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Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad

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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…

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… At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of …
… markedly, reflecting a decline in his already weak health. Darwin then began punctuating letters …
… of the water-cure. The treatment was not effective and Darwin remained ill for the rest of the year. …
… the correspondence from the year. These letters illustrate Darwin’s preoccupation with the …
… to man’s place in nature both had a direct bearing on Darwin’s species theory and on the problem …
… from ‘some Quadrumanum animal’, as he put it in a letter to J. D. Hooker of 24[–5] February [1863] …
… the origin of species particularly, worried Darwin; he told Hooker that he had once thought Lyell …
… wished his one-time mentor had not said a word ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 24[–5] February [1863] ). …
… difficulty in answering Owen unaided ’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [23 February 1863] ). Hugh …
… of Lyell’s book being written by others’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [23 February 1863] ). …
… had been unsuccessful ( see letter from E. A. Darwin to Emma Darwin, 11 November [1863] ). The …
… letter to Charles Lyell, 12–13 March [1863] ). Emma was a steady help to Darwin, writing …
… shrubs ( see letter from W. D. Fox, 7 September [1863] ). Emma wrote back: ‘This has been a great …
… fared little better, and most letters were dictated to Emma . Darwin only managed one of his …
… letters from him in December were short, and dictated to Emma . By the end of the year, Emma admitted …

Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments

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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…

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… In 1865, the chief work on Charles Darwin’s mind was the writing of The variation of animals and …
… letters on climbing plants to make another paper. Darwin also submitted a manuscript of his …
… for evaluation, and persuaded his friend Joseph Dalton Hooker to comment on a paper on Verbascum …
… Argyll, appeared in the religious weekly, Good Words . Darwin received news of an exchange of …
… Butler, and, according to Butler, the bishop of Wellington. Darwin’s theory was discussed at an …
… in the Gardeners’ Chronicle . At the end of the year, Darwin was elected an honorary member of …
… year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend of …
… committed suicide at the end of April; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic …
… thriving, and when illness made work impossible, Darwin and Hooker read a number of novels, and …
… having all the Boys at home: they make the house jolly’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 January [1865] …
… had failed to include among the grounds of the award ( see letter from Hugh Falconer to Erasmus …
… his letters to Darwin, and Darwin responded warmly: ‘Your letter is by far the grandest eulogium …
… kind friend to me. So the world goes.—’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 February [1865] ). However, …
… griefs & pains: these alone are unalloyed’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 3 February 1865 ). …
… Sic transit gloria mundi, with a vengeance’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 February [1865] ). …
… attending school, and spent some time travelling in Europe (Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242), Emma …
… people weren’t so foolish’;. In November, Darwin and Emma visited Erasmus in London ( …
… frequently, and Hooker also came for a short stay in March (Emma Darwin’s diary, DAR 242). A …

Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments

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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…

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… indicates, 1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his …
… promotion of his theory of natural selection also continued: Darwin’s own works expanded on it, …
… to be referred to routinely. In November, Joseph Dalton Hooker told him: ‘you are alluded to in no …
… but really I do think you have a good right to be so’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 and] 20 …
… a keen interest in the progress of his views through Europe, Darwin negotiated, in addition to a …
… the family over the summer. But towards the end of the year, Darwin was able once more to turn his …
… of the Scottish press hissed). Huxley, while advocating Darwin’s theory, had again espoused the view …
… experimental production of new ‘physiological’ species. Darwin attempted to dissuade him from this …
… partially sterile together. He failed. Huxley replied ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 20 January 1862 …
… delivered a series of lectures to working men that reviewed Darwin’s theory, and sent copies to …
… was altogether taken with this young protégé, telling Hooker: ‘he is no common man’ ( letter to J. …
… of dimorphism. Towards the end of the year, he wrote to Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 12 …
… became increasingly frustrated, telling Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 March [1862] ): ‘I am …
… from his ‘ enormous labour over them’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 [October 1862] ; see ML 2: …
… ). When Darwin wrote to Gray in July that he and Emma had ‘come to wish for Peace at any …
… of further infection must be avoided, leaving Darwin and Emma ‘perplexed to death what to do’ ( …
… off in mid-August. However, Leonard had a relapse and Emma caught the infection herself, forcing …

The Lyell–Lubbock dispute

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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…

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… of whom took immediate action to mediate a solution. Charles Darwin had close ties with both men and …
… In the concluding paragraphs of Origin , Darwin had predicted that a ‘revolution in natural …
… species such as the mammoth ( Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 4 May [1860] and n. …
… Thomas Henry Huxley, Busk, and several other supporters of Darwin in editing the Natural History …
… Galton. In February 1863, Lubbock received a letter from Lyell, evidently in response …
… aspects of the book. Throughout the first half of 1863, Darwin discussed the book in correspondence …
… he thought about ‘the derivation of Species’. 8 Darwin continued to feel aggrieved about …
… to the Athenæum . 9 In the same letter , Darwin touched on an area of public …
… accusation, which had just appeared in the Athenæum . Darwin had not advised Falconer personally, …
… Falconer to tone down his attack on Lyell and agreed, on Hooker’s advice, to soften a passage in the …
… Darwin had discussed the matter in person with Lubbock, and Emma Darwin wrote to Henrietta Emma …
… allude to Sir C’s explanation of the matter’. 23 Hooker, who had also been sent copies of the …
… reiterated his admiration for Lubbock’s book ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [4 June 1865] ). A week …
… When Hooker pressed him for an opinion ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 July 1865 ), Darwin wrote …
… of Antiquity of man (C. Lyell 1863c; see letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 June 1865] and n. 13) …
… Hooker, [31 May 1865] and n. 1. 23. Letter from Emma Darwin to Henrietta Emma Darwin, …

Dramatisation script

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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007

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… Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig …
… as the creator of this dramatisation, and that of the Darwin Correspondence Project to be identified …
… correspondence or published writings of Asa Gray, Charles Darwin, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Jane Loring …
… Actor 1 – Asa Gray Actor 2 – Charles Darwin Actor 3 – In the dress of a modern day …
… the play unfolds and acting as a go-between between Gray and Darwin, and between the audience and …
… this, he sends out copies of his Review of the Life of Darwin. At this time in his life, Asa …
… friends in England, copies of his ‘Review of the Life of Darwin’… pencilling the address so that it …
… of natural selection to his friend, the botanist, Joseph D Hooker GRAY: 3 Charles …
… year 1839, and copied and communicated to Messrs Lyell and Hooker in 1844, being a part of …
… DARWIN: 7 January 1844. My dear Hooker. I have been …engaged in a very presumptuous work …
… his University) and is much less his own man. A letter from England catches his attention …
… the opportunity I enjoyed of making your acquaintance at Hooker’s three years ago; and besides that …
… 11 My dear Hooker… What a remarkably nice and kind letter Dr A. Gray has sent me in answer to my …
… be of any the least use to you? If so I would copy it… His letter does strike me as most uncommonly …
… on the geographical distribution of the US plants; and if my letter caused you to do this some year …
… a brace of letters 25 I send enclosed [a letter for you from Asa Gray], received …
… Thank God he will never suffer more in this world. Poor Emma behaved nobly and how she stood it all …
… DARWIN: My wife’s remark on reading this, was EMMA : Why, you know nothing about Logic. …
… C DARWIN, 18–19 AUGUST 1862 149 C DARWIN TO J. D. HOOKER 26 JULY 1863 150 …

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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… 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working …
… dispute over an anonymous review that attacked the work of Darwin’s son George dominated the second …
… and traveller Alexander von Humboldt’s 105th birthday, Darwin obliged with a reflection on his debt …
… 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] ). …
… Andrew Clark, whom he had been consulting since August 1873. Darwin had originally thought that …
… was an illusory hope.— I feel very old & helpless’ ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 6 January [1874] …
… to believe in such rubbish’, he confided to Joseph Dalton Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 …
… the publishers, he applied first to his friend Joseph Dalton Hooker, and finally borrowed one from …
… for misinterpreting Darwin on this point ( letter from J. D. Dana, 21 July 1874 ); however, he did …
… satisfaction. Assisted in the wording by his wife, Emma , and daughter Henrietta, he finally wrote a …
… a comfortable cabin ( see letter from Leonard Darwin to Emma Darwin, [after 26 June -- 28 September …
… to become Darwin’s secretary. They rented Down Lodge and Emma Darwin wrote, ‘They have . . . made …
… the average in prettiness & snugness’ ( letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 12 October …
… letter to Down School Board, [after 29 November 1873] ). Emma saw a ‘great blessing’ in the rumour …
… dead uncle’s position of vicar of Deptford ( letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 12 October …

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 …
… community. Here is a selection of letters exchanged between Darwin and his workforce of women …
… Observers Women: Letter 1194 - Darwin to Whitby, M. A. T., [12 August …
… silkworm breeds, or peculiarities in inheritance. Letter 3787 - Darwin, H. E. to …
… to artificially fertilise plants in her garden. Letter 4523 - Wedgwood, L. C. to …
… in South Africa. Letter 6736 - Gray, A. & J. L to Darwin, [8 & 9 May 1869] …
… of wormholes. Letter 8611 - Cupples, A. J. to Darwin, E., [8 November1872] …
… her observations on the expression of emotion in dogs with Emma Darwin. Letter 8676 …
… Darwin’s behalf. Letter 8683 - Roberts, D. to Darwin, [17 December 1872] …
… little treatise”. Letter 4436 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., [26-27 March 1864] …
… and orangs. Letter 5705 - Haast, J. F. J. von to Darwin, [4 December 1867] …
… 1868] Darwin’s nephew, Edmund, writes to Emma Darwin’s sister, Sarah, with observations of …
… Darwin’s nephews, Edmund and Charles, write to Emma Darwin’s sister, Sarah, with observations of …
… Wedgwood, S. E. & J. to Darwin, [10 November 1837] Emma ’s sister, Sarah, passes on …
… at Maer Hall, Staffordshire. Letter 1219 - Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, [3 February …
… E. to Darwin, W. E., [January 23rd 1887]: Emma Darwin tells her eldest son, William, …
… Women: Letter 2345 - Darwin to Hooker, J. D., [20 October 1858] Darwin …
… E. to Darwin, W. E. , (March, 1862 - DAR 219.1:49) Emma Darwin updates her son, William, …
… is a great critic”, thought the article worth reprinting, Emma was less convinced. Letter …

Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest

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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…

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… The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now …
… and also a meeting with Herbert Spencer, who was visiting Darwin’s neighbour, Sir John Lubbock. In …
… on publishers, decried on one occasion by Joseph Dalton Hooker as ‘Penny-wise Pound foolish, …
… all but the concluding chapter of the work was submitted by Darwin to his publisher in December. …
… hypothesis of hereditary transmission. Debate about Darwin’s theory of transmutation …
… alleged evidence of a global ice age, while Asa Gray pressed Darwin’s American publisher for a …
… Fuller consideration of Darwin’s work was given by Hooker in an evening speech on insular floras at …
… able to write easy work for about 1½ hours every day’ ( letter to H. B. Jones, 3 January [1866] ). …
… once daily to make the chemistry go on better’ ( letter from H. B. Jones, 10 February [1866] ). …
… me any harm—any how I can’t be idle’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 24 August [1866] ). Towards …
… continued to refine his hypothesis in 1866. He wrote to Hooker on 16 May [1866] , ‘I … am at work …
… Animals & Cult. Plants” to Printers’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [1866] ). When …
… more than the belief of a dozen physicists’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [28 February 1866] ). Darwin …
… A London holiday In April Darwin went with his wife, Emma , and daughter Henrietta, to London, …
… him owing to the beard he had grown over the past few years. Emma described the Royal Society event …
… me to worship Bence Jones in future—’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 May 1866 ). Darwin himself …
… isn’t it?’), as well as the role that she and Emma continued to play in safeguarding Darwin’s health …
… poor Susan’s loneliness’ ( letter from E. C. Langton to Emma and Charles Darwin, [6 and 7? January …

Scientific Networks

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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…

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… and colonial authorities. In the nineteenth-century, letter writing was one of the most important …
… tapping into the networks of others, such as Joseph Dalton Hooker and Asa Gray, who were at leading …
… when strong institutional structures were largely absent. Darwin had a small circle of scientific …
… in times of uncertainty, controversy, or personal loss. Letter writing was not only a means of …
… of face-to-face contact. His correspondence with Joseph Hooker and Asa Gray illustrates how close …
… section contains two sets of letters. The first is between Darwin and his friend Kew botanist J. D. …
… Letter 736 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 23 Feb [1844] Darwin begins with a charming …
… J. D. Hooker to take Scott on at Kew. Darwin notes that Emma begs him not to employ him at Down. He …
… Letter 1176 — Darwin, C. R. to Darwin, Emma , [20–1 May 1848] Darwin writes to his wife Emma . …

Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health

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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…

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… On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July …
… … of having grown older’. This portrait, the first of Darwin with his now famous beard, had been …
… 52 hours without vomiting!! In the same month, Darwin began to consult William Jenner, …
… prescribed a variety of antacids and purgatives, and limited Darwin’s fluid intake; this treatment …
… the dimorphic aquatic cut-grass Leersia . In May, Darwin finished his paper on Lythrum …
… and he received more letters of advice from Jenner. In a letter of 15 December [1864] to the …
… As Darwin explained to his cousin William Darwin Fox in a letter of 30 November [1864] , ‘the …
… observations indoors ( Correspondence vol. 11). In a letter of [27 January 1864] , Darwin …
… by which leaves produce tendrils’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [8 February 1864] ). Darwin’s …
… peduncles to test sensitivity, and in his request to Hooker for another specimen: ‘I want it …
… household news, were sometimes written by Darwin’s wife, Emma , or by Henrietta. Darwin’s own replies …
… case of Dimorphism’ in Menyanthes ( letter from Emma and Charles Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [20 …
… with his stipend being paid by Darwin himself ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [1 April 1864] ). …
… often at odds with one another: ‘Gardeners are the very d—l, & where two or three are gathered …
… enough to play your part over them’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [2 April 1864] ). …
… … they do require very careful treatment’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 8 April 1864 ). Nevertheless …
… he saw few people outside the family and, according to Emma Darwin’s diary and his own ‘Journal’, …

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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… On 6 March 1868, Darwin wrote to the entomologist and accountant John Jenner Weir, ‘If any …
… he ought to do what I am doing pester them with letters.’ Darwin was certainly true to his word. The …
… and sexual selection. In Origin , pp. 87–90, Darwin had briefly introduced the concept of …
… in satisfying female preference in the mating process. In a letter to Alfred Russel Wallace in 1864, …
… to the stridulation of crickets. At the same time, Darwin continued to collect material on …
… his immediate circle of friends and relations. In July 1868 Darwin was still anticipating that his …
… which was devoted to sexual selection in the animal kingdom. Darwin described his thirst for …
… as well say, he would drink a little and not too much’ ( letter to Albert Günther, 15 May [1868] ) …
… in January 1868. A final delay caused by the indexing gave Darwin much vexation. ‘My book is …
… ). Darwin sympathised, replying on 14 January , ‘I sh d have a very bad heart, as hard as …
… to read a few pages feel fairly nauseated’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 February [1868] ). But such …
… away’ that sparked the most discussion. Darwin wrote to Hooker on 23 February , ‘did you look at …
… thought it was by Gray himself, but Darwin corrected him: ‘D r Gray would strike me in the face, …
… editor of the London and Westminster Review . When Hooker later tried to refute the claims of the …
… a scamp & I begin to think a veritable ass’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 1 September [1868] ). …
… information on colour changes in the canary (letters from J. J. Weir, [26] March 1868 and 3 …
… added, ‘for it is clear that I have none’ ( letter to J. J. Weir, 30 May [1868] ). Sexual …
… at Cambridge, George Robert Crotch, writing to his mother Emma in a letter dated [after 16 October …
… and received a number of reports from family members. Emma Darwin’s niece, Cicely Mary Hawkshaw, …
… old daughter Katherine ( letter from C. M. Hawkshaw to Emma Darwin, 9 February [1868] ). Darwin’s …
… other national papers, and within a few days Darwin and Emma were receiving letters of …

Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots

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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…

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… There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1879 on this website. The full texts …
… 27 of the print edition of The correspondence of Charles Darwin , published by Cambridge …
… to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an …
… the sensitivity of the tips. Despite this breakthrough, when Darwin first mentioned the book to his …
… many blessings, was finding old age ‘a dismal time’ ( letter to Henry Johnson, 24 September 1879 ) …
… Darwin had written: ‘The worst thing I find now is this d—n’d old age, which creeps slily upon one, …
… but made up for her lack by pointing out that her cousin Emma Nixon had ‘the enviable talent of …
… admiration of his grandfather: ‘The more I read of Dr. D. the higher he rises in my estimation.’ …
… and letter from Leonard Darwin, [before 12 July] 1879 ). Emma Darwin also thought the text needed …
… it, leaving Darwin ‘more perplexed than ever about life of D r . D’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, …
… of radicles were sensitive ( letter from Francis Darwin to Emma Darwin, 30 June 1879 ). It was …
… Nonetheless, Darwin endured a three-hour delay better than Emma Darwin, and Bernard proved to be a …
… insisted that all contact between Horace and Ida must cease. Emma Darwin persuaded her husband to …
… some consequence when you are not likely to make money’ (Emma Darwin to Sara Darwin, [1 July 1879] …
… when the acorns failed to ripen, Darwin had to ask Joseph Hooker to come to his rescue by sending …
… scarlet oak: ‘to be planted in my honour!’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 4 November [1879] ). While in …
… knowledge—observation & experiment’ ( letter from J. F. Moulton, 10 December 1879 ). In reply …
… image of the frog be published in Nature ( letter to J. N. Lockyer, 4 and 6 March [1879] ). …
… and his family to the Riviera for the summer ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 23 July 1879 ). Allen, who …
… prospects were precarious. Darwin contacted Joseph Hooker on 17 December to ask his opinion: ‘I …

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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… heart & soul care for worms & nothing else in this world,’ Darwin wrote to his old …
… to adapt to varying conditions. The implications of Darwin’s work for the boundary between animals …
… studies of animal instincts by George John Romanes drew upon Darwin’s early observations of infants, …
… of evolution and creation. Many letters flowed between Darwin and his children, as he took delight …
… Financial support for science was a recurring issue, as Darwin tried to secure a Civil List pension …
… with Samuel Butler, prompted by the publication of Erasmus Darwin the previous year. …
… my grandfather’s character is of much value to me’ ( letter to C. H. Tindal, 5 January 1880 ). …
… 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 …
… condemn by anticipation the position I have taken as regards D r Erasmus Darwin in my book …
… Butler, 3 January 1880 ). At the top of Butler’s letter , Emma Darwin wrote: ‘it means war we think’ …
… my excitement’ ( letter from Horace Darwin to Emma Darwin, [18 September 1880] ). Darwin’s …
… and thus one looks to prevent its return’ ( letter from J.-H. Fabre, 18 February 1880 ). Darwin …
… letting them out of their respective bags ( letter from G. J. Romanes, [6, 13, or 20] March 1881 ) …
… received more attention than the baby!’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, 17 December 1880 , and …
… to the greatest biologist of our time’ ( letter from W. D. Roebuck to G.

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