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Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
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Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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- … and Cross and self fertilisation (1876). Darwin’s son Francis became increasingly involved in …
- … renouncing plans for a medical career to become his father’s scientific secretary. Darwin had always …
- … The subject was brought closer to home by Francis Galton’s work on inherited talent, which prompted …
- … efforts to alleviate the financial troubles of Anton Dohrn’s Zoological Station at Naples. …
- … [1873] ). Drosera was the main focus of Darwin’s study of insectivorous plants, a group that …
- … properties analogous to those in Drosera . Darwin’s experiments on plant movement and digestion …
- … had co-authored. Darwin contacted two of the Handbook ‘s other contributors, Thomas Lauder …
- … solution to Frankland for analysis. Following Frankland’s advice, he performed his own tests and …
- … enzyme. Cross- and self-fertilisation Darwin’s other main focus of botanical …
- … health, supported the decision on the basis of the family’s collective infirmity: “After all he is a …
- … during lectures, indicating attention. A friend of CD’s daughter Henrietta recollected the …
- … and clash his teeth together: “he would fly at the Empr’s throat like a bulldog” ( letter from L. M …
- … 1873 ). The surgeon Francis Stephen Bennet Francois de Chaumont, whose daughter’s habit of shoulder …
- … truth of the great principle of inheritance!” ( letter to F. S. B. F. de Chaumont, 3 February [1873 …
- … Henry Reeks suspected the habit of scratching one’s head when puzzled to be a vestige of the …
- … named Kepler who was fearful of butchers and butcher’s shops ( letter to Nature , [before 13 …
- … to make regular stops at public houses without the driver’s commands. The debate later …
- … 1873] ). Moggridge suggested the experiment of wiping one’s finger across the ants’ path without …
- … participate in a study of English men of science. Galton’s most recent article had called for a …
- … (Galton 1873a). Darwin was sympathetic to his cousin’s aims but regarded the project as “utopian” ( …
- … through a questionnaire. Darwin answered his cousin’s queries, though he tended to downplay the …
- … vicar, George Sketchley Ffinden, who had been appointed in 1871. Darwin had usually been on good …
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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- … over an anonymous review that attacked the work of Darwin’s son George dominated the second half of …
- … been the naturalist and traveller Alexander von Humboldt’s 105th birthday, Darwin obliged with a …
- … The death of a Cambridge friend, Albert Way, caused Darwin’s cousin, William Darwin Fox, to …
- … led Darwin to the self-assessment, ‘as for one’s body growing old there is no help for it, & I …
- … The year started for Darwin with a week’s visit to London, staying at his brother Erasmus’s house. …
- … August 1873. Darwin had originally thought that Clark’s dietary treatment would ‘do wonders’, but as …
- … in London, his son George organised a séance at Erasmus’s house. The event was led by the medium …
- … another Williams séance was held at the home of Darwin’s cousin Hensleigh Wedgwood. Those present …
- … to get the two men on each side of him to hold each other’s hands, instead of his, ‘& that he …
- … first three months of the year and, like many of Darwin’s enterprises in the 1870s, were family …
- … Cupples, a Scottish deerhound expert who forwarded Darwin’s queries about the numbers of males and …
- … fourth son, Leonard, who had joined the Royal Engineers in 1871, went to New Zealand as photographer …
- … almost total failure of observations in New Zealand (see G. B. Airy ed. 1881). Darwin’s third …
- … more in my life than this day’s work’ ( letter to D. F. Nevill, 18 September [1874] ).Francis’s …
- … his wife read Expression , the military surgeon Francis François de Chaumont sent observations of …
