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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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- … Plants always held an important place in Darwin’s theorising about species, and botanical research …
- … the controversy involved a slanderous attack upon Darwin’s son George, in an anonymous review in …
- … V). Darwin remained bitter and dissatisfied with Mivart’s attempts at conciliation, and spent weeks …
- … of London, and a secretary of the Linnean Society, Darwin’s friends had to find ways of coming to …
- … the publisher of the Quarterly Review , in which Mivart’s anonymous essay had appeared. ‘I told …
- … feel now like a pure forgiving Christian!’ Darwin’s ire was not fully spent, however, for he …
- … The vivisection issue was a delicate one within Darwin’s family, and he tried to balance his concern …
- … paper sent me by Miss Cobbe.’ Darwin found Cobbe’s memorial inflammatory and unfair in its …
- … on 12 May, one week after a rival bill based on Cobbe’s memorial had been read in the House of Lords …
- … on vivisection , p. 183). Darwin learned of Klein’s testimony from Huxley on 30 October 1875 : …
- … medicine in London. Klein had assisted in some of Darwin’s botanical research and had visited Down …
- … Poisons, plants, and print-runs Darwin’s keen interest in the progress of physiology …
- … of protoplasm. He added the details of Brunton and Fayrer’s experiments to Insectivorous plants , …
- … I can say is that I am ready to commit suicide.’ Darwin’s despair over the revision process may have …
- … ). In the event, the book sold well, and Murray’s partner, Robert Cooke, politely scolded …
- … insects were observed in the field, and some of Darwin’s experiments on digestion were then repeated …
- … about the same time. As was the case with some of Darwin’s previous publications, however, the …
- … were finished. An elusive case Darwin’s attention seems to have been largely on …
- … between the men in 1874, and this was enhanced by Romanes’s visit to Down House: ‘The place was one …
- … remain one of the most agreeable and interesting of memory’s pictures.’ Though trained in zoology …
- … to carry out experiments that might help confirm Darwin’s theory of heredity. ‘I am a young man yet, …
- … red half has become wholly white’ ( letter from G. J. Romanes, [before 4 November 1874] ). …
- … of a review of William Dwight Whitney’s work on language (G. H. Darwin 1874c). George had taken the …
- … knowledge wd. allow me.’ thorns in Mr Ffinden’s side Tempers flared …
- … the authority of the Church. After becoming vicar in 1871, Ffinden had opposed their efforts, and …
- … were involved in the launch of Kosmos in April 1877. From Haeckel, Darwin received a copy of a …
