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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
  • secret and potentially incendiary ideas. A younger Asa Gray (now in his mid 40s) arrives in
  • you sent me as well as I could. DARWIN10   My dear Dr Gray. I really hardly know
  • you might reasonably expectYours most sincerely Asa Gray. DARWIN16   My dear
  • Hooker is younger than Darwin and Gray by about 10 years. Like Gray, he is a professional botanist
  • 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
  • right when he said the whole subject would be forgotten in 10 years. But now that I hear you will
  • run prevail. CERTAIN BENEFICIAL LINES: 1860 Asa Gray presents his argument of Creation
  • a lesser degreeBloods One Penny Envelope, 1, 3, and 10 cents’. If you will make him this present, …
  • HOOKER:   208   We had a horrid scare 10 days ago, in the form of a Telegram fromNatureto
  • XVII, 1882 4  C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER 10 MAY 1848 5  C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER
  • 9  A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 22 MAY 1855 10  C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 24 AUGUST 1855
  • JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 72  A GRAY TO C DARWIN, 10 JANUARY 1860 73  C DARWIN TO
  • A GRAY, 21 JULY 1861 120 A GRAY TO JD HOOKER, 10 JUNE 1861 121  A GRAY TO C
  • 18 FEBRUARY 1862 129  JD HOOKER TO C DARWIN, 10 MARCH 1862 130  C DARWIN
  • 23 NOVEMBER 1862 136  C DARWIN TO A GRAY, 1020 JUNE 1862 137  A GRAY TO

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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  • … lengthy dialogue on the subject (see Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix VI). His paper, ‘Dimorphic …
  • … and assistance with experiments. In January, he wrote to Asa Gray thanking him for some ‘new cases …
  • … had ‘different 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, 10–20 June [1862] ) …
  • … 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 a ‘hobby-horse’ that had given …
  • … to whom the book should be sent (see Correspondence vol. 10, Appendixes III and IV) and …
  • … 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, 2–3 July 1862 ). Henry Walter …
  • … additions that he would send (see Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix VIII). Bronn complied …
  • … ). 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 …
  • … caution into Tyndall’s ears’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 10–12 November [1862] ). Another of …
  • … referred him back to  Origin  (l etter to T. H. Huxley, 10 May [1862] ): 'I fully agree …

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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  • … self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a …
  • … 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 …
  • … visited by insects & so have been rarely crossed’ ( To Asa Gray, 15 April [1867] ). One of …
  • … the dogs till I finish with this & get it published’ ( To Asa Gray, 11 March [1873] ). …
  • … great measure my further working’ ( From Hermann Müller, 10 June 1873 ). Darwin, in turn, had …
  • … 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 …
  • … had ‘begun to prepare for press observations continued for 10 years on the effects of crossing …
  • … 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 …
  • … given everything,—you have quite eviscerated it’ ( To Asa Gray, 18 February [1877] ). By mid-March …
  • … of rye and wheat that he had studied ( From A. W. Rimpau, 10 December 1877 ). By the end of …

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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  • … (see  Correspondence  vol. 8, letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] ). In the same letter
  • … ( 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
  • had been published in 1862 (see  Correspondence  vol. 10). He sent a copy to Asa Gray to review in
  • 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
  • of species, when crossed’ ( letter to T. H. Huxley, 10 [January 1863] ). He reminded Huxley again
  • Verbascum  and  Zea  (see  Correspondence vol. 10, Appendix VI). However, when  Evidence as
  • other acquired differences’ (see  Correspondence  vol. 10, Appendix VI). In addition to crossing
  • forms that he had started the previous year ( letter to Asa Gray, 4 August [1863] ). The results
  • orchid genus  Acropera  (see  Correspondence  vol. 10). Their 1863 letters reveal Darwins
  • 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

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] ). …
  • 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
  • with other animals’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 10 January [1860] )— he and others were well aware
  • views.—’ ( letter from J. S. Henslow to J. D. Hooker, 10 May 1860 ). What worried Darwin most
  • 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

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 …
  • … however, continued to be raised in various ways. On 10 January, Charles O’Shaughnessy , an Irish …
  • … them to such extent?’ enthused Hermann Hoffmann on 10 January , while on 23 June, Auguste Forel …
  • … of plant digestion further, had already reported on 10 January that he had confirmed the ‘more …
  • … 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 …
  • … Caroline home, they had experienced a further calamity. On 10 May, William suffered serious …
  • … mentioned his oldest daughter Annie, who died at the age of 10 in 1851, but William, who was 11 …
  • … 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 …

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

Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments

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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…

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  • given it up by early July ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, [10 July 1865] ). In July, he
  • … & that almost exclusively bread & meat’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 15 August [1865] ). By
  • on 2 February, and in April Darwin wrote to his friend Asa Gray, a botanist in the United States, …
  • be an unnatural parent, for it is your child’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 19 April 1865 ; Darwin noted
  • finished hearing it read aloud ( letter to Fritz Müller, 10 August [1865] ). Over the next few
  • … ( see letter from Fritz Müller, [12 and 31 August, and 10 October 1865] ; since it is impossible
  • similarly coloured varieties (see  Correspondence  vol. 10, letter to John Scott, 19 November
  • … ‘industry & ability’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [10 March 1865] ). Scott took these
  • of transmutation to humans (see  Correspondence  vol. 10, letter from J. H. Balfour, 14 January
  • … ( Correspondence vol. 11, letter from J. D. Hooker, 10 June 1863 ). However, probably
  • Benjamin Dann Walsh in the Midwestern United States, and Asa Gray wrote a long review ofClimbing
  • Cresy, 7 September [1865] , and letter from Edward Cresy, 10 September 1865 ). Francis and

Schools Gallery: Using Darwin’s letters in the classroom

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English| History| Science  English Pupils in Cumbria lead the way Year 9 English pupils at Ulverston Victoria High School spent several weeks studying Darwin’s letters, including comparing sections from Darwin’s ‘Voyage of the Beagle’ to letters…

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  • … approach? Letter 1674 - Charles Darwin to Asa Gray, 25 Apr 1855 Letter …
  • … ideas Using a ‘pass the bomb’ technique, Year 10 History pupils at Bideford College in …
  • … Science Roast beef and urine Year 10 pupils at Hitchin Girls School were …

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 …
  • … in nature ( letter from Charles Lyell, 1–2 May 1856, n. 10 ). He was surprised that no naturalist …
  • … 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 …
  • … eaten have grown well.’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 10 December [1856] ). His faith in his …
  • … views to explain them in explicit detail in a long letter to Asa Gray ( letter to Asa Gray, 5 …

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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  • 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
  • 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
  • into a scientific book’ ( letter to Charles Kingsley, 10 June [1867] ). With respect to
  • of the hostile kind’ ( letter to Charles Kingsley, 10 June [1867] ). Kingsley himself had remarked
  • beaks shorter than average’ ( letter to Charles Kingsley, 10 June [1867] ). Typically, …
  • letters about  Variation . Darwin wrote to Carus on 10 December , informing him of errors

Darwin in letters, 1861: Gaining allies

Summary

The year 1861 marked an important change in the direction of Darwin’s work. He had weathered the storm that followed the publication of Origin, and felt cautiously optimistic about the ultimate acceptance of his ideas. The letters from this year provide an…

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  • with natural theology. He made arrangements with his friend Asa Gray to reprint and distribute in
  • me & Natural Selection, right good service’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 267 Februrary [1861] ). …
  • III). However, Darwin himself remained unconvinced by Grays suggestion that providence may have
  • intercrossing between distinct individuals. He told Gray that such cases could perhapsthrow some
  • of the contrivances.–-’ ( letter of [28 July10 August 1861] ). Later in the year, he went even
  • would entail, however, providing William with a deposit of £10,000 as guarantee of probity, funds
  • profoundly interesting’, Darwin told the Harvard botanist Asa Gray on 5 June, and added, despite the
  • or heard a soul who is not with the North’. Darwin and Gray both unreservedly supported the northern
  • views and sentiments are perfectly satisfactory to me’, Gray wrote to Darwin on 31 December. …
  • greatest curse on Earth Slavery abolished’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 5 June [1861] ): Some

Darwin’s queries on expression

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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…

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  • … Bowker, J.H. [10 Dec 1867] [Cape of Good Hope (South …
  • … Ceylon   Gray, Asa 26 March 1867 …
  • … Nile Gray, Asa 14 April 1871 …
  • … Laura Bridgman Gray, Asa 10 & 14 March …
  • … on Laura Bridgman Gray, Asa 9 May [1869] …
  • … possibly included in letter(s) from Asa Gray Nile Gray, …
  • … British Columbia, Canada) forwarded by Asa Gray Atnah Espyox Nasse …
  • … Weale, J.P.M. [10 Dec 1867] Bedford, Cape of Good …

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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  • … within the family, Henrietta explained to Stephen on 10 January , hoping that he did not think …
  • … investigate aggregation. He explained to Fritz Müller on 10 September why he had embarked on …
  • … to the general stock of knowledge’ ( letter to E. W. Bok, 10 May 1881 ). Josef Popper, an expert …
  • … 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 ). …
  • … to R. F. Cooke, 5 October 1881 ). The publication date was 10 October, but by 7 October Darwin …
  • … of soil, while his brother James Geikie told Darwin on 10 October that no one would ‘any longer …

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…

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  • on the basis of alleged evidence of a global ice age, while Asa Gray pressed Darwins American
  • of coffee to two cups a day, since coffee, with the10 drops of Muriatic acid twice a day (with
  • the chemistry go on better’ ( letter from H. B. Jones, 10 February [1866] ). Darwin began
  • hybrids, soliciting assistance from the American botanist Asa Gray, the nurseryman Thomas Rivers, …
  • you are in for it’ ( letter from H. E. Darwin, [  c . 10 May 1866] ). Henriettas letter
  • across the Atlantic, despite much effort expended by Asa Gray in trying to secure a new American
  • changes, but their proposal was unsatisfactory to Darwin. Gray then approached another American firm
  • become interested in  Rhamnus  (buckthorn) in 1861, when Asa Gray informed him that a North
  • a subject of long discussion in previous years with Lyell, Gray, and Hooker. Wallaces
  • know how to begin’ ( letter to Fritz Müller, [before 10 December 1866] ). The intrusion of
  • other German states and Austria in June and July. Writing on 10 May from Württemberg, one of the
  • a subject of extensive correspondence between Darwin and Asa Gray for many years, was legally
  • fact that Slavery is at end in your country’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 16 April [1866] ). …

Forms of flowers

Summary

Darwin’s book The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species, published in 1877, investigated the structural differences in the sexual organs of flowers of the same species. It drew on and expanded five articles Darwin had published on the…

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  • … produced seed capsules. He told the American botanist Asa Gray , ‘ If it should prove that the …
  • … make 126 additional crosses!! ’ Nevertheless, on telling Gray about the need for this further work, …
  • … often adapted for insect visitation. In his reply to Darwin, Gray unsurprisingly revealed, ‘ I know …
  • … believe in my results. ’ Undeterred, Darwin reported to Gray at the beginning of August, ‘I have …
  • … triple marriage between three hermaphrodite. ’ Gray replied, ‘ If your Lythrum -paper shall be …
  • … of Lythrum salicaria ’, was sent to the Society on 10 June 1864 and read six days later at the …
  • … , a species of lungwort also known as blue cowslip. He told Gray in October 1865 that with respect …
  • … of Origin . He encouraged Huxley to read it, noting, ‘ Asa Gray & Fritz Müller (the latter …
  • … in as many natural families as possible’, explaining to Gray that he had ‘ become convinced that …
  • … term heterostyly in preference to di- or trimorphism. Gray objected and suggested his own …

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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  • … the book in correspondence with Joseph Dalton Hooker, Asa Gray, and Huxley but he never spoke out …
  • … had tried, indirectly, to influence him. He told Hooker: 10 Do see Falconer & …
  • … , and letter to Charles Lyell, 18 April [1863 ]. 10. Correspondence vol. 11, …
  • … 19. See letter from J. D. Hooker, 2 May 1865 and n. 10. 20. See the second enclosure …

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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  • … manroot). Darwin had raised the plant from seeds sent by Asa Gray in December 1879. His observations …
  • … enemies.’ ‘Your letter … made me open my eyes’, Gray replied on 3 February , but he affirmed his …
  • … same species, should behave so differently.’ ( Letter to Asa Gray, 17 February 1880 .) But Gray …
  • … whose description agreed with Darwin’s ( letter from Asa Gray, 4 April 1880 ). Having …
  • … had worked on the nerves of marine animals, suggested on 10 December that Darwin try experiments …
  • … Association were received in the drawing room and veranda on 10 July. According to the report of the …
  • … present’ (letters to C. W. Fox, 29 March 1880 and 10 [April] 1880 ). Feeling …

List of correspondents

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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent.    "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…

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  • … (12) Agassiz, Louis (10) Agent for Mr Allen …
  • … Arruda Furtado, Francisco d’ (10) Ashburner, Lionel (1) …
  • … (1) Babbage, Charles (10) Babington, C. C. …
  • … (1) Covington, Syms (10) Cowper-Temple, W. F. …
  • … (9) Errera, L. A. (10) Erskine, H. N. B. …
  • … (13) Forbes, Edward (10) Forbes, J. D. …
  • … François de Chaumont, F. S. B. (10) Fraser, George (3) …
  • … (1) Gosse, P. H. (10) Goubert, E. M. J. M. P. …
  • … (1) Harcourt, E. W. V. (10) Hardwicke’s …
  • … (1) Leighton, W. A. (10) Leng, H. H. …
  • … (60) Litchfield, R. B. (10) Literary Fund …
  • … (1) Miller, W. H. (10) Milne Home, David …
  • … (7) Reeks, Henry (10) Reeks, Trenham …
  • … (5) Reuter, Adolf (10) Reviewer (1) …
  • … (1) Stanley, M. C. (10) Stanley, Thomas …
  • … (14) Wedgwood, F. J. (10) Wedgwood, F. M. …
  • … (72) Weismann, August (10) Weisz, Béla …
  • … (4) Westwood, J. O. (10) Wetherell, N. T. …
  • … (1) Wollaston, T. V. (10) Wolstenholme, Joseph …

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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  • … `in another world’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart,  10 January 1872 ).  Darwin, determined to have …
  • … doubted he would ever use it ( letter to C. L. Dodgson, 10 December 1872 ). Darwin …
  • … 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 …
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