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To W. D. Fox   10 October [1850]

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Is concerned about the education of his boys and is undecided between Rugby and Bruce Castle schools; is inclined toward the latter, but afraid to experiment on so important a subject.

Reports on his pear-trees.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Darwin Fox
Date:  10 Oct [1850]
Classmark:  Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 78)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1362

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  • … Rev d . — Willy School 74 3 6. ’ Emma Darwin (1915) 2: 145, notes that Wharton was …
  • … preparatory school that William attended. Emma Darwin’s diary records that ‘Willy went to …
  • … et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Emma Darwin ( …
  • … 1915): Emma Darwin: a century of family letters, 1792–1896. Edited by Henrietta …

To W. D. Fox   [17 January 1850]

Summary

Account of the birth of Leonard Darwin, during which he administered the chloroform to Emma.

Continues the water-cure.

Has begun work on fossil cirripedes.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Darwin Fox
Date:  [17 Jan 1850]
Classmark:  Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 75)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1292

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  • … applied to a pad held over the nose. Emma Darwin’s diary records that ‘Mr Fox’ came on 2  …
  • … of Leonard Darwin, during which he administered the chloroform to Emma. Continues the …

To W. D. Fox   4 September [1850]

Summary

Has heard that Louis Agassiz maintains the doctrine of several species of man "much I daresay to the comfort of the slave-holding southerners".

Homeopathy excites his wrath even more than clairvoyance.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Darwin Fox
Date:  4 Sept [1850]
Classmark:  Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 77)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-1352

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  • … the snow to the Sandwalk. According to Emma Darwin’s diary, ‘Mr Fox’ had visited Down on …
  • … and McCann 1967–8, 1: 141–6). According to Emma Darwin’s diary, she and CD visited Bruce …
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