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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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- … pension for Alfred Russel Wallace, and continued his aid for James Torbitt and the quest for a …
- … the genus given by Gray in an article and textbook (A. Gray 1877 and A. Gray 1879, pp. 20–1). ‘I …
- … Darwin had tried for four years to aid the Irish businessman James Torbitt in his efforts to breed a …
- … subscriptions were raised, with Darwin, Thomas Farrer, and James Caird leading the campaign. In …
- … worth some millions per annum to England’ ( letter from James Torbitt, 5 March 1880 ). Darwin met …
- … men care only about their party quarrels’ ( letter to James Torbitt, 9 May 1880 ). Politicians …
- … flooded with disease-proof new varieties’ ( letter from James Torbitt, 23 December 1880 , …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … Virchow’s attempt to discredit evolutionary theory in 1877, assured him that his views were now …
- … editor of the journal Kosmos , which had been founded in 1877 by Krause and others as a journal …
- … and particularly the theory of natural selection in 1877) had previously told Krause, ‘He is a very …
- … to be tempted out of his ‘proper work’ ( letter to James Paget, 14 July 1879 ). At this time, his …
- … of laws he had received from Cambridge University in 1877. Emma Darwin recorded that Darwin found …
- … Frederick King, 27 February 1879 ). The Belfast businessman James Torbitt, who wished to carry out …
- … in 1876. By 1878, Darwin was sufficiently impressed by Torbitt’s dedication and experimental method …
- … forthcoming, Darwin had stepped in with funds of his own. Torbitt sent an account of the experiments …
- … a nature’, Darwin wrote in reply on 3 May , but told Torbitt, ‘I have today planted & …
- … that perhaps most pleased Darwin came from the surgeon James Paget, who, in a letter of 18 …
Darwin in letters, 1878: Movement and sleep
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In 1878, Darwin devoted most of his attention to the movements of plants. He investigated the growth pattern of roots and shoots, studying the function of specific organs in this process. Working closely with his son Francis, Darwin devised a series of…
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- … He had begun a systematic study of plant movement in 1877, concentrating on the motion of leaves in …
- … the German Association of Naturalists in September 1877, Darwin’s outspoken supporter Ernst Haeckel …
- … God looked at through nature’s phenomena’ ( letter from James Grant, 6 March 1878 ). Darwin …
- … may hope for whatever he earnestly desires’ ( letter to James Grant, 11 March 1878 ). The question …
- … February , Darwin was contacted by the Irish businessman, James Torbitt, about an ambitious project …
- … to J. S. Henslow, 28 October [1845] ). He was aware of Torbitt’s ambitions, having corresponded …
- … 1878] ). Further meetings were held with Farrer and James Caird, a member of the Royal Agricultural …
- … your work in this case would soon be known’ ( letter to James Torbitt, 4 March 1878 ). The …
