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3.10 Ernest Edwards, 'Men of Eminence'
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< Back to Introduction In 1865 Darwin was invited to feature in another series of published photographs, Portraits of Men of Eminence in Literature, Science and Art, with Biographical Memoirs . . . The Photographs from Life by Ernest Edwards, B.A.…
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- … November 1865 and April 1866. Darwin’s account book (among Down House MSS) indicates that on 2 March …
- … survives in the Lindley Library of the Royal Horticultural Society. Another surviving photograph, a …
- … was to sit to him several more times. They remained on friendly terms, and in 1872, Darwin even …
- … print references and bibliography Letter from Darwin to Edward Walford, 22 [Jan. – April …
- … (1866), ‘Charles Robert Darwin’, pp. 49–52. Draft of a letter from Darwin to Edwards, commending him …
Darwin and the Church
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The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
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- … theory for religion. His local activities in the village of Down paint a fascinating picture of a …
- … & I can see it even through a grove of Palms.—’ (letter to Caroline Darwin, 25–6 April [1832] …
- … wrote to the contrary: ‘I am sorry to see in your last letter that you still look forward to the …
- … near the British Museum or some other learned place’ (letter from E. A. Darwin, 18 August [1832] …
- … it is a sort of scene I never ought to think about—’ (letter to W. D. Fox, [9–12 August] 1835 ). …
- … but assuredly not that of a clergyman. The parish of Down In 1842, within six years of …
- … involved. Although he was not the principal landowner in Down, Darwin was a gentleman of means, and …
- … Innes (1817–94). Innes was named perpetual curate of Down in 1846 (Crockford’s). Innes was a High …
- … However, what remains is cordial; in the first extant letter of the correspondence, Darwin wrote to …
- … (a local charity), which he administered from 1848 to 1869 (letter to J. B. Innes, [8 May 1848] …
- … he would make an excellent Guardian [of the Poor Fund]’ (letter to J. W. Lubbock, 28 March [1854] …
- … club the use of his own lawn for its meetings (Moore 1985; letter to J. S. Henslow, 17 January …
- … entrusted the family’s dog, Quiz, when he moved away from Down (letter to J. B. Innes, 15 December …
- … was considered to be a cross between a cow and a red deer (letter from J. B. Innes, 7 December …
- … Darwin was developed not only by years of daily contact in Down, but also by also by several decades …
- … and the appointment of curates. The village of Down did not fare well under this system. The …
- … been sold. In fact, some years before the Darwins arrived in Down, the parsonage had actually been …
- … following Innes’s departure. In Innes’s absence, Down suffered through a succession of short …
- … he came into contact with. His involvement with the Friendly Club and village school did not …
- … Frances. 1995. The nineteenth-century church and English society. Cambridge: Cambridge University …
Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, by John Clunies Ross. Transcription by Katharine Anderson
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[f.146r Title page] Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle Supplement / to the 2nd 3rd and Appendix Volumes of the First / Edition Written / for and in the name of the Author of those / Volumes By J.C. Ross. / Sometime Master of a…
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- … Latin, Spanish, English, and French – prose and poetry – down to the Chilian newspapers of the other …
- … – here however, I shall (as Sir P.S. would say) “put down” that last one, at once, by stating the …
- … my Appendix – Here however – for the quieting of those friendly murmurers – suffice it to mention …
- … to make some observations upon the Navigators, Feejee, and Friendly Islands – I have quoted with …
- … miles distant from the land – of which fifty she had run down 24 at 8 o'clock – and going from …
- … copying Mr Ross’ Survey of those Isles – and in writing down that “Their lagoon is nearly filled up …
- … Having as aforementioned passed the Navigators, Feejees, and Friendly Islands – at only some hundred …
- … equivalent to nine tenths of any legal right or claim) I sat down to the work of writing an Essay on …
- … the former there is a grandeur in the regular beach crowned down to high water mark with green …
- … 3 rd Do these Isles ever appear – laid down on any somewhat ancient chart of the Indian Ocean – …
- … – That name will never become a current one but be melted down into that of Eastern Australia. [ …
- … under him, a vessel in distress may be assisted, or hove down, and receive any repairs which are not …
- … Sir T.S. Raffles declined doing so – that circumstance (of friendly feeling) however being known to …
- … a moment longer to come home as he deserved to do.” That letter they shewed to Mr Ross and requested …
- … to somewhere else” – so now read “your brother's letter and then we may have something sure to …
- … wrote to him immediately before leaving for Sumatra – a letter calculated to elicit something …
- … – not all exaggerated – and Mr R sent him back with a letter [ f.183r p.73 ] as he proposed. …
- … was not of any profitable description but of what Mr H in letter to Mr R denominated “fiddle faddle” …
- … to a note from Mr H concerning the last mentioned fugitive a letter which – Mr H sent to Mr R – …
- … ] The three or four runaways mentioned in the forgoing letter had run to apply to Mr Ross – and on …
- … from frequenting your islands &c” and in this his second letter he writes “I told you how it …
- … writing corresponding with him on ^apparently^ quite friendly terms animated with the most …
- … description whatever but with whom he had formerly been on friendly terms – even intimacy – as far …
- … be inferred that Mr Hare and Mr Ross stood in common on a friendly footing – and that if any …
- … who is – or has been, Secretary to the Grand Geological Society and will most probably be, in due …
- … residence, has a charm for some minds, but the loss of Society – the numerous privations and the …
- … of the Genuine Classical taste – which preferred masculine society and beauty – to feminine – and …
- … the Beagle. If a Christian Minister belonging to the Society of Friends or to that of the …
- … carries it to maturity. *[32] As the Religious Society in England can testify – two of …
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
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Ever since the publication of Expression, Darwin’s research had centred firmly on botany. The year 1877 was no exception. The spring and early summer were spent completing Forms of flowers, his fifth book on a botanical topic. He then turned to the…
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- … affair with his son Francis, who had moved back to Down House after the death of his wife, Amy, the …
- … written between 1861 and 1868 and presented to the Linnean Society of London. In the book, Darwin …
- … of respect and affection’. He hinted as much in his letter of 4 June : ‘you will see I have done …
- … to be an idler.’ Dozens of letters were exchanged between Down and Kew over the next six months. …
- … you want and would transfer the whole establishment to Down if it lay in my power and you thought it …
- … have shared Hooker’s suspicion of ambitious gardeners ( letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 25 August …
- … … tap one of the young leaves with a delicate twig’ ( letter to R. I. Lynch, 14 September 1877 ). …
- … his son’s independent research. Using the facilities at Down and Kew, Francis pursued questions that …
- … nitrogenous matter. His work on teasel was sent to the Royal Society of London by Darwin, who …
- … perfectly heard & understood’. An abstract appeared in the society’s Proceedings , but the …
- … , or to the vibratory flagella of some Infusoria’ ( letter from F. J. Cohn, 5 August 1877 ). …
- … in July 1877 (F. Darwin 1877b), and Darwin sent Cohn’s letter vindicating his son’s research to …
- … his sense of form and of motion was exact and lively’ ( letter from W. E. Gladstone, 23 October …
- … Rade, a civil servant active in the Westphalian Provincial Society for Science and Art. In a letter …
- … the only one full-page in size. Haeckel sent a personal letter of congratulation on 9 February , …
- … (see Appendix V). The album arrived with a long letter from the director and secretary of the …
- … and visits from distinguished persons. Gladstone came to Down on 11 March. ‘I expected a stern, …
- … by the famous Victorian sage Thomas Carlyle, who had visited Down on several occasions the previous …
- … supporter of Darwin in earlier years, Butler had visited Down House and become friendly with George …
- … November 1877 that the book had ‘resolved itself into a down right attack upon your father’s views …
- … activities. In the village, he had helped to found the Down Friendly Club in 1850 and served as its …
- … in response to new regulations involving more oversight of friendly societies by the state. Darwin …
- … who have hitherto always treated me in a considerate and friendly manner.’ He wrote to John Brodie …
- … College, and avoided dinner at the Cambridge Philosophical Society. ‘I am not able to spend an …
- … Henry Huxley delivered a rousing speech at the Philosophical Society dinner), and busy himself …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
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- … What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’ ( letter to Francis Galton, 8 November [1872] …
- … anything more on 'so difficult a subject, as evolution’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 27 July …
- … best efforts, set the final price at 7 s. 6 d. ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 February 1872 ) …
- … condition as I can make it’, he wrote to the translator ( letter to J. J. Moulinié, 23 September …
- … translation remained unpublished at the end of the year ( letter from C.-F. Reinwald, 23 November …
- … to the comparative anatomist St George Jackson Mivart ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January …
- … comparison of Whale & duck most beautiful’ ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 3 March 1872 ) …
- … of letters saw relations between them irretrievably break down. Mivart’s book had been followed by a …
- … a person as I am made to appear’, complained Darwin ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 5 January 1872 ). …
- … Darwin would renounce `fundamental intellectual errors’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 6 January …
- … for the same reasons, as I was silly enough to think he felt friendly towards me’ ( letter to St G. …
- … hoping for reconciliation, if only `in another world’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 10 January …
- … have been ungracious in him not to thank Mivart for his letter. He promised to send a copy of the …
- … partly in mind, `chiefly perhaps because I do it badly’ ( letter to A. R. Wallace, 3 August [1872] …
- … and Darwin, directing operations from the safe retreat of Down House, received these bulletins from …
- … Darwinism is to be the theme. Surely the world moves!’ ( letter from Mary Treat, 13 December 1872 …
- … to find that Weismann accepted it at least in part ( letter to August Weismann, 5 April 1872 ). ‘I …
- … few naturalists in England seem inclined to believe it’ ( letter to Herman Müller, [before 5 May …
- … reached the buzzing place where I myself was standing’ ( letter to Hermann Müller, [before 5 May …
- … ‘as for myself it is dreadful doing nothing’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 22 October [1872] ). He was …
- … and researching photographic processes. Returning to Down at the end of March, he now devoted …
- … to stand closer (a serried mass) and to be more erect’ ( letter to Briton Riviere, 19 May [1872] ) …
- … and amused rather than offended by `that clever book’ ( letter to J. M. Herbert, 21 November 1872 …
- … wrote offering Arthur May’s drawings shortly afterwards ( letter from Samuel Butler to Francis …
- … ). There was increasing curiosity in the press and polite society about the claims of spiritualists, …
- … , was anxious to encourage foreign editions by keeping down the costs. `Is not each country to pay …
- … [1872] ) he had begun writing up his results. A society for 'pleasant letters' …
- … ), and he exclaimed to Thomas Huxley that he would like a society formed, `so that everyone might …
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…
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- … paper on climbing plants in the Journal of the Linnean Society , and, arising from this, the …
- … the year, Darwin was elected an honorary member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The year …
- … The death of Hugh Falconer Darwin’s first letter to Hooker of 1865 suggests that the family …
- … having all the Boys at home: they make the house jolly’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 January [1865] …
- … Darwin’s nomination for the Copley Medal of the Royal Society of London in 1864, had staunchly …
- … of species ( Origin ), which the Council of the Royal Society had failed to include among the …
- … his letters to Darwin, and Darwin responded warmly: ‘Your letter is by far the grandest eulogium …
- … may well rest content that I have not laboured in vain’ ( letter to Hugh Falconer, 6 January [1865] …
- … always a most kind friend to me. So the world goes.—’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 February [1865] …
- … for our griefs & pains: these alone are unalloyed’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 3 February 1865 …
- … gas.— Sic transit gloria mundi, with a vengeance’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 February [1865] ). …
- … added, ‘I know it is folly & nonsense to try anyone’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 January [1865] …
- … II). In May, he invited a new doctor, John Chapman, to Down and began a course of Chapman’s ice …
- … ineffective, and Darwin had given it up by early July ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, [10 July 1865] …
- … of anything, & that almost exclusively bread & meat’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 15 August [1865] …
- … better, attributing the improvement to Jones’s diet ( see letter to T. H. Huxley, 4 October [1865] …
- … he was ‘able to write about an hour on most days’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 December [1865] ). …
- … others very forward, except the last & concluding one’ ( letter to John Murray, 31 March [1865] …
- … fever), and was wondering whether to send it to the Linnean Society, or to the Royal Society of …
- … An abstract of the paper was read before the Linnean Society on 2 February, and in April Darwin …
- … that he needed for references, probably from the Linnean Society ( letter to [Richard Kippist], 4 …
- … which Darwin edited and submitted in October to the Linnean Society for publication in Müller’s name …
- … 13). Before submitting the letters to the Linnean Society, Darwin enlisted the help of Daniel …
- … published his results in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (Scott 1867), and Darwin …
- … he had sent Darwin plant specimens on occasion, and was a friendly correspondent, had objected …
- … Appendix I). Wedgwood and Darwin relatives visited Down House frequently, and Hooker also came for a …
- … period after the Beagle voyage and before the move to Down, Kent, when Darwin was living in …
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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- … be done by observation during prolonged intervals’ ( letter to D. T. Gardner, [ c . 27 August …
- … pleasures of shooting and collecting beetles ( letter from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] ). Such …
- … And … one looks backwards much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). …
- … was an illusory hope.— I feel very old & helpless’ ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 6 January [1874] …
- … inferred that he was well from his silence on the matter ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 26 October …
- … in such rubbish’, he confided to Joseph Dalton Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] …
- … that Mr Williams was ‘a cheat and an imposter’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 27 January 1874 ). …
- … his, ‘& that he was thus free to perform his antics’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 29 January [1874 …
- … Darwin had allowed ‘a spirit séance’ at his home ( letter from T. G. Appleton, 2 April 1874 ). …
- … edition, published in 1842 ( Correspondence vol. 21, letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 17 …
- … Hooker, and finally borrowed one from Charles Lyell ( letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 8 January …
- … to take so sweetly all the horrid bother of correction’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 21 [March …
- … sent an apology for misinterpreting Darwin on this point ( letter from J. D. Dana, 21 July 1874 ); …
- … numbers and sex ratios among the Pitcairn islanders ( letter from William Dealtry, 16 January 1874 …
- … sent to Murray, Darwin referred only to their ‘long & friendly intercourse’ to justify his …
- … suggested having him removed as secretary of the Linnean Society ( letter From J. D. Hooker, 29 …
- … had given up the idea of a medical career, and moved back to Down with Amy to become Darwin’s …
- … local disputes that the Darwins had with the vicar of Down, George Sketchley Ffinden, including one …
- … Gardens and gardeners Darwin’s garden at Down continued to be a source of inspiration. In …
- … capacities of young animals that he invited him to lunch at Down. He reported to his son George that …
- … Darwin offered to try to get it exhibited at a Royal Society of London soirée (see letter from …
- … time in China, in his candidacy for election to the Royal Society of London ( see letter to H. B. …
- … the colour of their surroundings to the Entomological Society of London ( letter from H. W. Bates, …
- … Charles Lyell’s plan to leave a bequest to the Geological Society of London and an annual medal ( …
- … Darwin took care of his close friend Hooker, who stayed at Down after his wife Frances Harriet died …
- … February 1874 ), and honorary member of the Entomological Society of France ( letter to Eugène …
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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- … Edwin Ray Lankester, who was up for election to the Linnean Society. The ‘malcontents’ of the …
- … On 8 January , he told Hooker: ‘I will write a savage letter & that will do me some good, if I …
- … Mivart was a distinguished zoologist, a fellow of the Royal Society of London, and a secretary of …
- … respecting codes of conduct and communication in scientific society. Huxley chose journalism, …
- … was hampered by his position as president of the Royal Society from spurning Mivart in public. …
- … to the Editor … Poor Murray shuddered again & again’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 January …
- … the chance arose. On 28 January , he sent a note on Royal Society business to Edward Burnett …
- … in some of Darwin’s botanical research and had visited Down House in April 1874 (see …
- … offered to pay the costs for printing an additional 250 ( letter to John Murray, 3 May 1875 ). …
- … & bless the day That ever you were born (letter from E. F. Lubbock, [after 2 …
- … men in 1874, and this was enhanced by Romanes’s visit to Down House: ‘The place was one which I had …
- … that the originally red half has become wholly white’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, [before 4 …
- … pp. 188–90). He drew attention to this discussion in a letter to George Rolleston, remarking on 2 …
- … Darwin wrote, ‘I beg ten thousand pardon & more’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [ c . February …
- … signed himself, ‘Your affect son … the proofmaniac’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, 1 and 2 May [1875 …
- … press and elsewhere, growing more bitter. George, who was on friendly terms with Whitney, wrote to …
- … had been opened in the village, and a local temperance society had been established by a Down …
- … both critical and reverential. On 16 July he received a letter from an advocate of women’s …
- … 1875 was also marked by the increasing number of visitors to Down House. In addition to the usual …
- … London on several occasions and finally arranged a visit to Down House on 4 May, but was not content …
- … on—if it were possible I should so like to come down again.’ Darwin tried to satisfy her with an …
- … her presentation copy of Insectivorous plants ( letter to D. F. Nevill, 15 July [1875] ). Such …
- … [1875] ). Finally it was arranged for the duke to stop at Down on 19 August before going on to …
- … their home at the disposal of Thomas Carlyle, who visited Down no less than three times over the …
- … paper in October and asked Darwin to submit it to the Royal Society on his behalf. Darwin …
- … had to break the news to the author in 1876 that his Royal Society ambitions had been frustrated. …
- … to meet Lankester in July, and had agreed to see him at Down with Thiselton-Dyer ( letter to W. T. …
Alfred Russel Wallace
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Wallace was a leading Victorian naturalist, with wide-ranging interests from biogeography and evolutionary theory to spiritualism and politics. He was born in 1823 in Usk, a small town in south-east Wales, and attended a grammar school in Hertford. At the…
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- … by Wallace’s observations and theoretical abilities. In a letter of 1 May 1857, he alluded to his …
- … led Wallace to send a draft of his own theory of descent to Down in 1858. “I never saw a more …
- … initially in a joint paper with Wallace to the Linnean Society, and then in Origin of Species …
- … as too metaphorical and prone to misinterpretation (see letter from A. R. Wallace, 2 July 1866). …
- … phenomena, open to scientific investigation (see letter from A. R. Wallace, 18 April [1869]). …
- … Darwin and Wallace remained highly supportive and friendly toward each other in their letters and …
- … letters to Wallace, 17 June 1876 and 7 January 1881, and the letter from A. R. Wallace, 29 January …
- … chief”, while Darwin was the “great General” (letter to Charles Kingsley, 7 May 1869). In later …
- … jealousy towards each other, though in one sense rivals” (letter to A. R. Wallace, 20 April [1870]). …
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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- … Hooker on 15 June , concluding, ‘I must look forward to Down grave-yard, as the sweetest place on …
- … was a boost. His 5-year-old grandson Bernard, who lived at Down House, remained a continual source …
- … in Unconscious memory in November 1880 and in an abusive letter about Darwin in the St James’s …
- … memory in Kosmos and sent Darwin a separate letter for publication in the Journal of Popular …
- … publishers decided to print ‘500 more, making 2000’ ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 4 January 1881 ) …
- … the animal learnt from its own individual experience ( letter from G. J. Romanes, 7 March 1881 ). …
- … whether observations of their behaviour were trustworthy ( letter to Francis Galton, 8 March [1881] …
- … about the sale of books being ‘a game of chance’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 12 April 1881 ). On 18 …
- … for more suggestions of such plants, especially annuals ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 21 March …
- … supposed he would feel ‘less sulky in a day or two’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 29 July 1881 ). The …
- … dead a work falls at this late period of the season’ ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 30 July 1881 ). …
- … conversation with you’, a Swedish teacher told him ( letter from C. E. Södling, 14 October 1881 ), …
- … add, however little, to the general stock of knowledge’ ( letter to E. W. Bok, 10 May 1881 ). …
- … regular ‘bread-winners’ ( Correspondence vol. 30, letter to C. A. Kennard, 9 January 1882 ). …
- … any future publication & to acknowledge any criticism’ ( letter to C. G. Semper, 19 July 1881 …
- … view of the nature & capabilities of the Fuegians’ ( letter to W. P. Snow, 22 November 1881 ). …
- … the kindly protection of the high priests of science’ ( letter from Francisco de Arruda Furtado, 29 …
- … the limits of science in questions of religion, morals, and society. Graham accepted evolution and …
- … Nature , which he thought ‘an excellent Journal’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 4 July [1881] ). In …
- … Association. Darwin usually managed to turn down requests he found unappealing. He …
- … to his principle of never writing for periodicals; he turned down the prime minister’s request that …
- … obliged to sit for a portrait commissioned by the Linnean Society. ‘It tires me a good deal to sit …
- … dog not to agree’, he told Romanes, secretary of the society, on 27 May . Romanes assured Darwin …
- … and when William expressed his wish to join the Geological Society of London, if it were ‘not absurd …
- … not commending papers presented by Francis at the Linnean Society the previous December (claiming …
- … When the musician Hans Richter played for the Darwins at Down House—an experience Darwin ‘enjoyed …
- … them on walks. He was also present at a luncheon at Down House that resulted in one of the frankest …
- … character, such as ‘his strong sense of humour and love of society’, ‘his extreme interest in the …
- … I shall never see such a man again.’ Erasmus was buried in Down graveyard on 1 September, and his …
- … surfaced when the botanical artist Marianne North stayed at Down House. Darwin enjoyed seeing her …
Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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- … hurrah for my species-work’ ( Correspondence vol. 3, letter to J. D. Hooker, [5 or 12 November …
- … William Herschel, to write the chapter on geology ( letter to J. F. W. Herschel, 4 February [1848] …
- … by Darwin on the use of microscopes on board ship ( see letter to Richard Owen, [26 March 1848] ). …
- … to Milne directly, he sent a long rejoinder in the form of a letter for publication in the Scotsman. …
- … asked for it to be destroyed. Only the draft of Darwin’s letter remains ( letter to the Scotsman …
- … that his original fieldwork was ‘time thrown away’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 8 [September 1847] ) …
- … with them. He encouraged Studer to visit him at Down and recommended Studer’s papers to others …
- … that it would be a ‘thorn in the side of É de B.’ (letter to Charles Lyell, 3 January 1850 ). …
- … marine invertebrates himself (see Correspondence vol. 2, letter to Leonard Jenyns, 10 April [1837]) …
- … opinion that such a monograph was a ‘desideratum’ ( letter to J. L. R. Agassiz, 22 October 1848 ), …
- … abortive stamens or pistils ( Correspondence vol. 2, letter from J. S. Henslow, 21 November …
- … care what you say, my species theory is all gospel.—’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 May 1848 ). …
- … sacrifice the rule of priority for the sake of expedience ( letter to H. E. Strickland, [4 February …
- … it as ‘the greatest curse to natural History’ ( letter to H. E. Strickland, 29 January [1849] ). …
- … Museum of Zoology, has been transcribed with Darwin’s letter to H. E. Strickland, 29 January [1849 …
- … the battle, he gave up only from fatigue and ill health ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 9 April 1849 ). …
- … there, and that he continued to follow when he returned to Down in June, is the subject of several …
- … at least temporarily. This is borne out by his health diary (Down House MS) that he kept for the …
- … September 1849 and September 1850, Darwin’s Account Books (Down House MSS) record that his income …
- … did not end with his family but extended to the community of Down village. In these years Darwin …
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…
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- … served as a Secretary and Vice-President of the Geological Society of London. All this was …
- … now increased by a daughter, Anne Elizabeth, moved to Down House in Kent, where Darwin was to spend …
- … read the fourth of a series of papers to the Geological Society of London. Three of the papers …
- … William Buckland called it (in his referee’s report to the Society of 9 March 1838), had been …
- … and the reviews of his papers for the Geological Society Transactions provide ample evidence …
- … Scotland. This tour resulted in a major paper for the Royal Society in which he advanced the …
- … indeed taken place, later commenting that “a house burnt down by fire did not tell its story more …
- … their mutual involvement in the affairs of the Geological Society. During the Beagle voyage …
- … are preserved (187 of them in the American Philosophical Society’s collection) but some are missing, …
- … letters have suffered an even more severe loss. In a letter to Lyell’s sister-in-law, Katharine …
- … of fact . . . on the origin & variation of species” ( Letter to J. S. Henslow, [November 1839] …
- … that he had a sound solution to what J. F. W. Herschel in a letter to Lyell had called the ‘mystery …
- … about searching for evidence to support his hypothesis. In a letter to Lyell, [14] September [1838 …
- … just the same, though I know what I am looking for' ( Letter to G. R. Waterhouse, [26 July …
- … there were no doubts as to how one ought to act’ ( Letter from Emma Darwin, [ c. February 1839] …
- … for several months (See Correspondence vol. 1, letter to Caroline Darwin, 13 October 1834 , …
- … the investigation in more detail, and fully appreciate the friendly and respectful nature of the …
- … notebook). See also Allan 1977, pp. 128–30). The letter, on ‘Double flowers’ to the …
St George Jackson Mivart
Summary
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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- … friends, and contemporary codes of behaviour in scientific society. It has been discussed in Gruber …
- … their reproductive choices would have an effect on future society. Francis Galton had written about …
- … it for publication in the next issue of the Quarterly ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 29 July 1874 …
- … kind of thing Murray would be likely to wish to circulate ( letter to G. H. Darwin, 1 August [1874] …
- … them explicitly, he might be thought to endorse them ( letter from G. H. Darwin, 5 August 1874 ). …
- … of encouraging licentiousness. A postscript to Darwin’s letter, which may belong to another letter, …
- … on board Darwin’s comments and sent a fair copy of his letter with his letter of 6 [August] 1874 …
- … of words having been used in a Pickwickian sense’ ( letter to John Murray, 18 October 1874 ). In …
- … Huxley’s protégé, and Huxley’s reaction was savage ( letter to G. H. Darwin, [6 December 1874] ). …
- … have Mivart admit his authorship of the attack on George ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December 1874 …
- … unjustifiably attacked a friend of mine.’ ( Enclosure to letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 …
- … , felt to be due to Mr Darwin. For when I read his letter in August, I certainly felt that he …
- … Archives) Huxley did not share this letter with Darwin but wrote to him, ‘he not …
- … to Hooker and Darwin, that it was necessary to break off friendly relations between them. Huxley was …
- … (Hooker was president and Huxley secretary of the Royal Society of London.) Mivart swiftly …
- … criminality referred to would be most useful & beneficial to society as tending to limit …
- … having Mivart removed from the secretaryship of the Linnean Society of London, and was talking about …
- … that it would be improper for him, as president of the Royal Society, to act against Mivart, an …
- … was to come & shake hands with him he should hurck him down & go into a tremendous passion …
