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From S. S. Hennell   7 November 1871

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Marriage is basis of all religious forms of thought, and this is the subjective equivalent of CD’s law that sex is the most important agency of universal development.

Author:  Sara Sophia Hennell
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  7 Nov 1871
Classmark:  DAR 166: 143
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8055

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  • … DAR 166: 143 Sara Sophia Hennell Coventry 7 Nov 1871 Charles Robert Darwin
  • … Believe me, my dear Sir | Yours most respectfully | Sara S.  Hennell Charles Darwin Esq …

From George Cupples   22 April 1871

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On reception of Descent in Edinburgh.

Anecdote about a dog helping another by separating combatants.

Author:  George Cupples
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  22 Apr 1871
Classmark:  DAR 87: 111–12c
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7707

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  • … Philosophy and Mr. Darwin. Contemporary Review 17: 274–81. Hennell, Sara Sophia. 1857. …
  • Sara Sophia Hennell wrote on Christianity and religion in general (see Hennell 1857 , 1860a, 1860b, and 1865–[87]). Cupples refers to Emma Darwin

From S. R. S. Norton   20 November [1871]

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Sends CD a German pamphlet, "War Goethe ein Darwinianer?"

Author:  Susan Ridley Sedgwick Norton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  20 Nov [1871]
Classmark:  DAR 172: 78
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8079

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  • … was Sara Sedgwick . Her aunts were Anne and Grace Ashburner . George Howard Darwin and …

From Giuseppe Carboni   13 September 1871

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Requests CD’s autograph.

Sends photograph of an emblem, which he uses as his personal symbol: "Moleshott, Büchner, Darwin: Scienza e Natura, Forza e Materia".

Author:  Giuseppe Carboni
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  13 Sept 1871
Classmark:  DAR 161: 45
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7942

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  • Darwin | Londres La distanza che ci separa è tale che se non impossibile difficile assai si è che io lo possa vedere in persona, cosa che molto mi sarebbe cara se si verificasse, ma prevedendo il contrario le sarei per chiederle un favore, e cioè se le piacesse onorarmi di un suo pregiato Autografo seppure io a lei del tutto ignoto le sia. Cio non ostante spero che Ella sarà

To S. R. S. Norton   23 November [1871]

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Reports how his sons enjoyed their trip to America.

Is glad SRSN is settled in Dresden.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Susan Ridley Sedgwick Norton
Date:  23 Nov [1871]
Classmark:  Houghton Library, Harvard University (Charles Eliot Norton Papers, MS Am 1088.14: 1594)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8083

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  • Darwin visited America between August and October 1871 (see letter to Asa Gray, 16 July [1871] ). Anne and Grace Ashburner . See letter from S.  R.  S.  Norton, 20 November [1871] and n.  6. See letter from S.  R.  S.  Norton, 20 November [1871] . CD refers to Sara