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Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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- … As the sheer volume of his correspondence indicates, 1862 was a particularly productive year for …
- … I do think you have a good right to be so’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 and] 20 November [1862] …
- … him from this view ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 14 [January 1862] ): 'no doubt you are right …
- … Huxley replied ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 20 January 1862 ): 'I entertain no doubt that …
- … but continued ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 18 December [1862] ): 'you say the answer to …
- … but complained ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 28 December [1862] ): 'To get the degree of …
- … him the commission ( see letter to John Scott, 11 December [1862] ). Darwin was altogether taken …
- … with his study of Primula and escalated throughout 1862 as he searched for other cases of …
- … 1861, and was published in the society’s journal in March 1862. The paper described the two …
- … in almost daily’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 22 January [1862] ). In a postscript, he mentioned his work …
- … became increasingly frustrated, telling Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 7 March [1862] ): ‘I am …
- … great’, he told Gray ( letter to Asa Gray, 10–20 June [1862] ), ‘I have lately counted one by one …
- … from his ‘ enormous labour over them’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 [October 1862] ; see ML 2: …
- … case warranted a paper for the Linnean Society ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 6 October [1862] ). …
- … about anything I published’, he told Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 15 [May 1862] ). But he did …
- … the book, it was, after all, ‘a success’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 [June 1862] ). a …
- … natural selection. He made the point to Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 14 March [1862] ): ‘I …
- … Darwin a few of their letters; Darwin remarked ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 26 [March 1862] ): ‘It is …
- … species was never so plainly brought forward’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 24 [November 1862] ), and …
- … produce like” is at the bottom of all’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 26 November 1862 ) drew from …
- … physical conditions, and natural selection ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [after 26] November [1862] ). …
- … of Naudin’s methods, and his claims ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 [June 1862] ), but still …
- … inherited his ‘poor constitution’ ( see letter to J. B. Innes, 24 February [1862] ) and with some …
- … drainage system of southern Ireland ( see letter from J. B. Jukes, 25 May 1862 ). In his paper, …
Bartholomew James Sulivan
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On Christmas Day 1866, Bartholomew Sulivan sat down to write a typically long and chatty letter to his old friend, Charles Darwin, commiserating on shared ill-health, glorying in the achievements of their children, offering to collect plant specimens, and…
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- … On Christmas Day 1866, Bartholomew Sulivan sat down to write a typically long and chatty letter to …
- … dry blankets for the first time for weeks.’ ( Letter from B. J. Sulivan, 25 December 1866 ) …
- … one of the few people whose visits Darwin encouraged. In 1862 he organised a reunion at Down with …
- … . From the beginning of their acquaintance, Sulivan took a strong interest in natural history …
- … until 1851 – their eldest son, James Young Falkland Sulivan, was the first British subject to be …
- … suited him, and following his return to England in 1851 Sulivan was frequently ill, but never lost …
- … to Tierra del Fuego during the Beagle voyage. Sulivan’s naval career was distinguished. …
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- … ... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some …
Darwin in letters, 1867: A civilised dispute
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Charles Darwin’s major achievement in 1867 was the completion of his large work, The variation of animals and plants under domestication (Variation). The importance of Darwin’s network of correspondents becomes vividly apparent in his work on expression in…
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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Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest
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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…
