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Orchids
Summary
Why Orchids? Darwin wrote in his Autobiography, ‘During the summer of 1839, and, I believe, during the previous summer, I was led to attend to the cross-fertilisation of flowers by the aid of insects, from having come to the conclusion in my…
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- … to the problem, Darwin hoped to enlist readers of the Entomologist’s Weekly Intelligencer , and …
- … whole [of the letter to Gardeners’ Chronicle ] in the Intelligencer; but perhaps you would oblige …
- … letter to Gardeners’ Chronicle was reprinted in the Entomologist’s Weekly Intelligence r, in …
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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- … Enrique (2) Entomologist’s Weekly Intelligencer (2) …
Darwin in letters, 1858-1859: Origin
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The years 1858 and 1859 were, without doubt, the most momentous of Darwin’s life. From a quiet rural existence filled with steady work on his ‘big book’ on species, he was jolted into action by the arrival of an unexpected letter from Alfred Russel Wallace…
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- … of one of his own youthful captures, he sent off to the Entomologist’s Weekly Intelligencer a …
