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Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
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The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
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- … to remuneration I shall look rather blank’ ( letter from W. S. Dallas, 8 January 1868 ). Darwin …
- … to read a few pages feel fairly nauseated’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 February [1868] ). But such …
- … thought it was by Gray himself, but Darwin corrected him: ‘D r Gray would strike me in the face, …
- … scamp & I begin to think a veritable ass’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 1 September [1868] ). …
- … on 17 April 1868 . The letter was addressed to ‘the Rev d C. Darwin M.d’; Binstead evidently …
- … the enthusiastic breeder, who apologised in a letter of 11–13 May 1868 for his ‘voluminuous zeal …
- … kind almost heroic, in you to sacrifice your hair and pay 3 d in the cause of science …
- … , ‘almost heroic, in you to sacrifice your hair and pay 3 d in the cause of science.’ Darwin …
- … well as of ‘victorious males getting wives’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 25 February [1868] ). …
- … pigeon magenta. To Weir, he wrote on 27 February : ‘It w d be a fine trial to cut off the eyes …
- … of Hooker’s distributed it in Japan ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 5 September 1868 ); Edward Wilson, …
- … and had himself watched elephants cry (letters to W. E. Darwin, [15 March 1868] and 8 April …
- … screaming in patients undergoing vaccination ( letter from W. E. Darwin, [7 April 1868] ). Francis …
- … veins, and the action of his platysma muscle ( letter from W. E. Darwin, [15 April 1868] ). The …
- … previous year by James Philip Mansel Weale ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [20 May 1868] ). …
- … through adaptation to local conditions ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [23 December 1868] ). Barber’s …
- … of everlasting woe?’ I am not sure whether it w d not be wisest for scientific men …
- … enmity to Revealed Religion’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 1 September [1868], n. 11 ). ‘I am not sure …
- … a letter dated [8–10 September 1868] , ‘whether it w d not be wisest for scientific men quite …
- … legs”’, Darwin replied on 19 November , ‘but I sh d think you were the first father who had …
- … distinction of the kind … worth a fig’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 June 1868 ). Requests for …
- … Kühne, who wished to pay ‘his devotions at the shrine of D r . Darwin’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley …
