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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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  • ends without regard to any Divine law. Mr. Darwin (p. 413) himself speaks of difficulty in carrying
  • was savage ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [6 December 1874] ). Hooker and Huxley between them decided
  • admit his authorship of the attack on George ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December 1874 ). Huxley
  • attacked a friend of mine.’ ( Enclosure to letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 .) A reply
  • still wrote to Mivart , in a letter that he circulated to Hooker and Darwin, that it was necessary
  • inferior Deities do battle with the infernal powers.’ What Hooker, Huxley, and Darwin were proposing
  • someone who was not willing to reply. However, for men in Hookers, Huxleys, and Darwins social
  • could look like both cliquishness and the abuse of power. (Hooker was president and Huxley secretary
  • was reluctant to have the matter stirred up even more. Hooker, on the other hand, was meditating
  • from John Tyndall, 28 December 1874 , and letter from J. D. Hooker, 29 December 1874 ). …