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Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … 30 March 1882 ). He received a specimen of Nitella opaca , a species of freshwater green algae, …
- … more than complimentary.’ ‘If the Reviewer is a young man & a worker in any branch of Biology,’ …
- … were taken up by individual readers. James Frederick Simpson, a musical composer, had provided …
- … chest pain (see Colp 2008, pp. 116–20). ‘On rising’, Clark wrote, ‘sponge with tepid or warm water …
- … steps’ ( letter to Alexander Agassiz, 28 August [1871] ; see also Correspondence vol. 19, …
- … names to appear’ ( letter to Louisa Stevenson, 8 April 1871 ). It was Darwin’s name that was …
- … who had undertaken observations years earlier. In 1871, he had asked Henry Johnson to observe the …
- … vol. 19, letter to Henry Johnson, 23 December 1871 , and Earthworms , pp. 221–8). Darwin …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A vicious dispute over an anonymous …
- … pleasures of shooting and collecting beetles ( letter from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] ). Such …
- … one looks backwards much more than forwards’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). …
- … house. He requested a visit from his doctor Andrew Clark, whom he had been consulting since August …
- … hope.— I feel very old & helpless’ ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 6 January [1874] ). Darwin …
- … rubbish’, he confided to Joseph Dalton Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 January [1874] ). …
- … with the spirit-busting conclusion that Mr Williams was ‘a cheat and an imposter’ ( letter from T. …
- … to America of the ‘strange news’ that Darwin had allowed ‘a spirit séance’ at his home ( letter …
- … letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 8 January 1874 , letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 January 1874 , and …
- … only with the help of his daughter Henrietta, whom he thought ‘a good dear girl to take so sweetly …
- … for misinterpreting Darwin on this point ( letter from J. D. Dana, 21 July 1874 ); however, he did …
- … p. v). Among the many contributors was George Cupples, a Scottish deerhound expert who …
- … of Honolulu, Thomas Nettleship Staley, and Titus Munson Coan, a physician in New York whose parents …
- … from T. M. Coan, 14 February 1874 and 22 June 1874 ). A civil servant in the Colonial Office, …
- … of the review became known within Darwin’s immediate circle, a bitter dispute ensued over Mivart’s …
- … After re-reading George’s original article he could not see ‘a shadow of foundation for the false, …
- … judgment and that of all the friends whom you had consulted, a calumnious and groundless attack on …
- … Mivart (see Correspondence vol. 20, letter to St G. J. Mivart, 11 January [1872] ). To Darwin …
- … whether he was the author of the review ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 December 1874 ). Huxley …
- … Mivart had written the article ( enclosure to letter from J. D. Hooker, 21 December 1874 ). Huxley …
- … 15 th he published that shabby rejoinder’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 December [1874] ). On …
- … removed as secretary of the Linnean Society ( letter From J. D. Hooker, 29 December 1874 ). …
- … system and diet treatments Darwin’s own doctor, Andrew Clark, he began to make a career for himself. …
- … fourth son, Leonard, who had joined the Royal Engineers in 1871, went to New Zealand as photographer …
- … in prettiness & snugness’ ( letter from Emma Darwin to J. B. Innes, 12 October [1874] ). …
- … the subject & that must be enough for me’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). …
- … the hardest cartilage, bone & meat &c. &c.’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 11 May [1874] ). …
- … do when they are sitting at rest’ ( letter from S. W. Pennypacker, 14 September 1874 ). …
Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution
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The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’. Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…
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- … looking exclusively into his own mind’, and himself, ‘a degraded wretch looking from the outside …
- … his statue of Puck, the mischievous fairy in Shakespeare’s A midsummer night’s dream. Darwin …
- … anatomical feature for Darwin was the platysma myoides, a band of muscle in the neck extending from …
- … Bruce, about the possibility of inserting a question in the 1871 census about cousin marriage. …
- … marriages. He enlisted the support of William Farr, a specialist in medical statistics who worked in …
- … staying on three occasions in London with his brother Erasmus, a week in Surrey and at Ightam Mote, …
