To Leonard Blomefield 13 March 1877
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CD doubts that he will be able to do much more that is new, but cannot bear idleness. Has great amount of material on variation under nature, but so much has been published since the appearance of the Origin that he doubts he has the power of mind to render the mass into a digested whole.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield |
| Date: | 13 Mar 1877 |
| Classmark: | Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (L16163.017b) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10891 |
To Daniel Oliver 13 March 1877
Summary
Discusses possible cleistogamic flowers in Oxalis.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Daniel Oliver |
| Date: | 13 Mar 1877 |
| Classmark: | Newcastle University Special Collections (Spence Watson/Weiss Archive GB186 SW/6/7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10891F |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Blomefield, Leonard | (1) |
| Jenyns, Leonard | (1) |
| Oliver, Daniel | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Blomefield, Leonard | (1) |
| Jenyns, Leonard | (1) |
| Oliver, Daniel | (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…
