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The origin of language

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Darwin started thinking about the origin of language in the late 1830s. The subject formed part of his wide-ranging speculations about the transmutation of species. In his private notebooks, he reflected on the communicative powers of animals, their…

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  • … August Schleicher , and the American philologist William Dwight Whitney . Others argued that …
  • … . 2 vols. London: John Murray, 1871. Darwin, Charles, 1877. A biographical sketch of an infant …
  • … of M. Renan . London: John Murray. Farrar, Frederic William. 1865. Chapters on language . …
  • … origin of language . London: N. Trübner. Whitney, William Dwight. 1875. The life and growth …
  • … Hopkins University Press. Alter, Steven G. 2005. William Dwight Whitney and the science of …

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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  • … Darwin with his now famous beard, had been taken by his son William in April, when Darwin was …
  • … for him to make some observations of dimorphic plants with William’s help; he also ordered a …
  • … In the same month, Darwin began to consult William Jenner, professor of clinical medicine at …
  • … the two previous years. As Darwin explained to his cousin William Darwin Fox in a letter of 30 …
  • … of dimorphic and trimorphic plants’), and later in his 1877 book, The different forms of flowers on …
  • … The greatest assistance in 1864, however, was provided by William, Darwin’s eldest son and a banker …
  • … shape and size, indicated fertility between dimorphic forms. William participated in the detailed …
  • … can do as much pollen work as ever you like’. Comments on William’s findings, along with other …
  • … wife, Emma, or by Henrietta. Darwin’s own replies to William disclose his delight in discovering the …
  • … in the second edition of  Orchids , published in 1877. These publications were partly inspired by …
  • … As in earlier years, Darwin consulted Charles William Crocker about his crossing experiments with …
  • … his brother Erasmus told him of a subscription fund for John William Colenso, bishop of Natal, South …