advantages of crossing’ (letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876). Revising …
- … year to write about his life ( Correspondence vol. 23, letter from Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg, 20 …
- … made by the comparative anatomist St George Jackson Mivart in his Lessons from nature that …
- … pain ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 17 June 1876 ). Although Mivart had long been a severe critic, …
- … V). Eighteen months later, Darwin remained fearful that Mivart still had the capacity to damage …
- … heartfelt thanks to Wallace for his critical review of Mivart’s Lessons from nature . ... …
- … of blackballing so distinguished a zoologist ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 29 January 1876 ). Both …
- … results in this year’s experiments’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, [ c . 19 March 1876] ). A less …
- … Encyclopaedia Britannica the previous year ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [after 4 September 1876] ). …
- … by the mutual pressure of very young buds’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 21 June [1876] ). Darwin …
- … the ‘awful job’ of informing the author ( letter to G. G. Stokes, 21 April [1876] ). Darwin could …
- … paper was ‘not worthy of being read ever’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 28 January 1876 ). Darwin …
- … ‘all I can say is do not commit suicide’ ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [4 June 1876] ). By midsummer, …
- … a set of sons I have, all doing wonders.’ ( Letter to G. H. Darwin, 13 July [1876]. ) A …
- … Hildebrand, 6 December 1876 , and letter from F. J. Cohn, 31 December 1876 ). To Darwin’s …
Darwin in letters, 1880: Sensitivity and worms
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‘My heart & soul care for worms & nothing else in this world,’ Darwin wrote to his old Shrewsbury friend Henry Johnson on 14 November 1880. Darwin became fully devoted to earthworms in the spring of the year, just after finishing the manuscript of…
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- … to adapt to varying conditions. The implications of Darwin’s work for the boundary between animals …
- … animal instincts by George John Romanes drew upon Darwin’s early observations of infants, family …
- … Controversy and Erasmus Darwin Darwin’s most recent book, Erasmus Darwin , had been …
- … generations. He continued to receive letters about Erasmus’s life and other bits of family history. …
- … Tindal, sent a cache of letters from two of Darwin’s grandfather’s clerical friends, full of lively …
- … the eagerness of the two learned divines to see a pig’s body opened is very amusing’, Darwin replied …
- … have influenced the whole Kingdom, & even the world’ ( letter from J. L. Chester, 3 March 1880 …
- … delighted to find an ordinary mortal who could laugh’ ( letter from W. E. Darwin to Charles and …
- … much powder & shot’ ( Correspondence vol. 27, letter from Ernst Krause, 7 June 1879 , and …
- … modified; but now I much regret that I did not do so’ ( letter to Samuel Butler, 3 January 1880 ). …
- … in some of Darwin’s harsh critics, especially St George Mivart. Butler was unsatisfied with Darwin’s …
- … astounded at Butler—who I thought was a gentleman … Has Mivart bitten him & given him …
- … and thus one looks to prevent its return’ ( letter from J.-H. Fabre, 18 February 1880 ). Darwin …
- … and letting them out of their respective bags ( letter from G. J. Romanes, [6, 13, or 20] March …
- … received more attention than the baby!’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, 17 December 1880 , and …
- … biologist of our time’ ( letter from W. D. Roebuck to G. H. Darwin, 25 October 1880 ). The …
- … employment’ ( Correspondence vol. 27, letter from J. D. Hooker, 18 December 1879 ). For some …
- … & am never happy except when at work’ ( letter to J. M. Herbert, 25 December [1880] ). …
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 ) …
- … came on 19 April. Plans were made for a burial in St Mary’s churchyard in Down, where his brother …
- … Botanical observation and experiment had long been Darwin’s greatest scientific pleasure. The year …
- … fertility of crosses between differently styled plants ( letter from Fritz Müller, 1 January 1882 …
- … some hours in a weak solution of C. of Ammonia’. Darwin’s interest in root response and the effects …
- … François Marie Glaziou (see Correspondence vol. 28, letter from Arthur de Souza Corrêa, 20 …
- … vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, and beets. Romanes’s experiments had been conducted to lend …
- … quite untirable & I am glad to shirk any extra labour’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 6 January …
- … probably intending to test its effects on chlorophyll ( letter to Joseph Fayrer, 30 March 1882 ). …
- … asymmetric, thus facilitating cross-fertilisation. Darwin’s aim, he said, was just to ‘have the …
- … 1882 ). Earthworms and evolution Darwin’s last book, Earthworms , had been …
- … V). The conservative Quarterly Review , owned by Darwin’s publisher John Murray, carried an …
- … their burrows ( Correspondence vol. 29, letter from J. F. Simpson, 8 November 1881 ). He …
- … the summit, whence it rolls down the sides’ ( letter from J. F. Simpson, 7 January 1882 ). The …
- … on it, which would have pleased me greatly’ ( letter from J. H. Gilbert, 9 January 1882, and …
- … to have rather the best of the fight’ ( letter from G. F. Crawte, 11 March 1882 ). The battle …
- … depressed about himself’ (letter from H. E. Litchfield to G. H. Darwin, 17 March 1882 (DAR 245: 319) …
- … pain entirely yesterday’ (letter from Emma Darwin to G. H. Darwin, 6 April 1882 (DAR 210.3: 46)). …
- … desires, grant us this our modest request!’ ( letter from J. L. Ambrose, 3 April 1882 ). Darwin …
- … she has cried a little’ (letter from H. E. Litchfield to G. H. Darwin, [19 April 1882] (DAR 245: 320 …
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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- … of a performance is available). This time Terry’s task was to bring some carefully selected …
- … a long and full day at the microphone, resulting in Terry’s interpretations of 23 letters. A …
- … seeking permission to go on the Beagle voyage, to a letter to C. A. Kennard written on 9 …
- … from the youthful exuberance of the Beagle letters (e.g. letter to Caroline Darwin, 29 April …
- … particular letters. How should one read Darwin’s politely worded rebuke to St G. J. Mivart ( 21 …
- … that led up to his ‘confessing a murder’ in his famous letter to J. D. Hooker, in which he admitted …
- … who was proofreading a draft chapter of Descent (letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] ). …
Darwin’s queries on expression
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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
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- … handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller, 22 February …
- … Correspondence about Darwin’s Questionnaire (click on the letter dates to see the individual letters …
- … Correspondent Letter date Location …
- … Africa)? ] mentioned in JPM Weale letter, but Bowker's answers not found …
- … Square W London, England enclosed in a letter from Henry Maudsley …
- … South Africa possibly included in letter from Mansel Weale …
- … Egypt] possibly included in letter(s) from Asa Gray Nile …
- … Lake Wellington, Australia letter to F.J.H. von Mueller nodding, …
- … Abbey Place, London, England letter to Emma Darwin baby expression …
