From Hensleigh Wedgwood [3–9 March 1871]
Summary
Agrees that social instinct or love for fellows is the beginning of moral feeling. Responds to CD’s letter [7537].
| Author: | Hensleigh Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [3–9 Mar 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 88: 56–9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7542 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Wedgwood, Hensleigh Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Hensleigh Wedgwood [3–9 March 1871] …
- … DAR 88: 56–9 Hensleigh Wedgwood unstated [3–9 Mar 1871] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … this letter and the letters to Hensleigh Wedgwood , 3 March [1871] and 9 March 1871 . …
- … See letter from Hensleigh Wedgwood, [before 3 March 1871] , and letter to Hensleigh …
- … Wedgwood, 3 March [1871] . See letter to Hensleigh Wedgwood, 3 March [1871] and n. 5. …
To Hensleigh Wedgwood 9 March 1871
Summary
Seeks to clarify his and HW’s views on the causes of repentance or shame.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hensleigh Wedgwood |
| Date: | 9 Mar 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 88: 64–6 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7560 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Hensleigh …
- … To Hensleigh Wedgwood 9 March 1871 …
- … DAR 88: 64–6 Charles Robert Darwin Down 9 Mar 1871 Hensleigh Wedgwood …
- … London: Garland Publishing. 1990. Wedgwood, Hensleigh. 1866. On the origin of language. …
- … See letter from Hensleigh Wedgwood, [3–9 March 1871] . A draft of this letter, together …
From Hensleigh Wedgwood [after 9 March 1871]
Summary
Answers CD’s letter [7560], on points of agreement between them, the chief one being the sympathy which man has with his fellows. Disagrees however with CD’s "principle" of the painful feelings of dissatisfied instinct.
| Author: | Hensleigh Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 9 Mar 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 88: 60–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7562 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … Wedgwood, Hensleigh Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Hensleigh Wedgwood [after 9 March 1871] …
- … DAR 88: 60–3 Hensleigh Wedgwood unstated [after 9 Mar 1871] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … the relationship between this letter and the letter to Hensleigh Wedgwood, 9 March 1871 . …
- … to Hensleigh Wedgwood , 3 March [1871] and 9 March 1871 , and letters from Hensleigh …
- … See letter to Hensleigh Wedgwood, 9 March 1871 . See letter to Hensleigh Wedgwood, 9 …
From Hensleigh Wedgwood [21 March 1871]
Summary
Copy of and note on a picture of Noah’s daughter averting her eyes in shame.
| Author: | Hensleigh Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [21 Mar 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 195.1: 54 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7406 |
To Hensleigh Wedgwood 3 March [1871]
Summary
Admits pointer illustration is faulty.
Discusses shame, remorse, social instincts, approbation, and other topics discussed in Descent, ch. 4. "But as yet I nail my colours to the mast."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hensleigh Wedgwood |
| Date: | 3 Mar [1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 88: 24, 54–5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7537 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Darwin, C. R. Wedgwood, Hensleigh …
- … To Hensleigh Wedgwood 3 March [1871] …
- … DAR 88: 24, 54–5 Charles Robert Darwin Down 3 Mar [1871] Hensleigh Wedgwood …
- … Freeman 1977 ). See letter from Hensleigh Wedgwood, [before 3 March 1871] . A second …
- … Hensleigh Wedgwood, [before 3 March 1871] and n. 3. The word ‘repentance’ does not appear in Descent , but is used in Descent 2d ed. , pp. 114–15 and 125. See letter from Hensleigh …
From Hensleigh Wedgwood [before 3 March 1871]
Summary
On "moral sense" in Descent.
| Author: | Hensleigh Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 3 Mar 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 88: 41–53 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7470 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Wedgwood, Hensleigh Darwin, C. R. …
- … From Hensleigh Wedgwood [before 3 March 1871] …
- … DAR 88: 41–53 Hensleigh Wedgwood unstated [before 3 Mar 1871] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … between this letter and the letter to Hensleigh Wedgwood, 3 March [1871] . Wedgwood has …
- … For Wedgwood’s second letter on this topic, see the letter from Hensleigh Wedgwood, [3–9 …
From G. H. Darwin [3–9 March 1871]
Summary
Comments on points made in Hensleigh Wedgwood’s letter [7470] on moral sense in Descent.
| Author: | George Howard Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [3–9 Mar 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 88: 37–40 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7561 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … Comments on points made in Hensleigh Wedgwood’s letter [ 7470 ] on moral sense in …
- … and uneasiness’. See letter from Hensleigh Wedgwood, [3–9 March 1871] , ‘Neither do I see …
- … this letter and the letters from Hensleigh Wedgwood , [before 3 March 1871] and [3– …
- … their fellows’, and the letter from Hensleigh Wedgwood, [3–9 March 1871] , ‘the beginning …
- … Hensleigh Wedgwood , 3 March [1871] and 9 March 1871 . George refers to the letter from Hensleigh …
- … Hensleigh Wedgwood, 3 March [1871] ; the original has not been found. George refers to the letter from Hensleigh …
- … Hensleigh Wedgwood, [before 3 March 1871] , that begins, ‘You make the pricking of the conscience to arise in the first instance from the balance of dissatisfaction felt …’ The discussion refers to Descent 1: 72. See letter from Hensleigh …
From H. E. Darwin to Emma Darwin [March 1871]
Summary
Possible quotations about shame for CD.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [Mar 1871] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 22) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7605G |
Matches: 3 hits
From Emma Darwin to V. L. Isitt [before 17 September 1871]
Summary
Feels it unlikely that CD could employ a secretary but he is prepared to experiment if Miss I. would care to come to Down for a period.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Virginia Lavinia Isitt |
| Date: | [before 17 Sept 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 101 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7410 |
From H. E. Litchfield to Charles and Emma Darwin [5 November 1871]
Summary
Describes the wedding party given for herself and Richard Buckley Litchfield at the Working Men’s College in London.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin; Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [5 Nov 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 245: 2, 9, 252 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8053F |
From F. A. Hanbury 4 September 1871
Summary
Thanks for £5 for the Voysey fund.
| Author: | Francis Alfred Hanbury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Sept 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 94 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7923 |
From Francis Wedgwood to Emma Darwin [before 4 January 1871]
Summary
Will observe old furrowed fields for CD in the early spring. Suggests locations in Scotland and Rugby with ridge and furrowing in old pastures.
| Author: | Francis (Frank) Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [before 4 Jan 1871] |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7426 |
From F. J. Wedgwood to H. E. Darwin 1 April 1871
Summary
Writes to HED for fear of tiring CD and to pass on, if she deems suitable, her view that there is no distinction to be made between self-regarding and other-regarding virtues.
| Author: | Frances Julia (Snow) Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Date: | 1 Apr 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 88: 68–70 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7651 |
From H. E. Litchfield [13 November 1871]
Summary
Does not want CD to put his name to any religious movement. Discourages giving money to Abbott or Voysey.
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [13 Nov 1871] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 41) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8054F |
From H. E. Darwin 21 March [1871]
Summary
Is delighted at the sale of Descent. What CD says about her help pleases her very much and the proposed gift as a memorial will be very precious to her. Is looking forward to seeing the family in London. Comments on a letter comparing CD's appearance to an ape. Is surprised CD has had no effect on Wallace: 'It seems to me his mind can’t be so clear as u used to think it'. Has worked out why she is dissatisfied with T. H. Huxley's essay ‘On the physical basis of life’ (T. H. Huxley 1869).
| Author: | Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 Mar [1871] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 44) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7605F |
| letter | (15) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (4) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (4) |
| Wedgwood, Hensleigh | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, Emma | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (9) |
| Darwin, Emma | (3) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (3) |
| Wedgwood, Hensleigh | (2) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (11) |
| Wedgwood, Hensleigh | (6) |
| Darwin, H. E. | (5) |
| Litchfield, H. E. | (5) |
| Darwin, Emma | (4) |
