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Julia Wedgwood
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Charles Darwin’s readership largely consisted of other well-educated Victorian men, nonetheless, some women did read, review, and respond to Darwin’s work. One of these women was Darwin’s own niece, Julia Wedgwood, known in the family as “Snow”. In July…
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- … Though Charles Darwin’s readership largely consisted of other well-educated Victorian men, a few …
- … to his work. One of the foremost was his niece, Julia Wedgwood. She was the eldest child of …
- … philosopher, historian, jurist and politician. “Snow’s” education though irregular was the best then …
- … for female suffrage, helped Elizabeth Garrett Anderson’s campaign for election to the first London …
- … despite their very different views on religion and Eliot’s irregular private life. Wedgwood’s …
- … In her later years she was assisted by the young E. M. Forster, who thought highly of “the …
- … to devote her time to her work. Emma Darwin was irritated by Wedgwood family criticism of this …
- … said, “to have been something larger than I am”. Wedgwood’s reactions to Darwin’s work went …
- … his work was a two-part dialogue published in Macmillan’s Magazine in 1860 and 1861, “The …
- … rare event with my critics”. ( Charles Darwin to F. J. Wedgwood, 11 July [1861] .) Wedgwood …
- … of its authorship. (The other was by Alfred Wallace.) In it Wedgwood largely avoided the debate on …
- … her conclusion she reclaimed Darwin as a Theist. When Fanny Wedgwood disclosed the review’s …
- … with approbation.” ( Charles and Emma Darwin to F. J. Wedgwood, [March 1871?] .) In 1885, …
- … religion in the biography of him Frank Darwin was preparing, Wedgwood was invited by her cousin, …
- … sons rejected it as not what Darwin had written and Wedgwood stepped back from the continuing family …
- … the most gifted Englishwomen of her time”. The other, E. M. Forster, retained a vivid memory of her, …
2.4 Wedgwood plaque
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< Back to Introduction Soon after Darwin’s death, a Wedgwood plaque in green jasper with a profile portrait of him was presented to Christ’s College, Cambridge, by his son George Darwin, who was himself a Cambridge don. It was set into the panelling…
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- … to Introduction Soon after Darwin’s death, a Wedgwood plaque in green jasper with a …
- … enlarged and adapted copy of Thomas Woolner’s design for a Wedgwood medallion, dating from 1869; …
- … with the University. Indeed, Rebecca Klarner, curator of the Wedgwood Museum, Barlaston, has …
- … dip, was acquired by Nettie and Harry Buten, who founded a Wedgwood Museum at Merion, Pennsylvania, …
- … by the American Philosophical Society directly from the Wedgwood firm in 1909, and is now in the …
- … Yet another cast, this one in blue jasper, was given to the Wedgwood firm by William Darwin in 1914, …
- … Other casts are in the Victoria and Albert Museum (Wedgwood collection, Barlaston) (WE.721-2016); …
- … 2013), p. 29, with a photograph of the plaque in Darwin’s college room, taken by J. Palmer Clark in …
Language: key letters
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How and why language evolved bears on larger questions about the evolution of the human species, and the relationship between man and animals. Darwin presented his views on the development of human speech from animal sounds in The Descent of Man (1871),…
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- … began to reflect on the transmutation of species. Darwin’s correspondence reveals the scope of his …
- … and ideas. Letter 346: Darwin, C. R. to Darwin, C. S., 27 Feb 1837 Darwin’s first …
- … tell me you do not see what is new in Sir J. Herschell’s idea about the chronology of the old …
- … separated from one stock.” Letter 2070: Wedgwood, Hensleigh to Darwin, C. R., [before 29 …
- … do they scream & make loud noise?” Letter 7040: Wedgwood, Hensleigh to Darwin, C. R., …
- … Chauncey Wright, Darwin discusses William Dwight Whitney’s theory that language evolves through the …
- … Oxford professor Friedrich Max Müller, who opposed Darwin’s theory of evolution and its extension to …
- … A. H. to Darwin, C. R., 27 July 1877 Darwin’s study of human nature had involved extensive …
- … to eat, for this movement makes a sound like the letter m.” “For some time past I have been …
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 …
- … wife of American naturalist Asa Gray, responds to Darwin’s queries about Expression …
- … and offers to observe birds, insects or plants on Darwin’s behalf. Letter 8683 - …
- … Letter 5756 - Langton, E. & C. to Wedgwood S. E., [after 9 November 1868] Darwin …
- … on information and fieldwork results from her father, Josiah Wedgwood II. The fieldwork was …
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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- … Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. …
Referencing women’s work
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Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but whether and how they were acknowledged in print involved complex considerations of social standing, professional standing, and personal preference.…
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- … Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, …
- … selected letters is followed by letters relating to Darwin's 1881 publication Vegetable …
- … letters Letter 1113 - Darwin to Whitby, M. A. T., [2 September 1847] …
- … is referenced by name for her “kindness” in Darwin’s Fertilisation of Orchids . …
- … publicly as a science critic. Letter 4370 - Wedgwood, L. C. to Darwin, [April - May …
- … Lyell for advice on how to reference Arabella Buckley’s observations of pigeons, which he planned to …
- … received from “Miss. B”. Letter 7060 - Wedgwood, F. J. to Darwin, [1867 - 72] …
- … final publication. Letter 7223 - Darwin to Wedgwood, L. C., [9 June 1867 - 72] …
- … Henrietta, about how best to reference her husband’s contribution to a chapter on music in …
- … her editorial work on Expression . While her husband's contribution to the same work was …
- … Drosera and Dionaea on his behalf . “Mrs. Treat’s” contributions to Darwin’s work are …
- … relating to Earthworms Letter 7428 - Wedgwood, F. to Darwin, [4 January …
- … and tried, but failed, to find worm castings on the family’s croquet lawn. Ruck is not referenced by …
- … and recorded is the same one referred to in Darwin’s published discussion of earthworm activity . …
- … take measurements of hillside worm casting ridges. Ruck’s work on turf-covered slopes was possibly …
- … Letter 12745 - Darwin to Wedgwood, K. E. S., [8 October 1880] Darwin asks his niece, …
Henrietta Darwin's diary
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Darwin's daughter Henrietta kept a diary for a few momentous weeks in 1871. This was the year in which Descent of Man, the most controversial of her father's books after Origin itself, appeared, a book which she had helped him write. The small…
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- … Charles Darwin’s daughter Henrietta wrote the following journal entries in March and July 1871 …
- … within it, presumably by Henrietta herself. Darwin’s letters in 1870 and 1871 ( …
- … reflect her concerns about the consequences of her father’s theories for religious belief, which he …
- … discussed in the first entry and attended by Henrietta’s friend and relative Emily Caroline (Lena) …
- … on the expression of emotion (see letters from F. J. Wedgwood to H. E. and C. R. Darwin, [1867–72], …
- … barrister and lecturer in music at the London Working Men’s College, and they were married in the …
- … of results. 7 Then I emboldened myself to discover m. of Sno’s creed than I ever have done …
- … be looked at in a purely physical point of view so may God’s influence. I suppose both are forces …
- … the good of the sufferer? If we say my conviction of God’s watchfulness over me is so profound even …
- … at fault in the outer world, how can we know that it is m trustworthy in the inner world. This view …
- … him— But what a tremendous thought: that I have the life’s happiness of a human soul in my hands— …
- … Notes: 1 Edmund Langton was Henrietta’s cousin; his wife, Emily Caroline , was …
The origin of language
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Darwin started thinking about the origin of language in the late 1830s. The subject formed part of his wide-ranging speculations about the transmutation of species. In his private notebooks, he reflected on the communicative powers of animals, their…
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- … Proponents of the natural language theory included Darwin’s cousin, Hensleigh Wedgwood , the …
- … that language was uniquely human, a manifestation of man’s higher nature and an instrument of his …
- … between animal and human communication. Darwin’s arguments were based on his broad knowledge of …
- … Barrett, Paul. et al. eds. Charles Darwin’s Notebooks, 1836-1841. Cambridge: Cambridge University …
Natural Science and Femininity
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Discussion Questions|Letters A conflation of masculine intellect and feminine thoughts, habits and feelings, male naturalists like Darwin inhabited an uncertain gendered identity. Working from the private domestic comfort of their homes and exercising…
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- … his two-month-old “animalcule of a son", William. Darwin’s roles as father and scientists were …
- … the house immediately after a rain storm. Here, Darwin’s scientific investigation is inextricably …
- … a fellow of Trinity would be far more useful in George’s pursuit of a profession. Gove maintained …
- … experiments he is undertaking in his home to test Wallace’s theory that birds reject highly-coloured …
Have you read the one about....
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... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some serious - but all letters you can read here.
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- … ... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some …
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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- … 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 …
- … some hours in a weak solution of C. of Ammonia’. Darwin’s interest in root response and the effects …
- … vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, and beets. Romanes’s experiments had been conducted to lend …
- … 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 …
- … them half the worm had disappeared down the frog’s throat. I watched them for a quarter of an hour …
- … with both combatants the worse for wear. Darwin’s writing on human evolution continued to …
- … famous writer Louisa May Alcott. The importance of Darwin’s work in inspiring future research was …
- … ( letter to C. A. Kennard, 9 January 1882 ). Kennard’s reply must be read in full to be …
- … of art (Collier 1882), which seemed to follow Darwin’s views on the aesthetic sense of animals, …
- … February 1882 ). Collier had married Thomas Henry Huxley’s daughter Marian. He returned the joke: …
- … The two men also agreed on the deficiencies of Huxley’s argument that animals were conscious …
- … Darwin continued to delight in his children’s accomplishments. In a letter to Anthony Rich, he …
- … of Venus on an expedition to Queensland, Australia. George’s recent work had been highly praised by …
- … November 1881, p. 81). Darwin boasted to Rich: ‘George’s work about the viscous state of the earth …
- … a great scientific swell’. Darwin also mentioned George’s heavy workload as an examiner for the …
- … strolls (Henrietta Emma Litchfield, ‘Charles Darwin’s death’, DAR 262.23: 2, p. 2). His physician …
- … and medications. The treatments were not for Darwin’s usual stomach troubles and nausea. The anti …
- … letter from Andrew Clark, 17 March 1882 ). Darwin’s family and close friends grew worried. …
- … no pain.— Your plan seems an excellent one … Dr Clark’s kindness is unbounded to me, but he is too …
- … to George, who had visited Down on 11 April (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242)). ‘Father was taken very …
- … She wrote to Joseph Dalton Hooker the day after Darwin’s death. ‘Our hopes proved fallacious & …
- … 239.23: 1.13)). She also found relief in some of Darwin’s letters, remarking to William: ‘I have …
- … and journals by Lyell’s sister-in-law Katherine (see K. M. Lyell ed. 1881, 2: 445–6). A complete …
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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- … spent an extended period in Würzburg at Julius Sachs’s botanical institute, one of most advanced …
- … Darwin delighted in his role as grandfather to Francis’s son Bernard, occasionally comparing the …
- … Sophy to observe the arching shoots of Neottia (bird’s nest orchid) near her home in Surrey: ‘If …
- … 22 December [1878] ). Son abroad Darwin’s experiments on plant movement were …
- … apart. At the start of June, Francis left to work at Sach’s laboratory in Germany, not returning …
- … be obtained at Down House, but Francis thought Horace’s abilities were a match for German instrument …
- … here is far from well made.’ (Jemmy or Jim was Horace’s nickname.) Francis was occasionally …
- … letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] ). Sachs’s confidence was apparently matched by his …
- … Anne Westwood, and the proud grandparents. Many of Darwin’s letters conveyed news of the boy. ‘All …
- … faculties. He seemed to take special note of the child’s use of language and power of judgment. …
- … own research on animal instinct and intelligence. ‘Frank’s son, nearly 2 years old (& we think …
- … a young monkey, so as to observe its mind’? Darwin’s suggestion was seconded: ‘Frank says you ought …
- … cases of animal intelligence were observed by Darwin’s correspondents. The German stamp-collector …
- … younger generation of naturalists continued to find Darwin’s work inspiring. The geologist Sydney …
- … Association of Naturalists in September 1877, Darwin’s outspoken supporter Ernst Haeckel championed …
- … Innes now recounted the words he had spoken in Darwin’s defence at a recent Church Congress in …
- … of the existence of a God looked at through nature’s phenomena’ ( letter from James Grant, 6 March …
- … to me too bad to throw a slur or doubt on another man’s accuracy without taking the smallest pains …
- … critics through correspondence, George asked his father’s advice on publicly criticising a paper on …
- … Samuel Haughton. ‘If I do write’, George worried, ‘I’m pretty sure to get in Haughton’s ill favour …
- … Caird, a member of the Royal Agricultural Society. Torbitt’s credentials as a horticulturist had …
- … he is old’. But Darwin was clearly impressed by Torbitt’s dedication and willingness to spend time …
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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- … Discussion Questions | Letters Darwin's correspondence show that many nineteenth …
- … [6 September 1862] Claparède acknowledges Darwin’s approval of his review of Origin …
- … March 1863] Darwin secretly passes on Henrietta’s insightful comments on Lyell’s …
- … Jnr. seeks Darwin-family support for Elizabeth Garrett’s candidacy for the position of Professorship …
- … selection for debates about marriage. Since reading Darwin’s work a “flood of questions” have …
- … to as such questions “seem almost out of a woman’s natural thinking”. Letter 8079 - …
- … L., [18 October 1881] Darwin advises his niece’s friend, Mrs Forsyth, on how best to …
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 …
- … ( letter from J. L. Chester, 3 March 1880 ). Darwin’s sons George and Leonard also continued to …
- … been co-authored with Ernst Krause, whose essay on Erasmus’s scientific work complemented Darwin’s …
- … Krause, 9 June [1879] ). The final text of the Krause’s essay did not mention Butler’s book …
- … in the preface, where Darwin stated that Krause’s piece had been written in 1879 (before Evolution …
- … to Samuel Butler, 3 January 1880 ). At the top of Butler’s letter, Emma Darwin wrote: ‘it means war …
- … in earlier developmental theories, and in some of Darwin’s harsh critics, especially St George …
- … for quoting passages of Buffon and Coleridge from Butler’s text without acknowledgment. Krause …
- … The matter spilled over into January 1881. With Henrietta’s aid, the advice of a leading journalist …
- … Darwin to Emma Darwin, [18 September 1880] ). Darwin’s Wedgwood nieces, Sophy and Lucy, were asked …
- … of several close family members. Emma’s brother Josiah Wedgwood III died on 11 March. Like Emma, he …
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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- … readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those …
- … variety of women had access to, and engaged with, Darwin's published works. A set of letters on …
- … May 1859] Darwin expresses anxiety over Hooker’s suggestion that his writing style might …
- … H. E., [8 February 1870] Darwin seeks Henrietta’s editorial help with chapters three and …
- … got hold of it first. Darwin’s female readership Letter …
- … with which to work. She has transcribed parts of Darwin’s papers, including diagrams, to share with …
- … "epistolary acquaintance" of his, Sara Hennell . Hennell's writings show a " …
- … range of evidence in order to raise questions about Darwin’s conclusions, in particular his …
- … - Barnard, A. to Darwin, [30 March 1871] J. S. Henslow’s daughter, Anne, responds to …
- … The poet Emily Pfeiffer responds critically to Darwin’s theory of sexual selection. She has read …
- … selection for debates over marriage. Since reading Darwin’s work a “flood of questions” have …
- … to as such questions “seem almost...out of a woman’s natural thinking”. Letter 8778 …
- … a fight between boatmen, which reminded her of Darwin’s comments on anger and the showing of teeth …
- … Charlotte Pape responds to Darwin and Galton’s works on heredity. She is investigating whether …
- … Insectivorous Plants . Darwin responds to Sophia’s questions and is pleased that his work has …
- … Caroline Kennard responds critically to Darwin’s theory of sexual difference in Descent . …
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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- … The following extracts and selected letters explore Darwin's views on the operation of sexual …
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
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The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
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- … letter to A. R. Wallace, 28 [May 1864] ). Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to …
- … had expected to complete it in a fortnight. But at Darwin’s request, he modified his original plan, …
- … though it would be a great loss to the Book’. But Darwin’s angry letter to Murray crossed one from …
- … Generally favourable accounts appeared in some of London’s leading weeklies such as the Saturday …
- … Gazette , was by George Henry Lewes, well-known in London’s literary circles and an author of …
- … Darwin for comments. Darwin was clearly impressed by Lewes’s reviews. On 7 August 1868 , he wrote …
- … by Owen’. John Edward Gray, a colleague of Richard Owen’s in the British Museum, agreed about the …
- … Science, Robertson published a rejoinder, arousing Darwin’s ire still further: ‘he is a scamp & …
- … of details and untoward examples even from Darwin’s inner circle of expert naturalists. The Swiss …
- … provided by Variation for expanding Darwin’s network of informers proved very fruitful. On 1 …
- … the breed ‘was no authority whatever’. Darwin’s reply opened the door to a long-running …
- … cause of science.’ Darwin began to make an index of Weir’s correspondence in April, and by the end …
- … of London, to raise the question at one of the society’s meetings. A lively debate ensued about the …
- … other entomologists who had been present at the society’s meeting. Darwin circulated his query about …
- … Fox, 25 February [1868] ). Yet a number of Darwin’s correspondents were doubtful about the …
- … Langton wrote from the south of France to Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood on 9 Novembe r, describing …
- … bird for which reason to please a mere naturalist!’ Weir’s brother, Harrison, later recounted his …
- … natural selection: the debate with Wallace Darwin’s views on the role of sexual selection in …
- … in a lengthy exchange about hybrid sterility. Darwin’s view had shifted since the early 1860s, and …
- … following your argument.’ Darwin passed Wallace’s pages over to his son George, now a …
- … Yet Wallace continued to press him, concerned that Darwin’s views on hybrid sterility would ‘become …
- … [April] 1868 ). Researching emotion Darwin’s other major subject of research in 1868 …
- … to remote parts of the world. A correspondent of Hooker’s distributed it in Japan ( letter from J. …
- … Robert Swinhoe, remarked on 4 August that Darwin’s queries had ‘bothered [him] immensely’: ‘the …
Religion
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Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…
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- … most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can …
- … century were different in important ways. Many of Darwin's leading supporters were Christian, …
- … implications of his theory for religion in general. Darwin's name was also appropriated by …
- … constant watching of an intelligent ‘chooser’ like man's selection to which you so often …
- … chance” but has horrid doubt whether convictions of man’s mind, which has been developed from lower …
- … Belief This collection of letters explores Darwin’s reluctance to take a definitive position …
- … to Darwin, C. R., [c. Feb 1839] Emma discusses Darwin’s religious doubts. She fears his work …
- … 18 Nov 1859 Clergyman Charles Kingsley judges Darwin’s book [ Origin ] free from two …
- … of the book and how he instead “humbly accepts God’s revelation of himself both in His works & …
- … whether Darwin believes natural selection obviates man’s ability to be guided by spiritual motives. …
- … Darwin believes he is unable to answer Mary Boole’s questions about religious implications of …
- … it is safest to believe that the subject is beyond man’s intellect, “but man can do his duty”. …
- … to Physician E. B. Aveling that the publication of Aveling’s remarks on his writings requires no …
- … of thought is best promoted by gradual illumination of men’s minds produced by advance of science. …
- … collection of letters, written after the Duke of Argyll’s address to the Royal Society of Edinburgh …
- … to Lyell, Charles, 22 Jan [1865] Darwin writes to King's College, London Professor of …
- … school teacher and writer James Shaw praises Darwin’s theory. He believes beauty in nature is caused …
- … Society on 6 February. In it Shaw defends Darwin’s account of Beauty against the Duke of Argyll’s …
- … Kingsley writes to Darwin criticising the Duke of Argyll’s book [ Reign of law (1867)], …
- … use to them are good. He thinks the Duke of Argyll’s argument on beauty is not candid. …
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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- … On the origin of species , intended to be Darwin’s last, and of Expression of the emotions …
- … 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. …
- … let alone the fifth. Printing of the proofs of Moulinié’s translation of the fifth English edition …
- … This complex operation, combined with Moulinié’s increasingly poor health, led to yet further delay, …
- … ). To persuade his US publisher, Appleton’s, to bring out the new edition in the United …
- … be reset. The investment in stereotype reinforced Darwin’s intention to make no further changes to …
- … relations between them irretrievably break down. Mivart’s book had been followed by a highly …
- … a copy of an article replying to Thomas Henry Huxley’s scathing review of Genesis of species , …
- … philosopher Chauncey Wright. The republication of Wright’s paper had been arranged by Darwin himself …
- … St G. J. Mivart, 8 January [1872] ). Despite Darwin’s request that he drop the correspondence, …
- … to A. R. Wallace, 3 August [1872] ). Darwin's theories under siege The whole …
- … German zoologist Anton Dohrn on 3 February that Mivart’s book had 'produced a great effect in …
- … Riviere, about drawings of a hostile dog, show Darwin’s attention to detail: `the hairs on the neck …
- … by a family friend, Eleanor Bonham-Carter, and Darwin’s social network also led to an introduction …
- … Butler, son of an old Shrewsbury schoolfellow of Darwin’s, and grandson of Darwin’s former …
- … than offended by `that clever book’ ( letter to J. M. Herbert, 21 November 1872 ) and invited …
- … and Butler, at this stage a willing contributor to Darwin’s cause, wrote offering Arthur May’s …
- … more queries once the proofs were back, and on Henrietta’s advice, made substantial changes …
- … first commissioner of works, about the limits of Ayrton’s authority in the day-to-day running of the …
- … Lord Sackville Cecil, to attend a séance ( letter from M. C. Stanley, 4 June 1872 ). There was …
- … others described the way their hands blushed (letter from M. I. Snow, 29 [November 1872 or later] …
- … to contain wormcasts from India. Darwin’s niece Lucy Wedgwood, who had started her observations the …
- … life which surprised & gratified me more’ ( letter to J. M. Herbert, 21 November 1872 ). Fox …
Darwin on childhood
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On his engagement to his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, in 1838, Darwin wrote down his recollections of his early childhood. Life. Written August–– 1838 My earliest recollection, the date of which I can approximately tell, and which must have been before…
