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Photograph album of Dutch admirers
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Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…
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- … students, especially the younger ones. ( Letter to J. C. Costerus and N. D. Doedes, [22?] March …
- … some are about 2 feet across!— ( Letter from C. W. Thomson, 30 June 1877 ) …
- … well known to Darwin was the ophthalmologist Frans Cornelis Donders, who had answered questions …
- … work on human expression. Donders visited Darwin in 1869 , and a year later Darwin consoled him …
- … loss is irreparable, & I feel deeply for you. ( Letter to F. C. Donders, 19 May 1870 ) …
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…
Darwin in letters, 1871: An emptying nest
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The year 1871 was an extremely busy and productive one for Darwin, with the publication in February of his long-awaited book on human evolution, Descent of man. The other main preoccupation of the year was the preparation of his manuscript on expression.…
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- … for a US edition had been in place since December 1869, while German, Russian, French, and Dutch …
- … and the heavy use of their arms and legs ( letter from C. L. Bernays, 25 February 1871 ). Samples …
- … is a thing which I sh d feel very proud of, if anyone c d . say of me.’ After the publication …
- … the most deep and tender religious feeling’ ( letter from F. E. Abbot, 20 August 1871 ). The …
- … was achieved through ‘the medium of opinion, positive law &c’, and transmitted by culture, not …
- … in the world except. laughing. crying grinning pouting &c. &c’, he wrote to Hooker on 21 …
- … annually on an acre of land at 16 tons (letter from L. C. Wedgwood, [20 November 1871] ). He also …
