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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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  • … … Poor Murray shuddered again & again’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 January 1875 ). Darwin
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  • animal language, which had become a debating point between Whitney and Max Müller. In Descent 2d
  • were involved in the launch of Kosmos in April 1877. From Haeckel, Darwin received a copy of a
  • presentation copy of Insectivorous plants ( letter to D. F. Nevill, 15 July [1875] ). Such
  • agreed to see him at Down with Thiselton-Dyer ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 7 July 1875 ). It