From William Bennett 29 April 1864
Summary
Will send grasses CD asked about.
Reports observations on brood of Australian chicks he is hatching.
| Author: | William Bennett |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Apr 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 146 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4475 |
From [C. P.] 29 April 1864
Summary
On rereading the Origin, he offers a criticism on two grounds: 1. Blending inheritance; 2. The tendency of species to elude competing species. Also competition within species eliminates the weak and thus preserves the species.
| Author: | P., C. |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Apr 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4476 |
From Benjamin Dann Walsh 29 April – 19 May 1864
Summary
Recalls being introduced to CD when [undergraduate] at Cambridge.
Sends CD some of his pamphlets
and expresses support of Origin.
Has discovered there are "3 sexes" in the solitary Cynips as well as social insects.
| Author: | Benjamin Dann Walsh |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Apr – 19 May 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4477 |
| letter | [X] |
| Bennett, William | (1) |
| P., C. | (1) |
| Walsh, B. D. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Bennett, William | (1) |
| P., C. | (1) |
| Walsh, B. D. | (1) |
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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Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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- … inaugurated a new era in the science’ (A. Gray 1862b, p. 429). Oliver joined in the chorus, telling …
