To Camille Dareste 20 November 1869
Summary
Glad Dareste is candidate for Paris Chair. No subject more important than modification of structure by direct action of changed conditions, and Dareste has thrown much light on subject. Believes monstrosities cannot be separated from slighter variations.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Gabriel-Madeleine-Camille (Camille) Dareste |
| Date: | 20 Nov 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 369 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7001 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … has thrown much light on subject. Believes monstrosities cannot be separated from slighter …
- … S t . Hilaire long ago remarked, monstrosities cannot be separated by any distinct line …
- … investigations on the production of monstrosities as full of interest. No subject is at …
From Camille Dareste 18 November [1869]
Summary
Asks CD to write a letter sponsoring him for the Chair of Comparative Physiology at Paris. There are some who do not think his work on artificial production of monstrosities belongs in physiology.
| Author: | Gabriel-Madeleine-Camille (Camille) Dareste |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 18 Nov [1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 45 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6994 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … who do not think his work on artificial production of monstrosities belongs in physiology. …
- … 1869 . For Dareste’s research on animal monstrosities, see Dareste 1862 , 1863, and 1867. …
- … work on the artificial production of monstrosities belongs within the scope of physiology. …
From Camille Dareste 13 December [1869]
Summary
CD’s letter on his behalf made a great impression, but his candidacy nevertheless failed, largely owing to the hostility of Claude Bernard. CD’s opinion sustains his belief that his work will be a service to science.
| Author: | Gabriel-Madeleine-Camille (Camille) Dareste |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Dec [1869] |
| Classmark: | DAR 162: 46 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7028 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … For Dareste’s recent work on animal monstrosities, see Dareste 1862 , 1863, and 1867. …
- … in seeking to study the production of monstrosities by the experimental method, I entered …
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Darwin and Design
Summary
At the beginning of the nineteenth century in Britain, religion and the sciences were generally thought to be in harmony. The study of God’s word in the Bible, and of his works in nature, were considered to be part of the same truth. One version of this…
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- … Buckland remarked that the animal was an ‘apparent monstrosity of external form’. But he argued that …
Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, by John Clunies Ross. Transcription by Katharine Anderson
Summary
[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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- … I saw “ravenous monsters of Sharks” – their monstrosity consisting in their having two terrible …
Review: The Origin of Species
Summary
- by Asa Gray THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION (American Journal of Science and Arts, March, 1860) This book is already exciting much attention. Two American editions are announced, through which it will become familiar to many…
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- … detriment of its native vigor, or to the extent of practical monstrosity, although we secure forms …
Darwin in letters, 1877: Flowers and honours
Summary
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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- … mother, the subjects of Siebold’s study of medical monstrosity ( letter from C. T. E. Siebold, 10 …
