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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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  • … as he confessed to his old  Beagle  shipmate Bartholomew James Sulivan, ‘it was an illusory hope.— …
  • … the publication in 1872 of  Corals and coral islands , by James Dwight Dana, an American zoologist …
  • … conduct (see Correspondence vol. 22, Appendix V and Dawson 2007, pp. 77–81). Darwin first …
  • … failure of observations in New Zealand (see G. B. Airy ed. 1881). Darwin’s third son Francis …
  • … Asa Gray, 12 May 1874 ). The Manchester physician James Ross offered an alternative …
  • … that it protected the teeth of combatants ( letter from James Ross, September 1874 ). The …