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Darwin in letters, 1880: Sensitivity and worms
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‘My heart & soul care for worms & nothing else in this world,’ Darwin wrote to his old Shrewsbury friend Henry Johnson on 14 November 1880. Darwin became fully devoted to earthworms in the spring of the year, just after finishing the manuscript of…
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- … to his old Shrewsbury friend Henry Johnson on 14 November 1880 . Darwin became fully devoted to …
- … in zoology. New studies of animal instincts by George John Romanes drew upon Darwin’s early …
- … of much value to me’ ( letter to C. H. Tindal, 5 January 1880 ). Darwin had employed a genealogist …
- … & even the world’ ( letter from J. L. Chester, 3 March 1880 ). Darwin’s sons George and …
- … of [William Alvey Darwin],’ George wrote on 28 May 1880 , ‘I … said you were anxious not to …
- … letter from W. E. Darwin to Charles and Emma Darwin, 22 July 1880 ). Sales of Erasmus …
- … new was published). Butler wrote to Darwin on 2 January 1880 for an explanation: ‘Among the …
- … I did not do so’ ( letter to Samuel Butler, 3 January 1880 ). At the top of Butler’s letter, Emma …
- … an article upon’ ( letter from W. E. Darwin, [28 January 1880] ). Butler had once been an …
- … the public’ ( letter from Samuel Butler, 21 January 1880 ). He stated his case in the Athen …
- … Henrietta ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] ). ‘The world will only know … that you …
- … she warned ( letter from H. E. Litchfield, [1 February 1880] ). ‘He is a virulent Salamander of a …
- … a horrid disease’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 3 February 1880 ). All went quiet until …
- … to an elephant’ ( letter from Ernst Krause, 9 December 1880 ). Again, Darwin felt compelled to …
- … behave so differently.’ ( Letter to Asa Gray, 17 February 1880 .) But Gray had based his …
- … agreed with Darwin’s ( letter from Asa Gray, 4 April 1880 ). Having finished the manuscript …
- … shake their heads in the same dismal manner as you & M r . Murray did, when I told them my …
- … or publisher?’ ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 20 July 1880 ). ‘I must take the risk & loss on my …
- … lose some for science’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 21 July 1880 ). The worries were ill founded, …
- … scale’, Darwin wrote to Alphonse de Candolle on 28 May 1880 . Readers trained in zoology realised …
- … ( letter from F. M. Balfour, [22 November 1880] ). George Romanes, who had worked on the nerves of …
- … would have been amply gratified”‘ ( 21 November [1880] ). ‘I had quite forgotten my old ambition …
- … to see anybody’ ( letter to S. H. Haliburton, 13 December 1880 ). Instinct and worms …
- … has amused me’ ( letter to W. C. McIntosh, 18 June 1880 ). Members of the family were enlisted to …
- … ( letter from Horace Darwin to Emma Darwin, [18 September 1880] ). Darwin’s Wedgwood nieces, Sophy …
- … aided in any way direct attacks on religion’ ( letter to E. B. Aveling, 13 October 1880 ). Finally …
- … of Epping Forest’. In October, Darwin had discussions with John Lubbock and Huxley and was …
- … he would think me mad or impertinent’ ( letter to A. B. Buckley, 31 October [1880] ). Buckley …
- … the year’s end, a Christmas card from another old friend, John Maurice Herbert, inspired happy …
Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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- … to Darwin, [1873] Ellen Lubbock, wife of naturalist John Lubbock, responds to Darwin’s …
- … 6815 - Scott, J. to Darwin, [2 July 1869] John Scott responds to Darwin’s queries …
- … Letter 12389 - Johnson, M. to Darwin, [January 1880] Mary Johnson tells Darwin about her …
- … 12745 - Darwin to Wedg wood, K. E. S., [8 October 1880] Darwin asks his niece, …
- … 12760 - Wedgw ood, K. E. S. to Darwin, [15 October 1880] Darwin’s niece, Katherine …
- … - Weir, J. J. to Darwin, [24 March 1868] John Weir describes experiments he is undertaking …
- … publication of The Movement of Plants in 1880 and his “assistance” is proudly …
- … editorial criticism of a paper written by English naturalist John Lubbock. In addition to offering …
- … - Weir, J. J. to Darwin, [24 March 1868] John Weir describes experiments he is undertaking …
- … publication of The Movement of Plants in 1880 and his “assistance” is proudly …
Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…
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- … his accusations in Unconscious memory in November 1880 and in an abusive letter about Darwin in …
- … eager to send his draft to the printers without delay, asked John Murray, his publisher, to make an …
- … laboratory. The Lake District may have reminded Darwin of John Ruskin, who lived there. Sending the …
- … 29 July 1881 ). The degree of Darwin’s distress prompted Murray to offer to publish as soon as the …
- … ). His scientific friends, however, did not agree. Both John Lubbock and Hooker asked for Darwin’s …
- … about the year 1840(?) on all our minds’ ( letter to John Lubbock, [18 September 1881] ). When …
- … on 27 May . Romanes assured Darwin that the artist, John Collier, Huxley’s son-in-law, was ‘such a …
- … after expressing their wish to visit Darwin ( letter from E. B. Aveling, 27 September [1881] ). …
- … Darwin told his old Cambridge University friend John Price on 27 December . As Darwin rejoiced in …
Darwin and the Church
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The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
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- … scientific interests. Indeed, Darwin’s Cambridge mentor, John Stevens Henslow, and his friend and …
- … the work of Non-conformist preachers in the village. John Brodie Innes Many of the …
- … to such strained relations that Darwin’s neighbour, John Lubbock, was forced to send a series of …
- … supported Fegan’s work in the village, writing in 1880 or 1881: ‘your services have done more for …
- … in the village’ (letter to J. W. C. Fegan, [December 1880 – February 1881] ). Indeed, the Darwin …
- … chapter . Edited by Francis Darwin. 3 vols. London: John Murray. 1887–8. Moore, James. 1985. …
