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1879 Letters now online

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In 1879, Darwin continued his research on movement in plants and researched, wrote, and published a short biography of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin as an introduction to a translation of an essay by Ernst Krause on Erasmus’s scientific work. Darwin’s son…

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… In 1879, Darwin continued his research on movement in plants and researched, …
… and published a short biography of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin as an introduction to a …
… most of August on holiday in the Lake District. In October, Darwin’s youngest son, Horace , became …
… myself a perfect fool to have undertaken such a job. ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 1 December [1879] ) …
… until the preface was longer than the translated article. Darwin contacted cousins, sent his sons to …
… little book, with low but respectable sales, and Darwin was relieved to hear that his friends …
… to common sense & not to professional advisors . ( Letter to the Darwin children, 21 …
… a specialised centre for receiving certain irritations ( Letter t o Francis Darwin, 2 July …
… other to attend to the real interests of the country . ( Letter to T. H. Farrer, 23 October 1879 …
… of the politicians seemed to be elsewhere. Horace has as sweet a temper & as …
… or distinction, & more even than strong health . ( Letter to T. H. Farrer, 13 October 1879 ) …
… his opposition to the match between his daughter, Ida, and Horace . The two families had known each …

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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… The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early …
… dispute over an anonymous review that attacked the work of Darwin’s son George dominated the second …
… 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] ). …
… 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] …
… 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] …
… that Mr Williams was ‘a cheat and an imposter’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 27 January 1874 ). …
… his, ‘& that he was thus free to perform his antics’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 29 January [1874 …
… Darwin had allowed ‘a spirit séance’ at his home ( letter from T. G. Appleton, 2 April 1874 ). …
… were family affairs. Coral reefs His son Horace had suggested a new edition of the …
… were also doing well. Despite ill health, his youngest son Horace began the year by taking the …
… without being bad & have done pretty well’ ( letter to Horace Darwin, 9 January [1874] ). …
… Kent. After a month’s trial Darwin wrote to the firm about Horace ’s illness: ‘My son is most …

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. …
… Erasmus’s life and other bits of family history. On 1 January , a distant cousin, Charles …
… 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 …
… of [William Alvey Darwin],’ George wrote on 28 May 1880 , ‘I … said you were anxious not to …
… 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 ). …
… While on honeymoon with his new wife, Ida, in the Alps, Horace spotted worms at high elevations, …
… saw a steam tram—imagine my excitement’ ( letter from Horace Darwin to Emma Darwin, [18 September …
… elected fellow of the Royal Society. He rejoiced to see Horace and Ida settled in their new home in …

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 ) …
… wrinkles one all over like a baked pear’ ( enclosure in letter from R. W. Dixon, 20 December 1879 …
… itself, or gone some other way round?’ At least the last letter of 1879 contained a warmer note and …
… by a person from his solicitor’s office to complete Horace ’s marriage settlement ( letter from W. M …
… but they were ‘as nice and good as could be’ ( letter from Karl Beger, [ c. 12 February 1879] ) …
… objection to the engagement between his daughter Ida and Horace Darwin. This was all the more …
… at the Farrers’ home, Abinger Hall, on several occasions. Horace had first approached Farrer to …
… Farrer’s objection was based on his impression of Horace ’s poor health and lack of profession, and …
… reported, because Darwin told Farrer ‘a great deal about Horace that he did not know, especially …
… Farrer did not relent. While the Darwins were in Coniston, Horace was instructed to wait for three …

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 – performance version – 25 March 2007 – 1 Re: Design – Adaptation of the …
… 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 …
… predominantly read the words of the following: Actor 1 – Asa Gray Actor 2 – Charles …
… Agassiz, Adam Sedgwick, A Friend of John Stuart Mill, Emma Darwin, Horace Darwin… and acts as a sort …
… the play unfolds and acting as a go-between between Gray and Darwin, and between the audience and …
… speech begins. THE VERY CITADEL OF NATURAL THEOLOGY: 1887-1888 In which are described …
… 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 his paper on Darwin. THE SAND WALK: 1844 In which Darwin, at home in …
… his University) and is much less his own man. A letter from England catches his attention …
… 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 …
… might like to see it; please be sure [to] return it. If your letter is Botanical and has nothing …
… Atlantic. HOOKER: 28 Thanks for your letter and its enclosure from A. Gray which …
… My dear Gray. I must tell you that the other day [my boy Horace ] overheard me talking about …
… DARWIN: I answered ‘Oh yes.’ HORACE : Well then, what did they say about the kinds of …
… answered that these were all due to man’s agency. HORACE : But do not wild plants vary? …
… who ‘formerly’ believed in such conclusions. I believe Horace is a prophetic type, as Agassiz would …

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 …
… Expression during a trip to Egypt. Letter 7223 - Darwin to Wedgwood, L. C., …
… is making similar observations for him. Letter 6535 - Vaughan Williams , M. S. …
… of a crying baby to Darwin's daughter, Henrietta. Letter 7179 - Wedgwood, …
… on furrows and earthworm activity to her brother-in-law, Horace . She has dug a number of trenches, …

2.19 Montford, bust at the Royal Society

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< Back to Introduction Horace Montford’s marble bust of Darwin at the Royal Society, dating from 1898, derives from his bronze statue at Shrewsbury. It was normal for sculptors to re-use their models in this way for the creation of busts and…

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… < Back to Introduction Horace Montford’s marble bust of Darwin at the Royal Society, …
… men, and attract new commissions. Montford’s portrayal of Darwin proved exceptionally popular, and …
… was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1899 (no. 2023). Here Darwin’s coat is drawn across his chest, …
… Wedgwood, daughter of Hensleigh Wedgwood; Hensleigh was Darwin’s brother-in-law and cousin. Farrer’s …
… Royal Society with an offer to lend another of his busts of Darwin for inspection by the Fellows, …
… (image number RS.13314)   originator of image Horace Montford   date of creation …
… Society, from the Society’s records. Royal Society New Letter Book for 1902, letters from Robert …

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, …
… set of selected letters is followed by letters relating to Darwin's 1881 publication …
… work are referenced throughout Variation . Letter 2395 - Darwin to Holland, …
… her identity is both anonymised and masculinised. Letter 3316 - Darwin to Nevill, D …
… Darwin’s Fertilisation of Orchids . Letter 4038 - Darwin to Lyell, C., …
… being acknowledged publicly as a science critic. Letter 4370 - Wedgwood, L. C. to …
… are identified only as “friends in Surrey”. Letter 4794 - Darwin to Lyell, C., [25 …
… Sir C. Lyell” or received from “Miss. B”. Letter 7060 - Wedgwood, F. J. to …
… was referenced in the final publication. Letter 7223 - Darwin to Wedgwood, L. C …
… are not cited in Expression . Letter 5817 - Darwin to Huxley, T. H., …
… Darwin, H., [1 November 1877] Darwin asks his sons, Horace and Francis, to observe …
… - Darwin, H. to Darwin, [7 October 1880] Horace writes to his father with information …
… St Tibbs Row. Darwin proudly referenced the work of "My son Horace" in Vegetable Mould …

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 …
… 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 …
… and his immediate circle of friends and relations. In July 1868 Darwin was still anticipating that …
… 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] ) …
… been advertised by the publisher John Murray as early as 1865, the two-volume work appeared in …
… would be a great loss to the Book’. But Darwin’s angry letter to Murray crossed one from Dallas to …
… of labour to remuneration I shall look rather blank’ ( letter from W. S. Dallas, 8 January 1868 ). …
… if I try to read a few pages feel fairly nauseated’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 February [1868] ). …
… reviews. On 7 August 1868 , he wrote him a lengthy letter from the Isle of Wight on the formation …
… would strike me in the face, but not behind my back’ ( letter to John Murray, 25 February [1868] ) …
… ignorant article… . It is a disgrace to the paper’ ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 24 February [1868] …
… at Leonards success’, Darwin wrote to his youngest son, Horace , on 26 July , ‘is it not splendid? …

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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… Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive …

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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… I cannot bear to think of the future The year 1876 started out sedately enough with …
… games. ‘I have won, hurrah, hurrah, 2795 games’, Darwin boasted; ‘my wife … poor creature, has won …
… regarding the ailments that were so much a feature of Darwin family life. But the calm was not to …
… four days later. ‘I cannot bear to think of the future’, Darwin confessed to William on 11 …
… 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 …
… nowadays is evolution and it is the correct one’ ( letter from Nemo, [1876?] ). …
… him ‘basely’ and who had succeeded in giving him pain ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 17 June 1876 ). …
… disgrace’ of blackballing so distinguished a zoologist ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 29 January 1876 ) …
… for the real machine.’ It was the mechanically minded Horace , however, who was the first to type a …
… it is. ’ After describing how you ‘ play on keys ’, Horace pointed out that in less than a day he …
… to present it to the Royal Society. He was pleased that Horace was off to Birmingham to lecture to …

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…

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… The power of movement in plants , published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work …
… about their research while he was away from home. Although Darwin lacked a state of the art research …
… the advantages of both while Francis was working abroad. Darwin was privy to the inner workings of …
… methods and use the most advanced laboratory equipment. Darwin also benefitted from the instrument …
… plant physiology, but it was at its core informed by Darwin’s theory of evolution, particularly by …
… ‘One general law or system’ In the early 1860s, at a time when his health was especially …
… and plants under domestication , eventually published in 1868, became too strenuous. His paper, ‘On …
… in the Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) in 1865, and was an attempt to explain the …
… reproduced as a small book, giving it a much wider audience. Darwin was not the first naturalist to …
… from correspondents in response to the work, and by 1873 began preparing a second edition, which …
… had considered combining the works in a single volume ( letter to J. V. Carus, 7 February 1875 ). …
… off as completely as possible ’. He had also asked Horace to discuss the point with his friend …
… , a plant that exhibited all three types of movement ( letter from R. I. Lynch, [before 28 July …
… made ’. Jemmy (a nickname for Darwin’s youngest son Horace ) did, indeed, design an improved version …
… the woodblock using photography for scientific accuracy ( letter from J. D. Cooper, 13 December …
… lost colour, withered, and died within a couple of days ( letter from A. F. Batalin, 28 February …
… how their observations could have been so much at odds ( letter to Hugo de Vries 13 February 1879 …
… the botanist Gaetano Durando, to find plants and seeds ( letter to Francis Darwin, [4 February – 8 …
… but a version of it was made by Darwin’s youngest son Horace , who also made an improved version of …
… only the regulator & not cause of movement ’. In the same letter , Darwin discussed terminology, …
… to replace Frank’s ‘Transversal-Heliotropismus’ ( letter from W. E. Darwin, 10 February [1880] ). …
… experiments and devised a new test, which he described in a letter to his mother, ‘ I did some …

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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… and footnotes of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for …
… licentiousness’. After re-reading what George had written, Darwin wrote: I cannot …
… , scurrilous accusation of [a] lying scoundrel.— ( Letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] …
… behaviour in scientific society. Find out more about how Darwin and his family and friends dealt …
… everything more quietly, as not signifying so much. ( Letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ) …
… have started the subject & that must be enough for me ( Letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] …
… work takes five times more time than the positive ( Letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 August [1874] ) …
… enjoyed a day more in my life than this day’s work ( Letter to D. F. Nevill, 18 September [1874] …
… career, married Amy Ruck and came to live in Down village as Darwin’s secretary. I …

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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… In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the …
… for scientific colleagues or their widows facing hardship. Darwin had suffered from poor health …
… ‘I feel a very old man, & my course is nearly run’ ( letter to Lawson Tait, 13 February 1882 ) …
… upstairs with the aid of a special chair. The end came on 19 April. Plans were made for a burial in …
… 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 …
… working at the effects of Carbonate of Ammonia on roots,’ Darwin wrote, ‘the chief result being that …
… for some hours in a weak solution of C. of Ammonia’. Darwin’s interest in root response and the …
… on roots’, read at the Linnean Society of London on 6 and 16 March, respectively. In January, …
… François Marie Glaziou (see Correspondence vol. 28, letter from Arthur de Souza Corrêa, 20 …
… experiments had been conducted to lend support to Darwin’s theory of pangenesis (see …
… 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 ). …
… we know about the life of any one plant or animal!’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). He …
… of seeing the flowers & experimentising on them’ ( letter to J. E. Todd, 10 April 1882 ). …
… find stooping over the microscope affects my heart’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). …
… rest’ ( letter to Anthony Rich, 4 February 1882 ). Horace had settled in Cambridge with his wife, …

Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers

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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…

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… In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, …
… a very old man, who probably will not last much longer.’ Darwin’s biggest fear was not death, but …
… do’, he wrote despondently to Joseph Dalton Hooker on 15 June , concluding, ‘I must look forward …
… provision for the dividing of his wealth after his death. Darwin’s gloominess was compounded by the …
… and new admirers got in touch, and, for all his fears, Darwin found several scientific topics to …
… Evolution old and new when revising his essay on Erasmus Darwin’s scientific work, and that Darwin …
… his accusations in Unconscious memory in November 1880 and in an abusive letter about Darwin in …
… memory in Kosmos and sent Darwin a separate letter for publication in the Journal of Popular …
… within the family, Henrietta explained to Stephen on 10 January , hoping that he did not think …
… made a small omission ’. Stephen’s reply on 12 January was flattering, reassuring, and …
… kindest which I have ever received,’ he told Stephen on 13 January , ‘& ... when in the dead …
… Buckley’s delight was evident when she told Darwin on 13 January : ‘I have always felt that your …
… was another source of pleasure in the early months of 1881. This book had been a major undertaking …
… publishers decided to print ‘500 more, making 2000’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 January 1881 ) …
… the animal learnt from its own individual experience ( letter from G. J. Romanes, 7 March 1881 ). …
… whether observations of their behaviour were trustworthy ( letter to Francis Galton, 8 March [1881] …
… about the sale of books being ‘a game of chance’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 12 April 1881 ). On 18 …
… for more suggestions of such plants, especially annuals ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 21 March …
… supposed he would feel ‘less sulky in a day or two’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 29 July 1881 ). The …
… dead a work falls at this late period of the season’ ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 30 July 1881 ). …
… was the progress of his sons’ careers. The success of Horace ’s recently established Cambridge …
… the help of Lord Rayleigh, George Darwin, and Horace Darwin—the task of defending Darwin’s arguments …
… grandson, was born in Cambridge. His parents, Ida and Horace Darwin, named him Erasmus in honour of …

Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts

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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…

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… At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition …
… had surfaced since the fourth edition appeared at the end of 1866 and had told his cousin William …
… & I am sick of correcting’ ( Correspondence vol. 16, letter to W. D. Fox, 12 December [1868 …
… Well it is a beginning, & that is something’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [22 January 1869] ). …
… material on emotional expression. Yet the scope of Darwin’s interests remained extremely broad, and …
… plants, and earthworms, subjects that had exercised Darwin for decades, and that would continue to …
… Carl von Nägeli and perfectibility Darwin’s most substantial addition to Origin was a …
… Nägeli, a Swiss botanist and professor at Munich (Nägeli 1865). Darwin had considered Nägeli’s paper …
… principal engine of change in the development of species. Darwin correctly assessed Nägeli’s theory …
… reassess their support for natural selection (see Cittadino 1990, pp. 122–3, 128–30). Nägeli …
… in most morphological features (Nägeli 1865, p. 29). Darwin sent a manuscript of his response (now …
… made any blunders, as is very likely to be the case’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 January 1869 ). …
… are & must be morphological’. The comment highlights Darwin’s apparent confusion about Nägeli’s …
… ‘purely morphological’. The modern reader may well share Darwin’s uncertainty, but Nägeli evidently …
… pp. 28–9). In further letters, Hooker tried to provide Darwin with botanical examples he could use …
… than I now see is possible or probable’ (see also letter to A. R. Wallace, 22 January [1869] , …
… is strengthened by the facts in distribution’ ( letter to James Croll, 31 January [1869] ). Darwin …
… tropical species using Croll’s theory. In the same letter to Croll, Darwin had expressed …
… a very long period before the Cambrian formation’ ( letter to James Croll, 31 January [1869] …
… data to go by, but don’t think we have got that yet’ ( letter from James Croll, 4 February 1869 ). …
… I d have been less deferential towards [Thomson]’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 19 March [1869] ). …
… completed revisions of the ‘everlasting old Origin’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 1 June [1869] ), he was …

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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… is to lessen injury to leaves from radiation In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his …
… in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of experiments to …
… plant laboratories in Europe. While Francis was away, Darwin delighted in his role as …
… from botanical research was provided by potatoes, as Darwin took up the cause of an Irish …
… would rid Ireland of famine. Several correspondents pressed Darwin for his views on religion, …
… closed with remarkable news of a large legacy bequeathed to Darwin by a stranger as a reward for his …
… Hooker, ‘or as far as I know any scientific man’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December [1878] ). …
… and Expression ), and the final revision of Origin (1872), Darwin had turned almost …
… plants.’ Movement in plants In the spring of 1878, Darwin started to focus on the …
… were enrolled as researchers, as were family members. Darwin asked his niece Sophy to observe …
… or arched.… Almost all seedlings come up arched’ ( letter to Sophy Wedgwood, 24 March [1878–80] ). …
… when he finds out that he missed sensitiveness of apex’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [11 May 1878] …
… Darwin complained. ‘I am ashamed at my blunder’ ( letter to John Tyndall, 22 December [1878] ). …
… accursed German language: Sachs is very kind to him’ ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 18 June …
… have nobody to talk to, about my work, I scribble to you ( letter to Francis Darwin, 7 [July 1878] …
… but it is horrid not having you to discuss it with’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 20 [July 1878] ). …
… determine whether they had chlorophyll, Francis reported ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 …
… not easily be obtained at Down House, but Francis thought Horace’s abilities were a match for German …
… the one here is far from well made.’ (Jemmy or Jim was Horace’s nickname.) Francis was …

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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… In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in …
… 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 …
… found acceptance at the time Origin was published. In 1836, Jacques Boucher de Perthes had found …
… been supposed, but his views were<

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Matches: 15 hits

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Matches: 22 hits

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Matches: 9 hits

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Matches: 17 hits

Summary

Matches: 23 hits

Summary

Matches: 22 hits

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Matches: 19 hits

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Matches: 20 hits