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Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex

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The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…

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  • … Darwin was clearly impressed by Lewes’s reviews. On 7 August 1868 , he wrote him a lengthy letter …
  • … in Victoria, Australia ( letter from R. B. Smyth, 13 August 1868 ); lengthy replies were received …
  • … The British envoy in China, Robert Swinhoe, remarked on 4 August that Darwin’s queries had …
  • … the lepidopterist Adolf Speyer and the plant geographer August Röse were ‘ardent followers of …
  • … Molendo and Alexander Walther addressed themselves on 5 August to ‘the Reformator of Natural …
  • … ‘scientifically reborn’ through Darwin’s writings. August Weismann sent Darwin a copy of his …
  • … of Darwinian theory (Weismann 1868; letter to August Weismann, 22 October 1868 ). To the …
  • … Darwin’s concluding paragraphs in  Variation   on 31 August : ‘The Theological diffculty of the …
  • …  against’ ( letter from G. D. Hinrichs, [before 13 August 1868] ). Finally, Darwin was induced to …
  • … house all in love with you’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 August [1868] ). merely a …
  • … had done nothing for his health ( letter to Asa Gray, 15 August [1868] ), but it did result in …