To J. J. Weir 13 March [1868]
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Thanks for facts about birds displaying plumage during courtship; "for Butterflies I must trust to analogy altogether in regard to sexual selection".
Invites JJW to visit in summer.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Jenner Weir |
| Date: | 13 Mar [1868] |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Egerton MS 2952: 8–10) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6009 |
From Giovanni Canestrini 13 March 1868
Summary
On the proportions of the sexes in silk moths, fish, and eels.
| Author: | Giovanni Canestrini |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Mar 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 86: A25 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6010 |
| letter | (2) |
| Canestrini, Giovanni | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Weir, J. J. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Canestrini, Giovanni | (1) |
| Weir, J. J. | (1) |
3.13 Edwards 'Representative Men'
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< Back to Introduction A sequel to Portraits of Men of Eminence appeared in 1868, published by the London firm of Alfred William Bennett and again edited by Edward Walford. It was titled Representative Men in Literature, Science, and Art. The…
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The evolution of a misquotation
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We gave you six things Darwin never said (despite what you may read elsewhere). None of the fake soundbites is more insidious than the first: It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is…
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From J. D. Hooker 26[–7] February 1868KewFeby 26th/68Dear Darwin I have been bursting with impatience to hear what you would say of the Athenæum Review & who wrote it— I could not conceive who…
