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Life of Erasmus Darwin
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The Life of Erasmus Darwin (1879) was a curious departure for Darwin. It was intended as a biographical note to accompany an essay on Erasmus's scientific work by the German writer Ernst Krause. But Darwin became immersed in his grandfather's…
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- … in prison and heard why he did not rob our grandfather. Mrs. Nixon seems to know nothing of this …
- … the time Miss Sewards life of Dr. Darwin came out', wrote Emma Galton, ' the family were …
- … much regret that I did not do so '. On the top of Butler's letter, Emma Darwin wrote: & …
- … the matter before the public '. He stated his case in a letter to the Athenaeum , a leading …
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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- … 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 …
- … home again’, he fretted, just days before his departure ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, [after 26 …
- … many blessings, was finding old age ‘a dismal time’ ( letter to Henry Johnson, 24 September 1879 ) …
- … 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 …
- … office to complete Horace’s marriage settlement ( letter from W. M. Hacon, 31 December 1879 ). …
- … but they were ‘as nice and good as could be’ ( letter from Karl Beger, [ c. 12 February 1879] ) …
- … on your life’s work, which is crowned with glory’ ( letter from Ernst Haeckel, 9 February 1879 ). …
- … 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 ]). …
- … up the glory & would please Francis’, he pointed out ( letter from E. A. Darwin, 13 March [1879 …
- … wholly & shamefully ignorant of my grandfathers life’ ( letter to Ernst Krause, 14 March 1879 …
- … known philosopher and poet’ ( Correspondence vol. 1, letter from Francis Beaufort to Robert …
- … but made up for her lack by pointing out that her cousin Emma Nixon had ‘the enviable talent of …
- … and letter from Leonard Darwin, [before 12 July] 1879 ). Emma Darwin also thought the text needed …
- … of radicles were sensitive ( letter from Francis Darwin to Emma Darwin, 30 June 1879 ). It was …
- … Nonetheless, Darwin endured a three-hour delay better than Emma Darwin, and Bernard proved to be a …
- … insisted that all contact between Horace and Ida must cease. Emma Darwin persuaded her husband to …
- … some consequence when you are not likely to make money’ (Emma Darwin to Sara Darwin, [1 July 1879] …
- … ‘Nothing can be more useless than T.H’s conduct’, Emma Darwin pointed out, ‘He has no intention of …
- … to be able to say that he has opposed it’ (letter from Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [4 August 1879] …
- … was delighted to get home ‘& began drumming at once’ (Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [27 …
- … A. Pitman, [13 May 1879] ). In the end, he did attend, with Emma Darwin insisting that they combine …
- … of laws he had received from Cambridge University in 1877. Emma Darwin recorded that Darwin found …
- … with the gown because it dominated the picture (letter from Emma Darwin to H. E. Litchfield, [17 …
- … Evidently hoping to curtail the correspondence, Emma Darwin replied on 8 April stating that …
