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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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- … and letter from A. R. Wallace, 30 January 1869 ). James Croll, ice ages, and the age of …
- … result of correspondence between Darwin and the geologist James Croll. In the previous year, Croll …
- … is strengthened by the facts in distribution’ ( letter to James Croll, 31 January [1869] ). Darwin …
- … for his theory ( Origin 4th ed., pp. 450–1). Croll’s theory, simply stated, proposed that ice …
- … Darwin accounted for the survival of tropical species using Croll’s theory. In the same …
- … period before the Cambrian formation’ ( letter to James Croll, 31 January [1869] ). Croll …
- … by, but don’t think we have got that yet’ ( letter from James Croll, 4 February 1869 ). …
- … from Asa Gray and J. L. Gray, 8 and 9 May [1869] ). James Crichton-Browne and mental …
- … in medical asylums. Maudsley forwarded Darwin’s queries to James Crichton-Browne, the director of …
Rewriting Origin - the later editions
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For such an iconic work, the text of Origin was far from static. It was a living thing that Darwin continued to shape for the rest of his life, refining his ‘one long argument’ through a further five English editions. Many of his changes were made in…
