To Karl von Scherzer 22 September 1876
Summary
Thanks for sending Moritz Wagner’s letter and his essays [on "Der Naturprocess der Artbildung" in Das Ausland (1875)]. Will read them and write to Wagner when his health is better.
Declines to receive Scherzer at Down.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Karl von Scherzer |
| Date: | 22 Sept 1876 |
| Classmark: | Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 405 A. Gift of the Burndy Library) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10613 |
Matches: 11 hits
- … Naturprocess der Artbildung" in Das Ausland (1875)]. Will read them and write to Wagner …
- … Bibliography Wagner, Moritz. 1875. Der Naturproceß der Artbildung. …
- … Das Ausland , 31 May 1875, pp. …
- … 425–8; 7 June 1875, pp. …
- … 449–52; 14 June 1875, pp. …
- … 473–5; 21 June 1875, pp. …
- … 490–3; 28 June 1875, pp. …
- … 513–16; 19 July 1875, pp. …
- … 570–5; 26 July 1875, pp. 589–93. Wagner, Moritz. 1889. Die Entstehung der Arten durch …
- … der Artbildung’ (The natural process of species formation; Wagner 1875 ) appeared between …
- … May and July 1875 in Das Ausland . It was later reprinted in a posthumous collection of …
To Moritz Wagner 13 October 1876
Summary
Comments on essays by MW [Das Ausland, May 1875]. Criticises his theory of isolation as source of species change: "But my strongest objection to your theory is that it does not explain the manifold adaptations in structure in every organic being". Believes MW has misunderstood his views: "I believe that all the individuals of a species can be slowly modified within the same district … I do not believe that one species will give birth to two or more new species, as long as they are mingled together within the same district."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Moritz Friedrich (Moritz) Wagner |
| Date: | 13 Oct 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 198; LL 3: 159 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10643 |
Matches: 12 hits
- … it the name Saturnia bolli (see Wagner 1875 , pp. 491–2). The text of this letter down …
- … Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859. Wagner, Moritz. 1875. Der Naturproceß der Artbildung. …
- … Das Ausland , 31 May 1875, pp. …
- … 425–8; 7 June 1875, pp. …
- … 449–52; 14 June 1875, pp. …
- … 473–5; 21 June 1875, pp. …
- … 490–3; 28 June 1875, pp. …
- … 513–16; 19 July 1875, pp. …
- … 570–5; 26 July 1875, pp. 589–93. …
- … Comments on essays by MW [ Das Ausland , May 1875]. Criticises his theory of isolation as …
- … formation in September 1876 ( Wagner 1875 ; see letter to Karl von Scherzer, 22 September …
- … passive, were increased (see Wagner 1875 , pp. 451–2). Picus is a genus of woodpeckers; …
To G. H. Darwin [after 4 September 1876]
Summary
Has received a baffling article on God, immortality, and socialism under a Darwinian point of view.
Clerk Maxwell has disagreed with CD on molecular calculations in relation to Pangenesis in Encyclopaedia Britannica article ["Atom", Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed. (1875) 3: 36–49].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | [after 4 Sept 1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 66 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10338 |
Matches: 8 hits
- … Britannica article ["Atom", Encyclopaedia Britannica , 9th ed. (1875) 3: 36–49]. …
- … CD’s theory of heredity (see Maxwell 1875 , p. 42). Erasmus Alvey Darwin was CD’s brother. …
- … www.britannica.com/ Maxwell, James Clerk. 1875. Atom. Encyclopaedia Britannica 9th ed. …
- … 3: 36–49. Müller, Hermann. 1875–6. Die Bedeutung der Honigbiene für unsere Blumen. …
- … des Vereins der deutschen Bienenwirthe 31 (1875): 81–2, 102–4, 109–11, 122–5, 138–41, 165– …
- … s paper on cousin marriages ( G. H. Darwin 1875 ; G. H. Darwin 1876a , pp. iii–vi). CD’s …
- … was the last two instalments of H. Müller 1875–6 . Wilhelm Parow sent CD a copy of his …
- … written the article on the atom ( Maxwell 1875 ; see also Harman ed. 1990–2002, 2: 445– …
To Henry Edwards 1 March [1876]
Summary
Comments on paper by HE [see 10328].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Edwards |
| Date: | 1 Mar [1876] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.486) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10411 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Weismann 1875a ) in W. H. Edwards 1875 . A copy is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. …
- … Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Edwards, Henry. 1875. Darlingtonia californica . [ …
- … Read 6 September 1875. ] Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 6: 161– …
- … 6. Edwards, William Henry. 1875. An abstract of Dr. Aug. Weismann’s paper on ‘The …
- … vol. 23, letter from Henry Edwards, 26 December 1875 . Edwards sent his paper on the …
- … Darlingtonia californica ( H. Edwards 1875 ) accompanied by dried specimens and a coloured …
- … to Henry Edwards, [after 26 December 1875] ( Correspondence vol. 23), CD acknowledged …
To S. B. Herrick 6 March 1876
Summary
CD came to believe Drosera drew its nourishment from insects because it grows where no other plants survive. Doubts glands are modified stomata.
Suggests works by Grönland and Trécul.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Sophie McIlvaine Bledsoe (Sophie) (Bledsoe) Herrick |
| Date: | 6 Mar 1876 |
| Classmark: | University of Virginia Library, Special Collections (3314 1: 61 MSS 3361-a) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10415 |
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- … Monthly Microscopical Journal ( Bennett 1875 ). See letter from S. B. Herrick, 12 February …
- … Bibliography Bennett, Alfred William. 1875. The absorptive glands of …
- … carnivorous plants. [Read 1 December 1875. ] Monthly Microscopical Journal 15 (1876): 1–5. …
- … absorptive glands of carnivorous plants’ was read on 1 December 1875 and appeared in the …
To Otto Zacharias 10 May 1876
Summary
Promises to send sheets of his new book [Cross and self-fertilisation].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Otto Zacharias |
| Date: | 10 May 1876 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.492) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10502 |
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- … first written to CD about his plans for a journal to be called Darwinia in June 1875; in …
- … August 1875 he stated that he needed twenty-four collaborators in order for the periodical …
- … to be successful ( Correspondence vol. 23, letters from Otto Zacharias , 3 June 1875 and …
- … 19 August 1875 and n. 3). …
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [4 February 1876]
Summary
Congratulates WTT-D on [election of E. Ray Lankester to] Linnean Society.
Mentions visit to Royal Society.
Pleased to see George Bentham looking well.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | [4 Feb 1876] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 56–7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10380 |
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- … Linnean Society (see n. 2, below). In December 1875, Thiselton-Dyer had proposed Edwin Ray …
- … Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London (1875–6): ii; see Correspondence vol. 23, …
- … letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 December 1875 ). CD had seconded Thomas Henry Huxley’s renewed …
- … Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London (1875–6): iii; see Correspondence vol. 23, …
- … letter to J. J. Weir, 18 December [1875] , and this volume, letter to J. D. Hooker, 29 …
- … Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 24 (1875–6): 250). George Bentham . CD stayed …
To C. S. Wedgwood 20 April 1876
Summary
Grieves over poor account of her health. Emma and Henrietta are also ill.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Date: | 20 Apr 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 153: 3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10461 |
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- … vol. 23, letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 24 December [1875] and n. 8). Leonard …
- … had been stationed in Malta since September 1875 (see Correspondence vol. 23, letter to C. …
- … E. Norton, 7 October 1875 and n. 6). He came to Down on 8 May 1876 ( Emma Darwin’s diary ( …
- … II , visited the Darwins from 29 June to 1 July 1875 at Abinger, Surrey; the Darwins were …
- … where she had been taken ill in August 1875, in a special train and bed carriage; see …
To Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg 22 March 1876
Summary
All who battle in the cause of evolution do good service.
Has no questions about the natural history of Bermuda.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg |
| Date: | 22 Mar 1876 |
| Classmark: | Knox College Seymour Library, Special Collections and Archives (Henry Smith Williams Manuscript Collection vol. 3, p. 47) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10424 |
To James Torbitt 26 January 1876
Summary
Obliged for Belfast Journal.
Almost impossible to determine what constitutes an individual. Definition for sexually reproducing organisms does not apply to lower ones.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Torbitt |
| Date: | 26 Jan 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 91 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10368 |
To Asa Gray 28 January 1876
Summary
Thanks for reviews of Insectivorous plants and of Climbing plants in Nation and American Journal Science [see 10329].
AG’s essay on seed dispersal ["Burs in the borage family", Am. Nat. 10 (1876): 1–4].
Preparing book on advantages of crossing [Cross and self-fertilisation].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 28 Jan 1876 |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (111) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10370 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Correspondence : The correspondence of …
- … By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875. Orchids : On the various contrivances by …
- … 23, letter from Asa Gray, 28 December 1875 . In his paper on burrs in the borage family ( …
- … tendrils. In his letter of 28 December 1875 ( Correspondence vol. 23), Gray gave CD …
To Lawson Tait 2 March 1876
Summary
Thanks RLT for his letter. CD took much trouble over his two cases [regrowth of amputated supernumerary digits, in Variation] but the evidence was shaky.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Date: | 2 Mar 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 527 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10414 |
To W. D. Fox 26 May [1876]
Summary
Caroline [Wedgwood] has been ill for the last 20 months.
James Paget to be consulted about William Darwin’s brain concussion.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | 26 May [1876] |
| Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Pearce/Darwin Fox collection RBSC-ARC-1721-1-11) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10515 |
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- … 10 June (‘Journal’ (Appendix II)). In July 1875, Fox had made inquiries about seeing CD; …
- … vol. 23, letter from W. D. Fox, 16 July [1875] , and Appendix II). Fox’s letter has not …
- … a visit to Felixstowe, probably in August 1875 (see Correspondence vol. 23, letter from E. …
- … A. Darwin to Emma Darwin, 1 September [1875? ] and n. 2). In April 1876, she had told CD …
To G. J. Romanes 29 April [1876]
Summary
Congratulates GJR on lecture ["The physiology of the nervous system of Medusa", Not. Proc. R. Inst. G. B. 8 (1875–8): 166–77].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 29 Apr [1876] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.490) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10482 |
To Fritz Müller [9 February 1876]
Summary
Has sent FM’s letter on to Nature ["Brazil kitchen middens, habits of ants, etc.", Nature 13 (1876): 304–5].
Would be grateful for Ceropegia seeds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Date: | [9 Feb 1876] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 38) (EH 88205868) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10384 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Müller’s letter to CD of 25 December 1875 ( Correspondence vol. 23) was printed in …
- … 304–5. In his letter of 25 December 1875 ( Correspondence vol. 23), Müller had enclosed …
- … found. In his letter of 12 September 1875 ( Correspondence vol. 23), Müller had written …
- … Müller wrote his letter of 25 December 1875 ( Correspondence vol. 23), his situation had …
To Karl von Scherzer 24 December 1876
Summary
Thanks for volume on craniology
and for suggestion to Austrian Government that CD receive volumes on Novara voyage.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Karl von Scherzer |
| Date: | 24 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10733 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … und Staatsdruckerei. Zuckerkandl, E. 1875. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara: 1. …
- … The volume on craniology ( Zuckerkandl 1875 ) was the last to be published in the series …
- … expedition was published between 1861 and 1875 ( Novara expedition 1861–75); Hochstetter …
- … Darwin Library–CUL, in addition to Zuckerkandl 1875 . Scherzer’s wife was Julie Karoline …
To Mary Treat 1 June 1876
Summary
Thanks MT for her article ["Is the valve of Utricularia sensitive?", Harper’s New Mon. Mag. 52 (1875): 382–7]. Does not understand why he failed to detect movement [in Utricularia], but it appears from her observations that the valve is sensitive.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Davis; Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Treat |
| Date: | 1 June 1876 |
| Classmark: | Amy Nagashima (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10523 |
To J.-B. Liagre 18 July 1876
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of publications of the Académie royale de Belgique.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Jean-Baptiste Liagre |
| Date: | 18 July 1876 |
| Classmark: | Académie royale de Belgique (Bibliothèque et Archives) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10561F |
To G. H. Darwin 8 January [1876]
Summary
Asks GHD to calculate average or mean heights of crossed and self-fertilised plant species.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Howard Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Jan [1876] |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.1: 50 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10348 |
To G. J. Romanes 4 June [1876]
Summary
Joseph Fayrer can supply cobra poison.
Discusses vivisection.
Mentions visit to the John Hawkshaws.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George John Romanes |
| Date: | 4 June [1876] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.494) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10529 |
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Darwin, Francis | (2) |
| Tait, Lawson | (8) |
| Carus, J. V. | (4) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (4) |
| Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. | (4) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (80) |
| Tait, Lawson | (8) |
| Carus, J. V. | (4) |
| Darwin, Francis | (4) |
| Romanes, G. J. | (4) |
Origin is 160; Darwin's 1875 letters now online
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To mark the 160th anniversary of the publication of Origin of species, the full transcripts and footnotes of nearly 650 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1875 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1875…
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- … of nearly 650 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1875 are published online for the first …
- … it behaved in similar ways to the Drosera secretion. In 1875, Klein was a very controversial …
- … I liked the man .’ Other highlights from the 1875 letters include: I am very …
- … of my books. ( Letter to R. F. Cooke, 29 June [1875] ) Darwin wrote this to his …
- … new Editions . ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 August [1875] ) Darwin also completed …
- … this possible ( Letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 January [1875] ) Agitation for a law …
- … made false statements ( Letter to John Lubbock, 8 April 1875 ) Relations between the …
- … always succeeds ( Letter to G. H. Darwin, 13 October [1875] ) Darwin wrote …
- … help his father and brothers with scientific instruments: in 1875, he designed a hygrometer. …
- … his great works ( Letter to A. B. Buckley, 23 February 1875 ) The year was saddened …
- … in my time ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, [12 December 1875] ) In December, Darwin was …
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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- … during his periods of severe illness. Yet on 15 January 1875 , Darwin confessed to his close …
- … mouthpiece of ‘Jesuitical Rome’ ( Academy , 2 January 1875, pp. 16–17). ‘How grandly you have …
- … again & again’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 January 1875 ). Darwin had also considered …
- … learned of Klein’s testimony from Huxley on 30 October 1875 : ‘I declare to you I did not believe …
- … carried out on live animals in laboratories. In January 1875, he received details of experiments by …
- … printing an additional 250 ( letter to John Murray, 3 May 1875 ). In the event, the book …
- … in a review of the book in the Academy , 24 July 1875, by Ellen Frances Lubbock: ‘in Utricularia …
- … born (letter from E. F. Lubbock, [after 2 July] 1875). Back over old ground …
- … which I had long wished to see,’ he wrote on 21 April 1875 , ‘and now that I have seen it, I am …
- … do a good deal of “hammering”,’ he wrote on 14 July 1875 . ‘I shall not let Pangenesis alone …
- … his own theory of heredity in a series of articles in 1875 and 1876, based partly on his studies of …
- … & more’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [ c . February 1875?] ). By May, having finished …
- … proofmaniac’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, 1 and 2 May [1875] ). But Francis also found …
- … on astronomy, or the Duke of Wellington on art (Max Müller 1875, pp. 305–7). The debate between Max …
- … researches (Carus trans. 1875b; the series is Carus trans. 1875–87). More controversial was the …
- … Darwin wrote: ‘An anonymous compliment | received Feb 16th 1875’. The great and the good …
- … Insectivorous plants ( letter to D. F. Nevill, 15 July [1875] ). Such visitors from the upper …
- … I can talk to anyone’ ( letter to John Lubbock, 3 May [1875] ). Finally it was arranged for the …
- … of twining plants (letters from Lawson Tait, 16 March [1875] and 27 March [1875] ). ‘As I am …
- … Nepenthes & will soon publish’, Darwin warned on 17 July 1875 . But Tait was undaunted. He …
- … Thiselton-Dyer ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 7 July 1875 ). It was Thiselton-Dyer who …
- … was appropriate for so distinguished a nominee. Already in 1875, Lankester had been elected a fellow …
- … of Lyell’s failing health from Hooker in 1874 and January 1875. On 22 February, he was notified of …
- … ‘high type’ ( letter from Woodward Emery, 17 September 1875 ). …
Darwin and vivisection
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Darwin played an important role in the controversy over vivisection that broke out in late 1874. Public debate was sparked when the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals brought an unsuccessful prosecution against a French physiologist who…
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- … the Trichinae’ (letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 January [1875] ). Darwin also worried that any bill …
- … their own petition (letter to T. H. Huxley, 14 January 1875 ). In the event, Darwin became …
- … within Darwin’s family. In his letter of 14 January 1875 to Huxley, Darwin mentioned the effect …
- … (letter from Emma Darwin to F. P. Cobbe, 14 January [1875] ). In the course of the public …
- … to Huxley (letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 12 February 1875 ). Darwin was in London from 31 …
- … sketch for a petition (letter from T. H. Huxley, [4 April 1875] ). This was evidently passed back …
- … on 7 April (letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 7 April [1875] ), and circulating it to others in …
- … were made (letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, 10 April 1875 ), and another version was prepared …
- … of Lords (see letter to J. S. Burdon Sanderson, [11 April 1875] ). He was still unsure whether …
- … Royal Society of London (letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 April [1875] ). The next day he wrote to …
- … else you think best’ (letter to E. H. Stanley, 15 April 1875 ). After further consultations, a …
- … are evident in Darwin’s correspondence in April and May 1875. The initial petition (DAR …
- … order of the clauses. In the revised sketch, dated 24 April 1875, the penalty for unlawful …
- … at this alteration (letter from T. H. Huxley, 19 May 1875 , letter from J. S. Burdon Sanderson, …
- … corrections had been made (letter to Lyon Playfair, 26 May 1875 , and letter from Lyon Playfair, …
- … ( Hansard Parliamentary Debates , 3d ser., vol. 224 (1875), col. 794). A Royal Commission was a …
- … the RSPCA. The commission met between 5 June and 15 December 1875, examining fifty-three witnesses, …
I never trusted Drosera: From E. F. Lubbock, [after 2 July] 1875
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Francis Neary has set his favourite letter to music (with additional vocals and bass by Deen Manning). The satirical verses were sent to Darwin by Ellen Frances Lubbock in 1875 after the publication of his book on insectivorous plants. They…
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- … verses were sent to Darwin by Ellen Frances Lubbock in 1875 after the publication of his book on …
Animals, ethics, and the progress of science
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Darwin’s view on the kinship between humans and animals had important ethical implications. In Descent, he argued that some animals exhibited moral behaviour and had evolved mental powers analogous to conscience. He gave examples of cooperation, even…
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- … but inconclusive (see letter from G. J. Romanes, 14 July 1875 ). Eventually Romanes, who had …
- … physiologists’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 18 July 1875 ). Darwin was concerned that the method be …
- … let loose from hell’ ( letter to F. B. Cobbe, [14 January 1875] ). Darwin’s involvement in …
- … position most frankly in a letter to Henrietta, 4 January [1875] . I have long thought …
- … present agitation. ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 January [1875] ) Darwin worked closely …
- … death in this country. ( letter To T. H. Huxley, 14 January 1875 ) Legislation was passed …
Cross and self fertilisation
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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
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- … on this subject. ( To J. V. Carus 7 February 1875 ). In fact, Darwin had planned a new set of …
- … fact seems to me all important.’ ( To Asa Gray, 30 May [1875] ). In earlier papers on plants with …
- … any material aid to plants in fertilization?’ (Meehan 1875) prompted Darwin to inform him that he …
- … to plants to intercross’ ( To Thomas Meehan, 3 October 1875 ). Hermann Müller had also read Meehan …
- … obscure this matter’ ( From Hermann Müller, 23 October 1875 ). The Italian botanists were …
- … plants that crossing was of little importance (Pedicino 1875; Comes 1875). Darwin was philosophical, …
- … Kölreuter’s papers’ ( To Hermann Müller, 26 October 1875 ). Darwin’s copy of Johann Kölreuter’s …
- … in the conditions’ ( To Ernst Haeckel, 13 November 1875 ). He added on a darker note, ‘What I …
- … papers in the same book ( To J. V. Carus, 25 December 1875 ). As Darwin continued to write …
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),…
Thomas Burgess
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As well as its complement of sailors, the Beagle also carried a Royal Marine sergeant and seven marines, one of whom was Thomas Burgess. When the Beagle set sail he was twenty one, having been born in October 1810 to Israel and Hannah Burgess of Lancashire…
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- … about him again until he opened a letter from him in March 1875 . It was written from Rainow, a …
Movement in Plants
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The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … sketch showing his system of selection, 21 May 1875 J. G. Joyce's report of …
4.34 'Punch', Sambourne cartoon 1
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< Back to Introduction Linley Sambourne’s cartoon in Punch, a ‘Suggested Illustration’ for Darwin’s forthcoming book on The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants (1875) is another playful transformation of the author into an ape or monkey. However,…
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- … book on The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants (1875) is another playful transformation of …
- … forms. A writer in the Gardeners’ Chronicle in March 1875 remarked that Darwin had ‘invested …
- … Sambourne date of creation December 1875 computer-readable date …
- … references and bibliography Punch vol. 69 (11 December 1875), p. 242. Gardeners’ Chronicle …
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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- … vol. 23, letter from Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg, 20 September 1875 ). He began to compile an account …
- … end of the previous year. He had been incensed in December 1875 when the zoologist Edwin Ray …
- … The controversial issue had occupied Darwin for much of 1875. In January 1876, a Royal Commission …
- … to Insectivorous plants , which was published in July 1875, with a US edition published later …
- … in February 1876 (despite bearing a publication date of 1875), Darwin must have been gratified by …
- … Darwin, who had communicated the paper to the society in 1875 at Tait’s request, with the ‘awful job …
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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- … not retract his criticism in his own second edition (Dana 1875, p. 274). Descent …
- … (Correspondence vol. 23, from J. D. Hooker, 3 January [1875] ), preferring to attack Mivart in …
- … Anthropogenie in the Academy (2 January 1875; see Appendix V, pp. 644–5) . The affair …
- … wrote a polite, very formal letter to Mivart on 12 January 1875 , refusing to hold any future …
- … and a second French edition was published in January 1875 ( letter from C.-F. Reinwald , 4 February …
Fake Darwin: myths and misconceptions
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Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, with full debunking below...
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Climbing Plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A monograph by which to work After the publication of On the Origin of Species, Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, The Descent of Man, and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals in…
Vivisection: Darwin's testimony to the Royal Commission
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Wednesday, 3rd November 1875. Mr. Charles Darwin called in and examined. 4661. (Chairman.) We are very sensible of your kindness in coming at some sacrifice to yourself to express your opinions to the Commission. We attribute it to the great…
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- … Wednesday, 3rd November 1875. Mr. Charles Darwin called in and examined. …
Vivisection: first sketch of the bill
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Strictly Confidential Mem: This print is only a first sketch. It is being now recast with a new & more simple form – but the substance of the proposed measure may be equally well seen in this draft. R.B.L. | 2 586 Darwin and vivisection …
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- … cited for all purposes as “The Experiments on Animals Act, 1875.” SCHEDULE. …
- … under the provisions of “The Experiments on Animals Act, 1875,” empowering me to make experiments on …
- … under the provisions of the Experiments on Animals Act, 1875, that the above-named M.N. is enaged in …
- … under the provisions of the Experiments on Animals Act, 1875, accompanied by Certificate, such as is …
1.6 Ouless oil portrait
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< Back to Introduction The first commissioned oil portrait of Darwin was painted by Walter William Ouless, who was given sittings at Down House in March 1875. The idea for such a portrait came from Darwin’s son William, who as far back as 1872 had…
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- … Ouless, who was given sittings at Down House in March 1875. The idea for such a portrait came from …
- … the resulting picture was shown at the Royal Academy in May 1875, the Times reviewer noted …
- … Walter William Ouless date of creation March 1875 computer-readable date …
- … and letter from Charles Darwin to Joseph Hooker, 30 March [1875], DCP-LETT-9905. ‘The Royal Academy’ …
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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- … to an end. The dispute was not resolved until early 1875, and, even then, not to Darwin’s complete …
- … from J. D. Hooker, 29 December 1874 ). By January 1875, Mivart had still not made any …
- … book Anthropogenie , in the Academy , 2 January 1875. ‘Possessed by a blind animosity against …
- … (Mivart was a Catholic convert.) On 12 January 1875 , Darwin finally wrote to Mivart, …
- … article in a letter published in the Academy , 16 January 1875, p. 66, signed, ‘The Quarterly …
Insectivorous Plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Plants that consume insects Darwin began his work with insectivorous plants in the mid 1860s, though his findings would not be published until 1875. In his autobiography Darwin reflected on the delay that…
