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Darwin in letters, 1861: Gaining allies
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The year 1861 marked an important change in the direction of Darwin’s work. He had weathered the storm that followed the publication of Origin, and felt cautiously optimistic about the ultimate acceptance of his ideas. The letters from this year provide an…
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- … The year 1861 marked an important change in the direction of Darwin’s work. By then, …
- … , developed into an intensive study of the phenomenon in 1861. Orchids, in particular the …
- … good service’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 26–7 Februrary [1861] ). Darwin drew up a carefully thought …
- … Charles Lyell ( see letter to Charles Lyell, 20 July [1861] ). One reason for Darwin’s interest in …
- … proved’ ( see second letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 [April 1861] ). Darwin continued to stress to his …
- … followed in Origin was singled out for praise in 1861. He had been disappointed to learn of John …
- … a committed crusader, Darwin wrote to Herschel, on 23 May [1861]: 'You will think me very …
- … to such a subject’ ( letter from Henry Fawcett, 16 July [1861] ). Mill in fact included a brief …
- … of any service!’ ( letter to Henry Fawcett, 18 September [1861] ). Darwin added some new …
- … of one of the ‘very best of the younger geologists’, Archibald Geikie. Geikie had approved of Darwin …
- … opportunity’ ( letter from Joseph Leidy, 4 March [1861] ). However, the publication of Leidy’s …
- … her new species’ ( letter from H. W. Bates, 28 March [1861] ). Mimicry Bates' …
- … was evident. He told Darwin in his letter of [1 December] 1861: I think the whole tenour …
- … set is free’ ( letter from H. W. Bates, 30 September 1861 ). As Peter Bowler has commented, …
- … to Nat. History.—’ ( letter to H. W. Bates, 4 April [1861] ). He also advised that the public …
- … poor cousins.—’ ( letter to H. W. Bates, 3 December [1861] ). Darwin volunteered to read some of …
- … for the work ( letter to H. W. Bates, 25 September [1861] ). Nevertheless, many naturalists were …
- … and awful smasher’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 3 January [1861] ). Ever since Owen’s highly critical …
- … be friends again’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 3 January [1861] ). Friends and family …
- … formed a lasting bond between the two women. In May 1861 Darwin offered consolation to his …
- … walked this earth’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 18 [May 1861] ). Henslow had been a uniquely …
- … a major preoccupation of Darwin’s during the course of 1861. Projects begun the previous summer as …
- … on Hybridisation’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 16 September [1861] ). But it was his study of …
- … the contrivances.–-’ ( letter of [28 July–10 August 1861] ). Later in the year, he went even …
- … Darwin pursued this study doggedly throughout the summer of 1861, writing to anyone he thought might …
- … of species’ ( letter to Henry Fawcett, 18 September [1861] ), Darwin conceived of the orchid work, …
- … in publishing’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 November [1861] ). Nevertheless, Darwin immediately …
