To W. B. Tegetmeier [July 1856]
Summary
His laughers are well, and he has heard them emit an odd note.
Thinks there is an extra vertebra in the neck of the Scandaroon, but is not certain and may have blundered.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Bernhard Tegetmeier |
| Date: | [July 1856] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1913 |
To T. H. Huxley 1 July [1856]
Summary
Asks for information on geographical distribution of ascidians; are any closely allied species or genera found in north and south temperate zones that do not have representatives in the tropics?
Answers some questions on [cirripede] antennae.
If THH ever sees a tree washed ashore, will he observe whether any earth is embedded between roots?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 1 July [1856] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 175, 37–9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1914 |
To J. E. Gray 1 July [1856]
Summary
Requests information on ranges of echinoderms for his essay on variation [Natural selection]. Are there genera with representative species in northern and southern seas, but none in tropics?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Edward Gray |
| Date: | 1 July [1856] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR 69) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1915 |
From Charles Lyell [1 July 1856]
Summary
To cast doubt on CD’s view that volcanic action is associated with elevation of land, CL suggests that local oscillations in strata underlying volcanoes could also explain how active volcanoes have uplifted fossil deposits of marine shells. Overall he is more inclined to believe that recent volcanoes belong to areas of subsidence rather than of elevation.
| Author: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [1 July 1856] |
| Classmark: | The University of Edinburgh Centre for Research Collections (Lyell collection Coll-203/A3/2: 132–6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1915A |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Gray, J. E. | (1) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Gray, J. E. | (1) |
| Huxley, T. H. | (1) |
| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
| Tegetmeier, W. B. | (1) |
Moral Nature
Summary
In Descent of Man, Darwin argued that human morality had evolved from the social instincts of animals, especially the bonds of sympathy and love. Darwin gathered observations over many decades on animal behavior: the heroic sacrifices of social insects,…
Matches: 11 hits
- … save another. Letters Letter 7048 : Darwin, W. E., to Darwin, …
- … but rather in a muddle on the whole subject" Letter 7645 : Morley, John to Darwin, …
- … but 'in the air' from generation to generation." Letter 7685 : Darwin to …
- … that man ever existed as a non-social animal." Letter 7691 , Morley, John, to …
- … the moral sense, at a time when Paris is aflame". Letter 7145 : Darwin to Cobbe, F. …
- … apes & savages at the moral sense of mankind." Letter 7149 : Cobbe, F. P. to …
- … metaphysics & physics form one great philosophy?" Letter 7470 : Wedgwood, …
- … which look with reverence or respect is shame." Letter 7537 : Darwin, C. R. to …
- … dissatisfied with himself & regret his conduct." Letter 9377 : Darwin, C. R. to …
- … the same so-called instinctive nature as before?" Letter 12610 : Preston, S. T. to …
- … or random) is Self or Self-Interest." Letter 12615 : Darwin, C. R. to Preston, …
