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Dramatisation script

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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007

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  • … – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and othersby Craig Baxteras
  • quotes from the correspondence or published writings of Asa Gray, Charles Darwin, Joseph Dalton
  • read the words of the following: Actor 1Asa Gray Actor 2Charles Darwin
  • day archivist, this actor uses the words of Jane Loring Gray, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Hugh Falconer, …
  • in which the play unfolds and acting as a go-between between Gray and Darwin, and between the
  • are described by his widow Jane the final days of Professor Asa Gray, Harvard Botanist. A series of
  • of the Life of Darwin. At this time in his life, Asa Gray is in his late 70s. JANE
  • exhausting. And I am actually forced always to go to bed at 8 oclock completely tired. …
  • secret and potentially incendiary ideas. A younger Asa Gray (now in his mid 40s) arrives in
  • attention. He opens the letter. DARWIN8   April 25 th 1855. My dear [Dr Gray] …
  • you might reasonably expectYours most sincerely Asa Gray. DARWIN16   My dear
  • 18   Some of my immersed seeds have come up after 82 and 85 days immersion, viz Radishes, Beet, …
  • 25   I send enclosed [a letter for you from Asa Gray], received this morning. I send my own, also, …
  • instructive to me42   Ever most cordially yours, Asa Gray Darwin, after a short
  • Darwin chuckles at this imagery. GRAY:   80   Surely, Mr. Darwins theory is none
  • in the long-run alone survive. DARWIN82   I can now very plainly seethat I
  • it not been for four or five men, including yourself83 The effect on me is that I will
  • exhilarated from the fight. HOOKER:   84   My dear Gray. We have had an awful fight
  • of the elements of ScienceGRAY:   85   I should have liked to bandy words a little
  • amid rounds of applause for my side. GRAY:   86   A minister out in Illinois has
  • run prevail. CERTAIN BENEFICIAL LINES: 1860 Asa Gray presents his argument of Creation

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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  • and assistance with experiments. In January, he wrote to Asa Gray thanking him for somenew cases
  • haddifferent functions’. He continued to write to Gray throughout the year about his quest for
  • time on the problem: ‘the labour is great’, he told Gray ( letter to Asa Gray, 1020 June [1862] ) …
  • By October, Darwin was flagging and declared to Gray: ‘I am utterly routed, beaten, “whippedby
  • by the extent of the sterility of own-form crosses. He told Gray: ‘Taking sexual power as the
  • may be said to be generically distinct’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 14 July [1862] ). The case was so
  • seed. The case clearly excited Darwin, who exclaimed to Gray ( letter to Asa Gray, 9 August [1862] …
  • had enjoyed observing the orchids: he described the work to Gray as ahobby-horsethat had given
  • of the orchids that puzzled him, and was thrilled by Grays observations of North American species. …
  • of almost every  flower’ ( letter to Daniel Oliver, 8 June [1862] ). I never before
  • of natural selection through the back door ( letter to Asa Gray, 23[–4] July [1862] ). Moreover, …
  • his opposition to the  Origin  ’ ( letter from Asa Gray, 23 July 1862 ). Henry Walter
  • … ). War abroad. Anxiety at home As usual, Asa Gray took care that Americans should know
  • … & genius you have for these researches’ ( letter from Asa Gray, 18 May 1862 ). In thanking
  • … ‘not a shade of feeling against slavery’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 16 October [1862] ). It was
  • … ‘fearful evil to the whole world’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 16 October [1862] )—appreciated how well
  • hadcome to wish for Peace at any price’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 23[–4] July [1862] ), the couple
  • Eastborne in the summer of 1860 (see Correspondence vol. 8), Darwin becamewonderfully interested’ …

Cross and self fertilisation

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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…

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  • September 1866, Darwin announced to the American botanist Asa Gray, ‘I have just begun a large
  • the growth of the young plants is highly remarkable’ ( To Asa Gray, 10 September [1866] ). By
  • 17 March [1867] ). He noted another factor in a letter to Gray, remarking, ‘I am going on with my
  • visited by insects & so have been rarely crossed’ ( To Asa Gray, 15 April [1867] ). One of
  • on cross and self-fertilised plants, as he explained to Gray, ‘I worked last summer hard at Drosera, …
  • the dogs till I finish with this & get it published’ ( To Asa Gray, 11 March [1873] ). …
  • no idea when it will be published’ ( To JVCarus, 8 May [1873] ). Hermann Müller also wrote
  • a new set of experiments for the summer, as he informed Gray when asking for seeds of Nesaea
  • of Lythrum; for the fact seems to me all important.’ ( To Asa Gray, 30 May [1875] ). In earlier
  • crossed over the self-fertilised’ ( To GHDarwin, 8 January [1876] ). George explained the
  • By August 1876, the book had gone to press and Darwin told Gray, ‘This will complete all that I
  • Comes ( From Hermann Müller, 4 October 1876 ). Gray was impatient for a copy and asked for
  • your judgment than for that of almost anyone else’ ( To Asa Gray, 28 October 1876 ). Gray
  • written of, as being as faultless as your temper’ ( From Asa Gray, 12 November 1876 ). The
  • 27 January 1877 ). Darwin was especially pleased with Grays review, and told him, ‘Your abstract
  • given everything,—you have quite eviscerated it’ ( To Asa Gray, 18 February [1877] ). By mid-March

Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad

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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…

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  • far more than  Origin had (see  Correspondence  vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January
  • … ( letter from Charles Lyell, 11 March 1863 ). The botanist Asa Gray, Darwins friend in the United
  • Huxleys book would scare them off ( see letter from Asa Gray, 20 April 1863 ). In May, Darwin
  • and letter to  Athenæum , 18 April [1863] ). He told Gray: ‘Under the cloak of a fling at
  • Lyells  amended verdict on the Origin’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 20 April [1863] ). Darwin quoted a
  • 1862 (see  Correspondence  vol. 10). He sent a copy to Asa Gray to review in an American journal, …
  • January [1863] and 31 January [1863] , and letter to Asa Gray, 31 May [1863] ). Asa Gray
  • over the angles of leaves, asking the professional botanists Gray, Hooker, and Daniel Oliver for
  • letter from Daniel Oliver, 17 February 1863 , letter to Asa Gray, 20 April [1863] , letter to
  • wasenough to drive the quietest man mad’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). Hooker and Gray
  • forms that he had started the previous year ( letter to Asa Gray, 4 August [1863] ). The results
  • Darwin concluded: ‘It was beautiful’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 20 April [1863] ). Cross
  • and pistils mature at different times ( see letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). The fertility of
  • all its modifications as anything in orchids’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 4 August [1863] ). He acquired
  • they lived not to know anything of them?’ ( letter from Asa Gray, 1 September 1863 ). Gray
  • of which figured prominently in his correspondence with Asa Gray in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At the

Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics

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On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…

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  • out in the United States and in Germany, he expressed to Asa Gray his astonishment at the widespread
  • thinking that it would be nice easy reading.’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 22 May [1860] ). …
  • mentioned in the volume is given in Correspondence vol. 8, Appendix VII.) The
  • scientific investigation.—’ ( letter to J. S. Henslow, 8 May [1860] ). Above all else
  • were inexplicable by the theory of creation. Asa Grays statement in his March review that natural
  • solely by explaining an ample lot of facts.’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 18 February [1860] ). To those
  • perfected structure as the eye. As Darwin admitted to Lyell, Gray, and others, imagining how
  • caused him greater discomfort. As he readily admitted to Gray: ‘The sight of a feather in a peacock
  • change of form’, namely those of embryology ( letter to Asa Gray, 10 September [1860] ). Only his
  • the  Athenæum , are given in Correspondence vol. 8 Appendix VI. Wilberforces review
  • in letters to his closest confidants Hooker, Lyell, and Gray. Initially he found it curioushow
  • not thoroughly . . . I must be a very bad explainer.' Asa Gray and design in nature
  • Origin  in America by Louis Agassiz and his followers, Grays essays, Darwin believed, could also

Jane Gray

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Jane Loring Gray, the daughter of a Boston lawyer, married the Harvard botanist Asa Gray in 1848 and evidence suggests that she took an active interest in the scientific pursuits of her husband and his friends. Although she is only known to have…

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  • Jane Loring Gray, the daughter of a Boston lawyer, married the Harvard botanist Asa Gray in 1848 and
  • as Emma Darwin helped Charles with his correspondence, Jane Gray often acted as a secretary for her
  • 40 ladies  and a few gentlemen’ (letter to Jane Gray from George Bentham, 10 March 1852. Archives
  • about the behaviour of her dog (letter from J. L. Gray, 14 February 1870 ), she also passed on
  • and Animals  (1872) Darwin thankedProfessor and Mrs. Asa Grayfor attending tosome points in
  • preoccupations. In their letter to Darwin from Egypt, Jane Gray wrote: I enclose the few
  • women only the up & down wrinkles— (letter from Asa Gray and J. L. Gray, 8 and 9 May
  • men: Pray give our very kind remembrances to Mrs. Gray. I know that she likes to hear men
  • I have won, hurrah, hurrah, 2795 games. (letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876 ) …
  • sent back with them (letter from Emma Darwin to Jane Gray, 28 October 1871. Archives of the Gray

Religion

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Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…

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  • … of design. The first is between Darwin and Harvard botanist Asa Gray, taking as their point of …
  • … force”. Letter 2855 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 3 July [1860] Darwin writes to …
  • … for the attention now given to the subject. He poses Gray a question on design in nature, as he is …
  • … an angel. Letter 3342 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 11 Dec [1861] Darwin writes to …
  • … white flag than to fire my usual long-range shot”. He asks Gray some questions about design. …
  • … gives an “excellent idea of Pangenesis”. He talks about Gray giving him a good slap at his …
  • … theist and evolutionist, giving the examples of Kingsley and Asa Gray. As regards his own views, his …

Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year

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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…

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  • … of shooting and collecting beetles ( letter from W. D. Fox, 8 May [1874] ).  Such reminiscences …
  • … one from Charles Lyell ( letter to Smith, Elder & Co., 8 January 1874 , letter to J. D. …
  • … much in Switzerland ( letter from Francis and Amy Darwin, 8 August [1874] ). Francis had …
  • … ). the man-eating tree of Madagascar Asa Gray publicised Darwin’s work on …
  • … it was a hoax till I came to the woman’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 3 June [1874] ). Response to …
  • … F. S. B. François de Chaumont, 29 April 1874 ). Asa Gray forwarded a letter from the …
  • … seen in bank with enormous tips to his ears ( letter from Asa Gray, 12 May 1874 ). The …
  • … letter to  J. N. Lockyer, 13 May [1874] ), and he wrote to Asa Gray, who provided the essay on him: …
  • … bit insane, as we all are occasionally’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 5 June [1874] ). The …

Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?

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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . .  What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…

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  • … shall be chiefly new work’ ( letter to Francis Galton, 8 November [1872] ), and the tenor of his …
  • … are accustomed to novels for 1s’, he wrote to Murray on 8 January , but Murray complained that …
  • … felt friendly towards me’ ( letter to St G. J. Mivart, 8 January [1872] ).  Despite Darwin’s …
  • … old subject which formerly interested me,’ Darwin wrote to Asa Gray at the beginning of the year; & …
  • … have worked out and published about Drosera & Dionæa’, Gray had replied on hearing of the …
  • … the 'nervous system(!?)’ of  Drosera  ( letter to Asa Gray, 22 October 1872 ). By early …

Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters

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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…

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  • … in a dramatisation of the correspondence between Darwin and Asa Gray. Re: Design toured Britain …
  • … his Wedgwood nieces, Lucy ( [before 25 September 1866] ; 8 June [1867-72?] ) and Sophy ( 8
  • … a draft chapter of Descent (letter to H. E. Darwin, [8 February 1870] ). …

Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life

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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time.  And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth.  All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…

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  • … … poor creature, has won only 2490 games’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876 ). Francis Darwin, …
  • … of work’ left in him for ‘new matter’ (letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876). The preparation of the …
  • … evidence for the ‘advantages of crossing’ (letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876). Revising Orchids …
  • … amendments to his results ( letter from Moritz Schiff, 8 May 1876 ). Pangenesis v. …
  • … and sympathised with his close friends Joseph Hooker and Asa Gray, whose situations often …
  • … you suffer largely in the same way’, Darwin wrote to Gray on 28 January . On 14 November, Hooker …
  • … my horrid bad style into intelligible English’, he told Asa Gray on 28 October . …
  • … are not readable, & the 6 last very dull’, he warned Asa Gray on 28 October , when sending …
  • … lively reading for one so poor at figures as I am’, Gray conceded on 12 November , although he …
  • … compare size of pollen grains & state of stigma’, he told Gray on 4 December. Darwin also …
  • … than the more widely used ‘heterostyle’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 20 December 1876 ). Darwin …

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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  • … her home in South Africa. Letter 6736 - Gray, A. & J. L to Darwin, [8 & 9 …
  • … Letter 7223 - Darwin to Wedgwood, L. C., [8 June 1867 - 72] Darwin asks his niece, …
  • … Letter 5602 - Sutton, S. to Darwin, [8 August 1867] Sutton, the keeper of the …
  • … Letter 4235 - Becker, L. E. to Darwin, [8 July 1863] Lydia Becker sends Darwin a …
  • … Letter 12745 - Darwin to Wedg wood, K. E. S., [8 October 1880] Darwin asks his …
  • … . Letter 9485 - Treat, M. to Darwin, [8 June 1874] Mary Treat details her …
  • … . Letter 7124 - Darwin to Darwin, H. E., [8 February 1870] Darwin seeks …

Darwin in letters, 1856-1857: the 'Big Book'

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In May 1856, Darwin began writing up his 'species sketch’ in earnest. During this period, his working life was completely dominated by the preparation of his 'Big Book', which was to be called Natural selection. Using letters are the main…

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  • … joined in 1856 by Hooker’s friend the American botanist Asa Gray and then by the specialist in …
  • … he remarked to Hooker ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 8 September [1856] ). I mean to make my …
  • … my Book as perfect as ever I can.’ ( letter to W. D. Fox, 8 February [1857] ). Darwin also …
  • … aspects of the question. Did naturalised plants, he asked Asa Gray, vary in the United States ( …
  • … tend to show a separation of the sexes, a proposal that Asa Gray and Hooker confirmed during the …
  • … views to explain them in explicit detail in a long letter to Asa Gray ( letter to Asa Gray, 5 …

Scientific Networks

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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…

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  • the networks of others, such as Joseph Dalton Hooker and Asa Gray, who were at leading scientific
  • contact. His correspondence with Joseph Hooker and Asa Gray illustrates how close personal ties
  • D. Hooker. The second is between Darwin and Harvard botanist Asa Gray. Darwin and Hooker
  • species to wide-ranging genera. Darwin and Gray Letter 1674Darwin, C. R. …
  • in the USA. Letter 2125Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 20 July [1857] Darwin writes
  • Primula . Letter 4611Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 13 Sept [1864] Darwin sends
  • Letter 7124Darwin, C. R. to Darwin, H. E., [8 February 1870] Darwin writes to his

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…

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  • but without the additional chapter. In a letter written on 8 February [1867] to his close friend
  • to his newly completed book: a paragraph throwing doubt on Asa Grays doctrine that each variation
  • Trail, 5 April 1867 ). Darwin told his American friend Asa Gray, ‘I am repeating this experiment on
  • most ought to be introduced’ ( letter to W. S. Dallas, 8 November [1867] ). Dallas resisted the
  • the queries to acquaintances in remote areas. On 26 March, Asa Gray wrote, ‘You see I have  …
  • one to send them to, so do not want any more’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 15 April [1867] ). …
  • … , 31 August 1867. Another version, possibly derived from Asa Grays printed queries, was published

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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  • … letter about Darwin in the St James’s Gazette on 8 December. Krause countered Butler’s …
  • … vol. 28, Appendix VI). When Huxley heard on 8 January that Wallace would receive £200 a year,  …
  • … totally & entirely’. Wallace also received the news on 8 January (his 58th birthday) and …
  • … behaviour were trustworthy ( letter to Francis Galton, 8 March [1881] ). Although results from …
  • … as important to Darwin as their collaborative work. When Asa Gray apologised to Darwin on 27 …
  • … in his praise wd. never have occurred to him’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 29 January 1881 ). …
  • … now wish that I had not done so’ ( letter to J. V. Carus, 8 December 1881 ). The …

Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts

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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of  Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…

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  • … January [1869] ). Darwin had argued ( Origin , pp. 377–8) that plant species would migrate …
  • … revisions of the ‘everlasting old Origin’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 1 June [1869] ), he was able to …
  • … of the female in the garden ( letter from Frederick Smith, 8 October 1869 ). Albert Günther, …
  • … peoples in India and Africa. The American botanist Asa Gray and his wife, Jane Loring Gray , who …
  • … read it, of dislike & contempt—almost hatred—’ ( from Asa Gray and J. L. Gray, 8 and 9 May …

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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  • evolution and sexual selection. In  Origin , pp. 8790, Darwin had briefly introduced the
  • I shall look rather blank’ ( letter from W. S. Dallas, 8 January 1868 ). Darwin sympathised, …
  • of me. I feel convinced it is by Owen’. John Edward Gray, a colleague of Richard Owens in the
  • enemies of Nat. Selection’ ( letter from A. R. Wallace, 8 [April] 1868 ). Researching
  • cry (letters to W. E. Darwin, [15 March 1868] and 8 April [1868] ). Such facts proved
  • the theology favoured by some of his supporters, notably Asa Gray, seemed to render natural
  • lines by God. Of Darwins discussion in  Variation , Gray wrote on 25 May : ‘I found your … …
  • perfectly, & feel the weight of it.’ Some thought Grays position still a strong one. An
  • that the outing had done nothing for his health ( letter to Asa Gray, 15 August [1868] ), but it

New material added to the American edition of Origin

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A ‘revised and augmented’ American edition of Origin came on the market in July 1860, and was the only authorised edition available in the US until 1873. It incorporated many of the changes Darwin made to the second English edition, but still contained…

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  • Origin was published, Darwin received a letter from Asa Gray offering to arrange an American
  • a share in possible profits. Darwin responded favourably to Grays proposal in his letter of 21
  • their heads that a species is an entity.—‘ After Gray had contacted the Boston publishing
  • preparing for distribution. Acting on Darwins behalf, Gray duly contacted D. Appleton to inquire
  • transmitting their response to Darwin (see letters from Asa Gray, [10 January 1860], [17 January
  • fixed through the process of stereotyping (see letter from Asa Gray, 23 January [1860] and n. 2). …
  • of the transmutation of species; Darwin sent this off to Gray enclosed in his letter of [8 or 9
  • to Lyell, 18 [and 19 February 1860]. Darwin suggested to Gray that the title page of the new edition
  • Second Edition with additional corrections” (letter to Asa Gray, 1 February [1860]). By 1 May
  • from three separate printings of Origin (see letter to Asa Gray, 22 May [1860] and enclosure) …
  • edition of Origin was available in July 1860 (see [Gray] 1860b, p. 116). It is interesting to
  • of Origin , published in March 1861 (see Freeman 1977, p. 83). As Grays biographer A. Hunter
  • from the sixth English edition of 1872 (Freeman 1977, pp. 856).     …
  • spread over New Zealand, &c., &c. Page 417, 8 25th line, after ‘‘facts above
  • edition of Origin , p. 44. 2 Origin , p. 83. 3 Origin , pp. 1878. …

The Lyell–Lubbock dispute

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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…

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  • … extinct species such as the mammoth ( Correspondence vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 4 May [1860 …
  • … the book in correspondence with Joseph Dalton Hooker, Asa Gray, and Huxley but he never spoke out …
  • … what he thought about ‘the derivation of Species’. 8 Darwin continued to feel aggrieved about …
  • … theory of transmutation, see Bartholomew 1973. 8. See Correspondence vol. 11, …
  • … Letters from Charles Lyell to T. H. Huxley, 7 June 1865, and 8 June 1865 (Imperial College, Huxley …
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