To George Varenne Reed 1 July [1859]
Summary
Sends payment for Francis Darwin’s tutoring. Inquires about possible arrangements for his son Leonard, who is slow and not well, to attend with Francis.
Asks whether he can have a cutting of GVR’s carrion-smelling Arum which he needs for an experiment.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Varenne Reed |
| Date: | 1 July [1859] |
| Classmark: | Buckinghamshire Record Office (D 22/39/2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2474 |
To A. C. Ramsay 1 July [1859]
Summary
Thanks for answer to queries.
Expresses intention of reporting observations of traces of life in the Long Mynd beds and asks permission to cite ACR on his recent discovery of fossils in the Laurentian marbles of Canada.
Urges ACR’s investigation of Glen Roy problems.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Andrew Crombie Ramsay |
| Date: | 1 July [1859] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2851 |
| letter | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Ramsay, A. C. | (1) |
| Reed, G. V. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Ramsay, A. C. | (1) |
| Reed, G. V. | (1) |
Moral Nature
Summary
In Descent of Man, Darwin argued that human morality had evolved from the social instincts of animals, especially the bonds of sympathy and love. Darwin gathered observations over many decades on animal behavior: the heroic sacrifices of social insects,…
