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Religion

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Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…

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  • … Letter 6167 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 8 May [1868] Darwin writes to Gray about his review …
  • … birds and orchids as examples. Letter 4939 — Shaw, James to Darwin, C. R., 20 Nov 1865 …
  • … world. Letter 4943 — Darwin, C. R. to Shaw, James, 30 Nov 1865 Darwin writes to …
  • … to attract insects. Letter 5003f — Shaw, James to Darwin, C. R., [6--10 Feb 1866] …
  • … Letter 5004 — Darwin, C. R. to Shaw, James, 11 Feb [1866] Darwin thanks James Shaw for the …
  • … in conspicuous parts. Letter 5060 — Shaw, James to Darwin, C. R., 19 Apr 1866 …
  • … 6223 — Horsman, S. J. H. to Darwin, C. R., 2 June [1868] Horsman attempts to convince Darwin …
  • … Letter 6241 — Innes, J. B. to Darwin, C. R., 13 June 1868 J. B. Innes, vicar of Down writes …
  • … Letter 6486 — Darwin, C. R. to Innes, J. B., 1 Dec 1868 Darwin writes to J. B. Innes, vicar …
  • … Letter 6492 — Innes, J. B. to Darwin, C. R., 4 Dec 1868 J. B. Innes, vicar of Down provides …
  • … Letter 6501 — Innes, J. B. to Darwin, C. R., 12 Dec 1868 J. B. Innes, vicar of Down is …

Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments

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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…

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  • … illness and delay, the book was not published until January 1868. 'Climbing plants' …
  • … manuscript was published as chapter 27 of  Variation  in 1868. The wider debate …
  • … encomium of the year also came from Scotland, from James Shaw, a schoolmaster with strong literary …
  • … whose conditions are explicable by our own’ ( letter from James Shaw, 20 November 1865 ). Shaw had …