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'An Appeal' against animal cruelty
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The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma and Charles Darwin (see letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [29 September 1863]). The pamphlet, which protested against the cruelty of steel vermin…
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- … 1872, p. 66). The letters, sent by the writer and historian William Howitt, drew attention to the …
- … than she expected (see the letter from Emma Darwin to William Erasmus Darwin, [2 September 1863] …
- … horses with sore necks (see letter from Emma Darwin to William Erasmus Darwin, [23 April 1852] (DAR …
- … being recorded from 1854 to 1861, in 1863 and 1864, from 1871 to 1875, and in 1878 and 1880 (CD’s …
- … of what it meant to be morally distinguished and civilised (Turner 1980, pp. 17–45, Thomas 1984, pp. …
- … 'biocentricism' following the publication of Origin (Turner 1980, pp. 60–2, 124–128, …
- … to cruelty to animals in nineteenth-century England, see Turner 1980. 2 This sentence, …
- … Kent, in 1861: John Higwood, under-gamekeeper, age 34, and William Folgate, gamekeeper, age 50 …
Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings
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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…
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- … new assistant director at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, about the …
- … he was embroiled in another as the result of a review of William Dwight Whitney’s work on language …
- … under the authority of the Church. After becoming vicar in 1871, Ffinden had opposed their efforts, …
- … could be especially taxing. As Emma remarked in a letter to William on 1 May, they required Darwin …
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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- … Drosera filiformis . Hooker, with the assistance of William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, was engaged in a …
- … (letter from ?, [1873?]). The Scottish physician William Main suggested that facial movements could …
- … & sadness & decay with the reverse—” ( letter from William Main, 2 April 1873 ). The …
- … in Nature magazine, forwarding a letter from William Huggins on a case of inherited instinct in …
- … noted his passion for collecting, the value of Euclid and William Paley as educational influences, …
- … Lubbock, Herbert Spencer, John Tyndall, George Busk, and William Spottiswoode met with Darwin in …
- … June, stayed with the Farrers in Surrey and with their son William in Southampton in August, and …
- … vicar, George Sketchley Ffinden, who had been appointed in 1871. Darwin had usually been on good …
