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... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some serious - but all letters you can read here.
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- … ... the atheistical cats, or the old fogies in Cambridge? We've suggested a few - some funny, some …
Darwin in letters,1866: Survival of the fittest
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The year 1866 began well for Charles Darwin, as his health, after several years of illness, was now considerably improved. In February, Darwin received a request from his publisher, John Murray, for a new edition of Origin. Darwin got the fourth…
'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…
Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad
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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…
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- … Quadrumanum animal’, as he put it in a letter to J. D. Hooker of 24[–5] February [1863] . When …
- … his one-time mentor had not said a word ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 24[–5] February [1863] ). …
- … in answering Owen unaided ’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [23 February 1863] ). Hugh Falconer was …
- … Lyell’s book being written by others’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [23 February 1863] ). Falconer …
- … to see men fighting so for a little fame’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 March [1863] ). …
- … to capture his and others’ attention ( see letter to J. D. Dana, 20 February [1863] , and letter …
- … a letter to the Athenæum in response ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 March [1863] ). He later …
- … composed such a good letter (!)’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 17 March [1863] ). At the same time …
- … Carpenter’s book on Foraminifera ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, [29 March 1863] , and Appendix VII) …
- … as well think of origin of matter.—’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [29 March 1863] ). Owen’s …
- … first edition of Antiquity of man ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [23 February 1863] , and …
- … science before the public in this way ( see letter from J. D. Hooker, [7 May 1863] , and Appendix …
- … been gnashing my teeth at my own folly’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [9 May 1863] ). After his …
- … this subject seems to get rarer & rarer’ ( letter to H. W. Bates, 18 April [1863] ), …
- … for the Natural History Review ( see letter to H. W. Bates, 12 January [1863] ). Darwin added …
- … in all England … who dare speak out’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [9 May 1863] ). The others listed …
- … champion of true philosophic enquiry’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 April [1863] , and letter …
- … Naudin thought little of his theory ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, 30 January [1863] ), but he was …
- … had placed Sedgwick in opposition to him ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, [22–3 November 1863] ). …
- … than about honours like the Copley Medal ( see letter to J. D. Hooker, 5 [December 1863] ). …
- … , letter to Asa Gray, 20 April [1863] , letter to J. D. Hooker, [9 May 1863] , and …
- … that Darwin was a ‘hard headed man’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [24 May 1863] ). Darwin finally …
- … give a rational explanation of phyllotaxy ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 29 May [1863] , and letter …
- … letter from John Scott, 22 May 1863 , and letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 May [1863] ). Hooker …
- … I have come across no one like him’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 29 May [1863] ). The new …
- … on the bookcase and around the head of the sofa ( letter to W. E. Darwin, [25 July 1863], and …
- … in 1863, they wrote to Darwin’s cousin, William Darwin Fox, who had visited the grave seven years …
- … was hidden by overgrown trees and shrubs ( see letter from W. D. Fox, 7 September [1863] ). Emma …
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … years. As Darwin explained to his cousin William Darwin Fox in a letter of 30 November [1864] , …
- … a dramatic conclusion to the year. Darwin also wrote to Fox that he was mostly pleased to have been …
- … by which leaves produce tendrils’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [8 February 1864] ). Darwin’s …
- … it is a leaf climber & therefore sacred’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 2 June [1864] ). …
- … of dimorphic and trimorphic plants’), and later in his 1877 book, The different forms of flowers on …
- … Menyanthes ( letter from Emma and Charles Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [20 May 1864] ), or his …
- … in the second edition of Orchids , published in 1877. These publications were partly inspired by …
- … his stipend being paid by Darwin himself ( letter to J. D. Hooker, [1 April 1864] ). Hooker …
- … often at odds with one another: ‘Gardeners are the very d—l, & where two or three are gathered …
- … to play your part over them’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [2 April 1864] ). Hooker …
- … they do require very careful treatment’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 8 April 1864 ). Nevertheless, …
- … that in giving I am hastening the fall’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 20 April 1864 ). In his …
- … a first-class cabin for the journey ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 August 1864] ). Darwin …
- … you have bearded this lion in his den’ ( letter to B. D. Walsh, 4 December [1864] ). Walsh also …
- … he spoke out on the modification of species ( letter to B. D. Walsh, 21 October [1864] ). …
- … ‘make a noise’, since the author evidently ‘smashe[d] most of the old Testament’ ( Correspondence …
- … he thought him ‘sanguine & unsafe’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 16 February 1864 ). Hooker …
- … correct if they contradicted the Bible ( see letter from J. D. Hooker, [19 September 1864] ). When …
- … Lyell 1865] I shall recant for fifth time’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 October [1864] ). Lyell …
- … displaying ‘remarkable genius’ ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 [May 1864] ). He added that he wished …
- … agree’ with Wallace’s views on humans ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 22 [May 1864] ), and he pointed …
- … that truly enlivened him. Though he complained to his cousin Fox in the letter of 30 November …
Darwin’s Photographic Portraits
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Darwin was a photography enthusiast. This is evident not only in his use of photography for the study of Expression and Emotions in Man and Animal, but can be witnessed in his many photographic portraits and in the extensive portrait correspondence that…
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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- … the genus given by Gray in an article and textbook (A. Gray 1877 and A. Gray 1879, pp. 20–1). ‘I …
