To John Murray 13 March 1871
Summary
Pleased about sale and new issue [of Descent]. Discusses presentation copies.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 13 Mar 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 143: 435 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7577 |
To G. B. Murdoch 13 March 1871
Summary
Believes he has committed an oversight with regard to sexual selection in insects. Cites conclusions of B. T. Lowne, which are similar to GBM’s.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Brown Murdoch |
| Date: | 13 Mar 1871 |
| Classmark: | David Henderson-Howat (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7578 |
To B. J. Sulivan 13 March [1871]
Summary
Thanks BJS for his interesting letter about parrots and language.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Date: | 13 Mar [1871] |
| Classmark: | Sulivan family (private collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7579 |
To A. R. Wallace 13 March [1871]
Summary
Asks whether Bugis [Buggess] are Malays. [See 7587.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Date: | 13 Mar [1871] |
| Classmark: | English Heritage, Down House (EH 88202150) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7579A |
| letter | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Murdoch, G. B. | (1) |
| Murray, John (b) | (1) |
| Sulivan, B. J. | (1) |
| Wallace, A. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Murdoch, G. B. | (1) |
| Murray, John (b) | (1) |
| Sulivan, B. J. | (1) |
| Wallace, A. R. | (1) |
3.13 Edwards 'Representative Men'
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< Back to Introduction A sequel to Portraits of Men of Eminence appeared in 1868, published by the London firm of Alfred William Bennett and again edited by Edward Walford. It was titled Representative Men in Literature, Science, and Art. The…
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The evolution of a misquotation
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We gave you six things Darwin never said (despite what you may read elsewhere). None of the fake soundbites is more insidious than the first: It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is…
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From J. D. Hooker 26[–7] February 1868KewFeby 26th/68Dear Darwin I have been bursting with impatience to hear what you would say of the Athenæum Review & who wrote it— I could not conceive who…
