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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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- … There are summaries of all Darwin's letters from the year 1879 on this website. The full texts …
- … Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas by the German science …
- … his publishers, he warned that it was ‘dry as dust’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 9 September 1879 ). …
- … turned out, alas, very dull & has disappointed me much’ ( letter to Francis Galton, 15 [June …
- … of his son Horace to Ida Farrer, stepdaughter of Darwin’s niece Katherine Euphemia Farrer (Effie), …
- … wrinkles one all over like a baked pear’ ( enclosure in letter from R. W. Dixon, 20 December 1879 …
- … itself, or gone some other way round?’ At least the last letter of 1879 contained a warmer note and …
- … he was to be visited by a person from his solicitor’s office to complete Horace’s marriage …
- … but they were ‘as nice and good as could be’ ( letter from Karl Beger, [ c. 12 February 1879] ) …
- … Haeckel, who had rebutted the physician Rudolf Virchow’s attempt to discredit evolutionary theory in …
- … pride and with the greatest satisfaction, on your life’s work, which is crowned with glory’ ( …
- … to wish Darwin a ‘long and serene evening of life’. This letter crossed with one from Darwin, …
- … the statement ‘In the beginning was carbon’ ( letter from Hermann Müller, 14 February 1879 ). …
- … as the ‘organ of “uncultivated materialism”’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 2 June 1879 ]). …
- … & would please Francis’, he pointed out ( letter from E. A. Darwin, 13 March [1879 ]). …
- … thought ‘perfect in every way’ ( letter from E. A. Wheler, 25 March 1879 ). She suggested that …
- … say that he has opposed it’ (letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [4 August 1879] (DAR 219.1: …
- … it dominated the picture (letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [17 July 1879] (DAR 219.9: …
- … men of science quarrelled (letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [6 September 1879] (DAR 219.1: …
Darwin and religion in America
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Thomas Dixon, 'America’s Difficulty with Darwin', History Today (2009), reproduced by permission. Darwin has not been forgotten. But he has, in some respects, been misremembered. That has certainly been true when it comes to the relationship…
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- … America’s Difficulty with Darwin Thomas Dixon __________ …
- … beetles and barnacles, not the Bible. His wife’s religious beliefs also had to be handled gently: …
- … scholars at Cambridge University who have made Darwin’s complete works available online, try to …
- … true understanding must be sought both in the book of God’s word and in the book of God’s works: in …
- … Kent, October 1 st , 1859.’ Down House was Darwin’s home, a rural retreat where he conducted …
- … prepared to be more open about his religious doubts. In a letter written late in his life (one …
- … description of my state of mind.’ Whatever Darwin’s own doubts, by 1882 most believers seemed …
- … worries about evolution, and a famous spat between Darwin’s friend Thomas Huxley and the Bishop of …
- … Farrar assured the assembled dignitaries that Darwin’s theory posed no threat to belief in God. …
- … people to read ‘many hitherto undeciphered lines in God’s great epic of the universe’. …
- … about half of the population deny the truth of Darwin’s theory and believe, instead, that human …
- … in the wake of the First World War, to protect America’s Christian culture from erosion by the …
- … ‘fundamentalist sectarian conviction was and is the law’s reason for existence’. The decision …
- … to follow William Jennings Bryan in wanting children’s religious beliefs to be protected by the …
- … Judge John E. Jones ruled that the Dover Area School Board’s policy of requiring biology teachers to …
- … Dover, Pennsylvania that took place in the wake of Jones’s ruling, all eight members of the board …
- … rather, ‘Who shall control our public schools?’ Bryan’s answer was that it should not be an …
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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- … of variation in animals in the different isl ds of E Indian Archipelago— [DAR *119: 6v.] …
- … [Reimarius 1760] The Highlands & Western Isl ds letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824 …
- … 1834–40]: In Portfolio of “abstracts” 34 —letter from Skuckard of books on Silk Worm …
- … M rs Fry’s Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . of Ossory [Walpole 1848] …
- … Life of L d . Clive. by Malcolm [Malcolm 1836] H. Dixon Life of Pen [W. H. Dixon 1851].— …
- … Asiatic Society ]—contains very little Macleay’s letter to D r Fleming [Macleay 1830] …
- … th Surville-Marion [Crozet 1783]. Fanning [Fanning 1833], Dixon [G. Dixon ed. 1789]. Voyages …
- … 15 Erman’s Siberia [Erman 1848] (dull) Dec 25. Dixon on Poultry [E. S. Dixon 1848] …
- … … de Lyon ]. Tom I. 1838. nothing July 16 th Dixon. Pigeons [E. S. Dixon 1851].— …
- … [Heer 1854].— Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] …
- … of the material from these portfolios is in DAR 205, the letter from William Edward Shuckard to …
- … ( Notebooks , pp. 319–28). 55 The letter was addressed to Nicholas Aylward Vigors …
- … ou, iconographie de toutes les espèces et variétés d’arbres, fruitiers cultivés dans cet …
Moral Nature
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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,…
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- … instincts that humans shared with animals. Darwin's moral theory was the most …
- … compassion, guilt, and the pangs of conscience. Darwin's theory was condemned by The Times …
- … save another. Letters Letter 7048 : Darwin, W. E., to Darwin, …
- … but rather in a muddle on the whole subject" Letter 7645 : Morley, John to Darwin, …
- … discussion of the relationship between his theory and Mill's utilitarian ethics. "I …
- … but 'in the air' from generation to generation." Letter 7685 : Darwin to …
- … that man ever existed as a non-social animal." Letter 7691 , Morley, John, to …
- … the moral sense, at a time when Paris is aflame". Letter 7145 : Darwin to Cobbe, F. …
- … apes & savages at the moral sense of mankind." Letter 7149 : Cobbe, F. P. to …
- … metaphysics & physics form one great philosophy?" Letter 7470 : Wedgwood, …
- … in feelings of shame, and the praise or blame from one's fellows. "Shame is the …
- … which look with reverence or respect is shame." Letter 7537 : Darwin, C. R. to …
- … dissatisfied with himself & regret his conduct." Letter 9377 : Darwin, C. R. to …
- … the same so-called instinctive nature as before?" Letter 12610 : Preston, S. T. to …
- … or random) is Self or Self-Interest." Letter 12615 : Darwin, C. R. to Preston, …
- … instance) jumps into a river to save a life without a second's reflexion (either from an innate …
