To Hermann Müller 18 July 1880
Summary
Enjoyed HM’s castigation of Gaston Bonnier ["Gaston Bonniers angebliche Widerlegung der modernen Blumentheorie", Kosmos 7 (1880): 219–36].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller |
| Date: | 18 July 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 441 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12473 |
From G. H. Darwin [July 1880?]
Summary
Unable to acquire pure trypsin. W. F. Kühne is probably the only man who had it. Will send an almost pure sample out of which A. S. Lea makes pancreatic ferment.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [July 1880?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 64.2: 94 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12644 |
To Theodor von Heldreich 1 July 1880
Summary
Thanks for essay.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Theodor Heinrich Hermann (Theodor) von Heldreich |
| Date: | 1 July 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 145: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12646 |
From Asa Gray 3 July 1880
Summary
Confirmation of CD’s idea: AG planted seeds Ipomœa pandurata. One seed has come up and its germination is same as of I. leptophylla.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 July 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 186: 52 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12646F |
From Francis Galton 5 July 1880
Summary
Thanks for mentioning CarlVogt, to whom he will write.
Comments on Dr Erasmus Darwin’s interest in mental imagery.
| Author: | Francis Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 July 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: A104–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12647 |
From E. A. Darwin 8 July [1880]
Summary
Details about tithes.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 July [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B113 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12648 |
From W. S. Dallas 8 July 1880
Summary
The article [Francis Darwin, "Climbing plants"] has appeared in Popular Science Review [n.s. 4 (1880): 213–29].
Asks CD to allow John [Richard de Capel] Wise to dedicate a poem to him.
| Author: | William Sweetland Dallas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 July 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12649 |
To E. H. Stanley 8 July 1880
Summary
Thanks EHS (Lord Stanley) for his trouble in providing information about the Niagara affair.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward Henry Stanley, 15th earl of Derby |
| Date: | 8 July 1880 |
| Classmark: | Liverpool Record Office, Liverpool Central Library (920 DER (15) 43/9/21/3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12649F |
To H. W. Jackson 9 [July 1880]
Summary
CD would be happy to receive the members of the Lewisham and Blackheath Scientific Association at Down.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry William Jackson |
| Date: | 9 [July 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 26(ii) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12650 |
To John Murray 10 July 1880
Summary
Asks advice on size of printing for Movement in plants. Expects it to sell a few copies for some years. Asks price of paper and of printing of 250 copies. Sends instructions for the index.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 10 July 1880 |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 370–1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12651 |
To H. W. Jackson 15 July 1880
Summary
Thanks HWJ for his kind note. If the weather had been better CD could have made the visit [of the Lewisham & Blackheath Scientific Association] more agreeable.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry William Jackson |
| Date: | 15 July 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 146: 3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12652 |
From Lawson Tait 15 July [1880]
Summary
The Birmingham Philosophical Society wishes to establish a Darwin prize medal for original scientific work. A fund is being raised to support research. Asks CD to contribute.
| Author: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 July [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 99: 215–216 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12653 |
From R. F. Cooke 15 July 1880
Summary
Movement in plants will be 600 pages. Does CD wish to publish at own expense or on the usual terms with Murray? Estimates expense of printing and possible profit.
| Author: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 July 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 506 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12654 |
From James Geikie 15 July 1880
Summary
Wishes to publish CD’s explanation of positions of stones in certain gravelly drifts in a forthcoming book [Prehistoric Europe (1881)].
| Author: | James Murdoch (James) Geikie |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 July 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12655 |
From C. L. van der Burg and H. Cretier 15 July 1880
Summary
Announces CD’s election as a Corresponding Member.
| Author: | Cornelis Leendert van der Burg; H. Cretier |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 July 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 107 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12656 |
To C. L. van der Burg [after 15 July 1880]
Summary
Thanks for the honour of election.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Cornelis Leendert van der Burg |
| Date: | [after 15 July 1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 107v |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12657 |
To R. F. Cooke 16 July 1880
Summary
CD had intended to pay costs of publishing Movement in plants because he did not think it fair that Murray should risk publishing a purely scientific work. He would certainly prefer publishing on the usual terms if JM decided to do so. The book contains much new and curious matter, but there are very few persons in England interested in physiological botany.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray |
| Date: | 16 July 1880 |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms. 42152 ff. 372–3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12658 |
To Lawson Tait 16 July [1880]
Summary
Is honoured by RLT’s announcement, and offers a contribution to the Birmingham scientific fund.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait |
| Date: | 16 July [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 202: 86 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12659 |
From E. W. Badger 17 July 1880
Summary
Gives history of the Union; explains plan to encourage original work by offering an annual "Darwin Prize". Asks CD’s permission to use his name.
| Author: | Edward William Badger |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 July 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 14 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12660 |
To E. W. Badger [19 July 1880]
Summary
CD is honoured to have a medal named after him by an organisation [Midland Union of Natural History Societies] dedicated to the advancement of science. [See 12660.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edward William Badger |
| Date: | [19 July 1880] |
| Classmark: | Manchester Guardian, 2 May 1882, p. 6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12660A |
| letter | (37) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (19) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (2) |
| Dallas, W. S. | (2) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (2) |
| Geikie, James | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (18) |
| Badger, E. W. | (2) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (2) |
| Jackson, H. W. | (2) |
| John Murray | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (37) |
| Cooke, R. F. | (4) |
| John Murray | (4) |
| Badger, E. W. | (3) |
| Darwin, G. H. | (3) |
7 Suffolk St, London
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Recommending Darwin
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- … Henslow is asked to recommend a naturalist to accompany Fitzroy, and Darwin is invited on the …
Darwin’s queries on expression
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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
Summary
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…
Matches: 8 hits
- … in the shape of an arch ( Movement in plants , pp. 96–7). As usual, staff at the Royal Botanical …
- … my work, I scribble to you ( letter to Francis Darwin, 7 [July 1878] ). Two weeks later he wrote: …
- … Francis reported ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] ): ‘The oats have only just …
- … the bedded out one’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 7 July 1878] ). Sachs’s confidence was …
- … are here & all adoring Bernard’, he wrote to Francis on 7 July . ‘Bernard is very sweet & …
- … to refuse,’ he wrote to William Spottiswoode on 7 July . Pinker later made a statue of Darwin for …
- … generations’ ( enclosure to letter to T. H. Farrer, 7 March 1878 ). In the end, the attempt to …
- … from a person unknown to him. The benefactor wrote on 7 December : ‘I consider that you, more …
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
Matches: 6 hits
- … they make the house jolly’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 January [1865] ). Darwin was ready to …
- … folly & nonsense to try anyone’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 January [1865] ). He particularly …
- … to his publisher, John Murray, ‘Of present book I have 7 chapters ready for press & all others …
- … bear the expense of the woodcuts ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 January [1865] ). After sending the …
- … and Darwin summarised them in Variation 2: 106–7, concluding, ‘it follows from Mr. Scott’s …
- … of real improvement in health’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 January [1865] ). All the children …
Darwin on marriage
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On 11 November 1838 Darwin wrote in his journal ‘The day of days!’. He had proposed to his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, and been accepted; they were married on 29 January 1839. Darwin appears to have written these two notes weighing up the pros and cons of…
British Association meeting 1860
Summary
Several letters refer to events at the British Association for the Advancement of Science held in Oxford, 26 June – 3 July 1860. Darwin had planned to attend the meeting but in the end was unable to. The most famous incident of the meeting was the verbal…
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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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- … taking a clear position on the transmutation of species. 7 Later, he wrote to Lyell himself, …
- … 1863a are discussed in Bynum 1984, pp. 154–9. 7. See Correspondence vol. 11, letter …
- … vol. 11, letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March [1863] and n. 7. 9. See Correspondence …
- … 14, doc. 183–4). 15. Letter from T. H. Huxley, 7 March 1865, in BL MSS ADD 49641. …
Henrietta Darwin's diary
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Darwin's daughter Henrietta kept a diary for a few momentous weeks in 1871. This was the year in which Descent of Man, the most controversial of her father's books after Origin itself, appeared, a book which she had helped him write. The small…
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- … Fordingbridge ( Hampshire Advertiser , 21 January 1871, p. 7). The missions were organised by …
- … priests ending with a mission meeting in the schoolroom at 7.30 where there was most of the …
- … the question was the certainty of results. 7 Then I emboldened myself to discover m. of …
- … in the Hampshire Advertiser , 21 January 1871, p. 7. 4 Probably John Bourdieu …
Frank Chance
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The Darwin archive not only contains letters, manuscript material, photographs, books and articles but also all sorts of small, dry specimens, mostly enclosed with letters. Many of these enclosures have become separated from the letters or lost altogether,…
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,…
'An Appeal' against animal cruelty
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The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma and Charles Darwin (see letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [29 September 1863]). The pamphlet, which protested against the cruelty of steel vermin…
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- … 1863], and letter from Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, [7 December 1863]). Although none of the replies …
- … single design fitted the requirements (Moss 1961, pp. 146–7). During the early 1870s the RSPCA …
- … the campaign had little direct effect (Moss 1961, pp. 146–7, Emma Darwin 2: 200). …
- … the possible alternatives (see letter from E. L. Darwin, 7 September 1863, letter from Emma Darwin …
- … his sisters during his boyhood ( Autobiography , pp. 26–7). As an adult, he took pains to prevent …
- … and family who enjoyed the sport (see Autobiography , pp. 78–9, Correspondence vol. 7, letter …
- … categories of wild birds by sportsmen (Sheail 1976, pp. 22–7, Allen 1994, p. 177), and which some …
- … pp. 60–2, 124–128, Worster 1985, pp. 179–80, 184–7). An appeal It is a …
- … A. B., 6 Mr. Strong, Printer, Bromley, Kent. 7 or to Mrs C. Darwin | Downbar …
Darwin's notes for his physician, 1865
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On 20 May 1865, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that John Chapman, a prominent London publisher who had studied medicine in London and Paris in the early 1840s, visited Down to consult with Darwin about his ill health. In 1863 Chapman started to treat…
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- … ice treatment on 20 May 1865. In his letter to Chapman of 7 June 1865, he reported that the ice had …
- … Jenner, and George Busk (see letter to J. D. Hooker, [7 January 1865], and letter from George Busk, …
- … from William Jenner to [William Walmisley Baxter?], [after 7 May 1864?], and letter from William …
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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- … ‘Without cutting him direct’, he advised Darwin on 7 January , ‘I should avoid him, & if he …
- … can make several parts clearer,’ Darwin reiterated on 7 November , ‘I believe (though I hope I am …
- … ancestry. ‘You know better than anybody’, he wrote on 7 January , ‘how infinitely great is the …
- … the Duke of Wellington on art (Max Müller 1875, pp. 305–7). The debate between Max Müller and …
- … Down with Thiselton-Dyer ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 7 July 1875 ). It was Thiselton-Dyer …
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
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- … the public in this way ( see letter from J. D. Hooker, [7 May 1863] , and Appendix VII). He also …
- … [1863] , and letter from Julius von Haast, 21 July [–7? August] 1863 ). Darwin was subsequently …
- … paper with satisfaction ( see letter to John Scott, 7 November [1863] ). Scott had referred …
- … he could send him to the war ( see letter from Asa Gray, 7 July 1863 ). Darwin shared this letter …
List of correspondents
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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…
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- … (1) Asher, G. M. (7) Ashley, Miss (1 …
- … (4) Aubertin, J. J. (7) Aussant-Carà, Paul …
- … (1) Aveling, E. B. (7) Axon, W. E. A. …
- … (16) Balfour, J. H. (7) Ball, John …
- … (36) Baxter, William (7) Baynes, H. M. …
- … (1) Blair, R. A. (7) Blair, R. H. (4 …
- … (3) Boott, Francis (7) Boott, Mary …
- … (1) Chambers, Robert (7) Chance, Frank …
- … (3) Clarke, R. T. (7) Clarke, T. W. …
- … (6) Darwin, V. H. (7) Darwin, Violetta …
- … (1) Dowie, Annie (7) Down Friendly Society …
- … (2) Farr, William (7) Farrar, F. W. …
- … (28) Fitzgerald, R. D. (7) Fitzmaurice, Edmond …
- … (2) Forel, Auguste (7) Forster, L. M. …
- … (3) Gordon, George (b) (7) Goschen, G. J. …
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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- … 31 January [1881] and 19 February [1881] ). On 7 March , Darwin sent his discussion of the …
- … its own individual experience ( letter from G. J. Romanes, 7 March 1881 ). The difficulty with …
- … judge this seems true’, Darwin reported to Romanes on 7 August . Family joys An …
- … 1881 ). The publication date was 10 October, but by 7 October Darwin learned that 1200 copies …
- … in 1881, the year ended with the happy news of a birth. On 7 December, Charles and Emma Darwin’s …
Interview with Randal Keynes
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Randal Keynes is a great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin, and the author of Annie’s Box (Fourth Estate, 2001), which discusses Darwin’s home life, his relationship with his wife and children, and the ways in which these influenced his feelings about…
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … at the end of Congo voyage [R. Brown 1818]. (Hooker 923) 7 read Decandolle Philosophie …
- … 1835] read Marcel de Serres Cavernes d’Ossements 7 th Ed. 10 8 vo . [Serres 1838] …
- … de S t Hilaire 1832 [I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1832–7] contains all his fathers views Quoted by …
- … 3 vols. 8vo. et atlas de 20 planches. ibid, 1832–36. £1 7 s . 25 [I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire …
- … of Agriculture by Loudon [Loudon 1831]. Book I. ch. 7 & Book II. Ch. 8. Book. VII. ch 8, 11. …
- … Vestiges of Nat: Hist: of Creation. Churchill: 1844. 7 s ” 6 d . [Chambers] 1844] in which …
- … Birds of Himalaya [Gould 1834] (& of Europe?) [Gould 1832–7] & of Australia [Gould 1848]; …
- … Campbells Lives of Chancellors [J. Campbell 1845–7] last vol. Ludlows Memoirs …
- … 1849] (read) Knox. Ornithological Ramble in Sussex. 7. 6. [A. E. Knox 1849] J. Lubbock has …
- … Gresly Mem. of Helvetic Soc. of Neuchatel on Jura. 1846, or 7, or 8 [?Marcou 1845]. 46 Morris …
- … Vol. V of Campbells Chancellors [J. Campbell 1845–7] Lives of the Lindsays [Lindsay 1849] …
- … Scott’s life [Lockhart 1837–8] 1 st 2 nd & 7 th vols. Abercrombie on the …
- … ] Oct 3 Lavater’s Phisiognomy [Lavater 1806–7] Malthus on Population [Malthus 1826] …
- … added notes from 2 d Edit [Holland 1840].— Feb 7 th . Lord Brougham Dissertation …
- … 1687 to 1766 inclusive, and from beginning to 1674 7 th Skimmed Burn’s Poems [Burns 1786]. …
- … Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar ]. Vol 1— to 7. M.S. Translat.— from 1740. 2 d . vol …
- … S. Romilly’s Memoirs [Romilly 1840]. moderate Feb. 7 th Sartor Resartus [Carlyle 1834] …
- … marriage [S. E. Ferrier] 1824 and 1818].— 18 th . 7 th & 8 th . Vol of Hume’s …
- … Essays [Bacon 1825–36]— dull, & crabbid style May 7 th Skimmed a little of Tucker’s …
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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- … ‘almost indispensable’ ( letter from Ernst Krause, 7 June 1879 ). Darwin welcomed Krause’s …
- … meet the local celebrity, John Ruskin. Marshall wrote on 7 September that Ruskin, the day after …
- … dogma’, Mary Jung, a young Austrian woman, wrote on 7 January . ‘When my reason agrees with your …
- … be an atheist, Darwin told the clergyman John Fordyce on 7 May , ‘It seems to me absurd to doubt …
- … work in such an outstanding way’, Würtenberger wrote on 7 February , after receiving £100 from …
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 …
- … the works in a single volume ( letter to J. V. Carus, 7 February 1875 ). While Climbing plants …
- … turgescence and growth ( letter from Hugo de Vries, 7 August 1879 ). Darwin replied, ‘ I thank …
