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Survival of the fittest: the trouble with terminology Part II
Summary
The most forceful and persistent critic of the term ‘natural selection’ was the co-discoverer of the process itself, Alfred Russel Wallace. Wallace seized on Herbert Spencer’s term ‘survival of the fittest’, explicitly introduced as an alternative way of…
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- … In July 1866 Wallace wrote Darwin a long and impassioned letter in support of replacing ‘natural …
- … In fact Spencer was forced to defend his term too when James Martineau, in his article ‘The place of …
- … as ‘survival of the better’ (see Spencer 1872, and the letter to Herbert Spencer, 10 June [1872] …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
Summary
In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … [Reimarius 1760] The Highlands & Western Isl ds letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824 …
- … 1834–40]: In Portfolio of “abstracts” 34 —letter from Skuckard of books on Silk Worm …
- … History of Greece [Grote 1846–56]. Miss. Martineau Society in America [H. Martineau 1837] …
- … M rs Fry’s Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . of Ossory [Walpole 1848] …
- … Geography [M. Somerville 1848] Trials Martineau [J. Martineau 1821] (read) Letters of …
- … Character by D’Israeli [D039;Israeli 1795]. Miss Martineau Travels in N. America [H. …
- … Asiatic Society ]—contains very little Macleay’s letter to D r Fleming [Macleay 1830] …
- … 1777] with corres: with Rousseau [Hume 1766] Miss Martineau’s How to observe [H. Martineau …
- … [DAR 119: 10b] Dec. 10 th The Hour & Man. H. Martineau [H. Martineau 1841] —— …
- … to Borneo [Keppel 1846] 31. Fox’s Hist of James 2 d . [Fox 1808] June 23 d Guizot …
- … (amusing) 27 Abbott Travels from Khiva to Heraut [James Abbott 1843] (very good) Nov. …
- … [Heer 1854].— Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] …
- … [Haydon 1853] (very interesting) —— 25. Sir James Brooks Private Letters [Brooke 1853] …
- … 24] 1859 Pagets Lectures on Pathology [James Paget 1853] Ch 1–3 & Last …
- … notes for both William Bennett’s edition (1837) and for James Rennie’s edition (1833) of Gilbert …
- … of the material from these portfolios is in DAR 205, the letter from William Edward Shuckard to …
- … de Neuchâtel . 47 Possibly a slip for James Abbott, Narrative of a journey …
- … ( Notebooks , pp. 319–28). 55 The letter was addressed to Nicholas Aylward Vigors …
- … to William Jackson Hooker. See Correspondence vol. 3, letter to J. D. Hooker, [5 or 12 November …
- … This paper has not been identified. It is possible that James Wilson’s work on the origin of …
- … referrred to in Darwin’s reading notebooks Abbott, James. 1843. Narrative of a journey from …
- … by Mary Howitt. London. 119: 15b Anderson, James. 1785. An account of the present state …
- … 119: 21b Broughton, William Grant. 1832. A letter in vindication of the principles of …
What did Darwin believe?
Summary
What did Darwin really believe about God? the Christian revelation? the implications of his theory of evolution for religious faith? These questions were asked again and again in the years following the publication of Origin of species (1859). They are…
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- … often seeking direction for their own. Mary Boole’s letter In December 1866 Darwin …
- … of Science & the promises of religion. See the letter Boole, like a number …
- … meeting point should still be far off. See the letter In his response to Boole …
- … feeling. But he does not venture into such territory in this letter to a stranger. Emma …
- … description of my state of mind. See the letter In this letter, Darwin is …
- … & I cannot help being open with you. See the letter We know from Darwin’s …
- … means so in eternity. There is a marked tension in Emma’s letter between reason and feeling, and …
- … when in London included several leading Unitarian clergymen, James Martineau and John James Taylor, …
- … as a guide to moral conduct, as in his remarks on Paul’s letter to Galatians, chapter six: ‘read …
- … it derive from inner feelings or instincts? In a letter written to Charles several months …
- … trying to learn the truth, you cannot be wrong … See the letter Yet she is concerned …
- … by adopting … the first fashionable view. Letter from T. H. Huxley to H. A. Heathorn, …
- … life. Huxley could not accept this, but Kingsley’s letter opened a line of communication that …
- … conception of entire surrender to the will of God.’ (Letter from T. H. Huxley to C. Kingsley, …
- … blows are everywhere necessary. See the letter Darwin is often portrayed as …
- … potential allies and disturb old allegiances. Haeckel’s letter had been prompted by an admonition …
- … of the truth of his own conclusions. See the letter Cautious style and self …
- … Estate). Kingsley, Charles. Anglican clergyman. Martineau, James. Unitarian clergyman …
- … the genuineness of the gospels (Boston) Tayler, John James. Unitarian clergyman and religious …
Books on the Beagle
Summary
The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
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- … Captain FitzRoy in the Narrative (2: 18). CD, in his letter to Henslow, 9 [September 1831] , …
- … . . . There will be plenty of room for Books.’ (Letter from Robert FitzRoy, 23 September 1831 …
- … the ‘immense stock’ which CD mentions may be had from a letter FitzRoy wrote to his sister during an …
- … on board the Beagle § — mentioned in a letter or other source as being on board …
- … Naturelle 3 (1834): 84–115. (DAR 37.1: 677v.; letter to J. S. Henslow, 12 July 1835). * …
- … d’histoire naturelle . 17 vols. Paris, 1822–31. (Letter from J. S. Henslow, 15–21 January [1833]). …
- … a report of the proceedings . . . Cambridge, 1833. (Letter to Charles Whitley, 23 July 1834). …
- … of the 2d meeting . . . Oxford, 1832 . London, 1833. (Letter to J. S. Henslow, March 1834 and …
- … . Edinburgh, 1821. (DAR 30.2: 162v.). Colnett, James. A voyage to the South Atlantic and …
- … 1822. (DAR 35.1: 317). Darwin Library–Down. Cook, James. Voyages (editions unidentified; …
- … residence in New Zealand in 1827 . . . London, 1832. (Letter to Caroline Darwin, 27 December 1835). …
- … 33: 254). § Euclid. Elements of geometry. (Letter to J. S. Henslow, 30 October 1831). …
- … The philosophy of zoology . . . 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1822. (Letter from Susan Darwin, 15 October …
- … 7e, etc.). Darwin Library–CUL ††. Horsburgh, James. Directions for sailing to and from the …
- … to the mountain barometer. 2d ed. London, n.d. [1802]. (Letter to Robert FitzRoy, [10 October 1831 …
- … de l’ordre des polypiers. Paris, 1821. (DAR 30.1: 13v.; letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 July – 7 …
- … Video. Novem r . 1832’; vol. 3 (1833): ‘C. Darwin’; letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 July – 7 November …
- … and La Plata . . . 2 vols. London, 1826. (DAR 31.2: 319; letter to Robert Fitzroy, 28 August 1834) …
- … John. Paradise lost. ( ’Beagle’ diary , p. 107; letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 November 1832). …
- … account of several late voyages. 2 parts. London, 1694. (Letter to J. S. Henslow, 24 July – 7 …
- … introducton to . . . mineralogy . . . London, 1816. (Letter from J. S. Henslow, 22 July 1834; …
- … 32.1: 7). Darwin Library–CUL † (vol.2). Stephens, James Francis. Description of …
- … (DAR 32.1: 7; Red notebook , p. 33e). Weddell, James. A voyage towards the South Pole …
- … tracts’, Darwin Library–CUL. § Wood, James. Elements of algebra. 8th ed. Cambridge, 1825. …