To S. T. Preston 22 May 1880
Summary
Discusses ethics of risking one’s life to save another.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Samuel Tolver Preston |
| Date: | 22 May 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 250 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12615 |
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To S. T. Preston 25 October 1880
Summary
Comments on STP’s article on women ["Evolution and female education", Nature 22 (1880): 485–6].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Samuel Tolver Preston |
| Date: | 25 Oct 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 147: 251 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12775 |
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- … To S. T. Preston 25 October 1880 …
- … Robert Darwin London, Bryanston St, 4 Down letterhead 25 Oct 1880 Samuel Tolver Preston …
- … See letter from S. T. Preston, 24 October 1880 . Preston’s article ‘Evolution and female …
- … Preston, Samuel Tolver. 1880c. Evolution and female education. Nature , 23 September 1880, …
From S. T. Preston 24 October 1880
Summary
Regrets the pretentious tone of his 5 Aug letter [12678].
| Author: | Samuel Tolver Preston |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Oct 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 64 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12773 |
From S. T. Preston 5 August 1880
Summary
Sends his paper on "Natural science and morality", notwithstanding CD’s disinclination for the subject. This work parallels H. Spencer’s in the Data of ethics [1879].
Clerk Maxwell and William Thomson have encouraged his work in physics; STP looks for CD’s support on evolution.
| Author: | Samuel Tolver Preston |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Aug 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 62 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12678 |
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- … From S. T. Preston 5 August 1880 …
- … in the Journal of Science for July 1880 ( Preston 1880a ). It has not been found in the …
- … 174: 62 Samuel Tolver Preston London, Reedworth St, 25 5 Aug 1880 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to S. T. Preston, 22 May 1880 and n. 3. …
- … s The data of ethics ( Spencer 1879 ; see letter to S. T. Preston, 22 May 1880 and n. 4). …
- … 1880. A vindication of scientific ethics. Popular Science Monthly 17: 324–37. Preston, …
- … 1880 . John Tyndall ’s address ‘Science and man’ was delivered at the Birmingham and Midland Institute on 1 October 1877 ( Tyndall 1877 ). For ‘Responsibility and physical causation’, see Preston …
From S. T. Preston 26 October 1880
Summary
His intent in quoting Descent on the law of equal hereditary transmission to both sexes in his article "Evolution and female education" was to support female education.
| Author: | Samuel Tolver Preston |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Oct 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 65 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12776 |
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- … From S. T. Preston 26 October 1880 …
- … DAR 174: 65 Samuel Tolver Preston London, Kennington Rd 26 Oct 1880 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … See letter to S. T. Preston, 25 October 1880 . In Preston 1880c , Preston quoted CD’s …
- … peahen. ’ In his letter to S. T. Preston, 25 October 1880 , CD mentioned that he had no …
- … Preston, Samuel Tolver. 1880c. Evolution and female education. Nature , 23 September 1880, …
From S. T. Preston 8 August 1880
Summary
Appreciates what CD says about his writing on two diverse subjects. Argues for value of "interdisciplinary approach". Has CD seen the pamphlet, "Physics and ethics" which he co-authored with an anonymous friend?
| Author: | Samuel Tolver Preston |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Aug 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 63 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12683 |
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- … From S. T. Preston 8 August 1880 …
- … 174: 63 Samuel Tolver Preston London, Reedworth St, 25 8 Aug 1880 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … 1880a ; see letter from S. T. Preston, 5 August 1880 and n. 6). The theory that atoms …
- … 1880 ); it stimulated research on fluid dynamics as well as abstract mathematical models of matter and motion (see Preston …
- … Preston, Samuel Tolver. 1880b. On the physical aspects of the vortex-atom theory. Nature , 20 May 1880, …
From S. T. Preston 20 May 1880
Summary
Thanks for CD’s comments on his paper ["On a point relating to brain dynamics", Nature 22 (1880): 29–30].
Contends that self-interest as a motive for conduct is more salutary than is generally thought, and should be considered in the evolution of morality.
| Author: | Samuel Tolver Preston |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 May 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 61 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12610 |
Preston, Samuel Tolver. 1880c. Evolution and female education. Nature, 23 September 1880, pp. 485–6.
Preston, Samuel Tolver. 1880b. On the physical aspects of the vortex-atom theory. Nature, 20 May 1880, pp. 56–9.
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