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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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- … to his old Shrewsbury friend Henry Johnson on 14 November 1880 . Darwin became fully devoted to …
- … of much value to me’ ( letter to C. H. Tindal, 5 January 1880 ). Darwin had employed a genealogist …
- … & even the world’ ( letter from J. L. Chester, 3 March 1880 ). Darwin’s sons George and …
- … of [William Alvey Darwin],’ George wrote on 28 May 1880 , ‘I … said you were anxious not to …
- … letter from W. E. Darwin to Charles and Emma Darwin, 22 July 1880 ). Sales of Erasmus …
- … new was published). Butler wrote to Darwin on 2 January 1880 for an explanation: ‘Among the …
- … I did not do so’ ( letter to Samuel Butler, 3 January 1880 ). At the top of Butler’s letter, Emma …
- … an article upon’ ( letter from W. E. Darwin, [28 January 1880] ). Butler had once been an …
- … the public’ ( letter from Samuel Butler, 21 January 1880 ). He stated his case in the Athen …
- … Henrietta ( letter to H. E. Litchfield, 1 February [1880] ). ‘The world will only know … that you …
- … she warned ( letter from H. E. Litchfield, [1 February 1880] ). ‘He is a virulent Salamander of a …
- … husband Richard ( letter from R. B. Litchfield, 1 February 1880 ). Even the great controversialist …
- … a horrid disease’ ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 3 February 1880 ). All went quiet until …
- … to an elephant’ ( letter from Ernst Krause, 9 December 1880 ). Again, Darwin felt compelled to …
- … Mr Butler whatever.’ Power of movement With Francis’s assistance, the last of Darwin’s …
- … behave so differently.’ ( Letter to Asa Gray, 17 February 1880 .) But Gray had based his …
- … agreed with Darwin’s ( letter from Asa Gray, 4 April 1880 ). Having finished the manuscript …
- … or publisher?’ ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 20 July 1880 ). ‘I must take the risk & loss on my …
- … lose some for science’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke, 21 July 1880 ). The worries were ill founded, …
- … scale’, Darwin wrote to Alphonse de Candolle on 28 May 1880 . Readers trained in zoology realised …
- … of the nervous system, and the nature of ‘sensitivity’. Francis Balfour described Movement in …
- … ( letter from F. M. Balfour, [22 November 1880] ). George Romanes, who had worked on the nerves of …
- … would have been amply gratified”‘ ( 21 November [1880] ). ‘I had quite forgotten my old ambition …
- … to see anybody’ ( letter to S. H. Haliburton, 13 December 1880 ). Instinct and worms …
- … has amused me’ ( letter to W. C. McIntosh, 18 June 1880 ). Members of the family were enlisted to …
- … the intake of stones and flints to aid digestion. He asked Francis to check for castings on old …
- … rightly thought the ‘queer subject’ of interest to Francis Galton, who had already taken thumb …
- … William’s interest in geology, and longed to see Francis elected fellow of the Royal Society. He …
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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- … alongside a botanical interest in roots, as he and his son Francis carried out their latest …
- … alas, very dull & has disappointed me much’ ( letter to Francis Galton, 15 [June 1879] ). Even …
- … with Charles Darwin and Ernst Haeckel. Kosmos was, as Francis Darwin reported from Germany that …
- … the children correctly’, mentioning in particular that Francis Galton was the son of one of Erasmus …
- … to contradict false statements that had been published by Francis Galton’s aunt, Mary Anne …
- … for Captain Robert FitzRoy on the Beagle voyage, Francis Beaufort of the Admiralty described the …
- … and poet’ ( Correspondence vol. 1, letter from Francis Beaufort to Robert FitzRoy, 1 September …
- … ( letter from V. H. Darwin, 28 May [1879] ). On the Galton side of the family, Elizabeth Anne …
- … perplexed than ever about life of D r . D’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 12 July [1879] ). It was …
- … in plants. Over the previous two years, he and his son Francis had worked together on the …
- … of radicles, the embryonic roots of seedlings ( letter to Francis Darwin, 16 June [1879] ). …
- … to continue experiments on the sensitivity of radicles. Francis experienced obstacles from the start …
- … views on heliotropism to such an extent that he implied that Francis’s experiments were ‘hardly …
- … that it came from a specific gland in the leaf. This struck Francis as ‘bosh’, but, he complained to …
- … up and go because Sachs didn’t.’ Moreover, Sachs admired Francis’s little spectroscope so much that …
- … rooms in a house that was ‘disreputable’ ( letter from Francis Darwin, [after 16 June 1879] ). …
- … not think that plants were ‘mere machines’, reminding Francis on 2 June that he had long thought …
- … he found he was ‘getting to hate the work’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 25 June [1879] ). Although …
- … survived the ordeal as his paper was published by Sachs in 1880. Family matters Before …
- … the book, the response from readers was gratifying. Francis Galton read the book with the greatest …
Darwin in letters, 1881: Old friends and new admirers
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In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing about all the eminent men he had met. He embarked on this task, which formed an addition to his autobiography, because he had nothing else to do. He had…
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- … his accusations in Unconscious memory in November 1880 and in an abusive letter about Darwin in …
- … of the false accusation’. Other friends rallied round. Francis Balfour translated Krause’s account …
- … had been a major undertaking for both Darwin and his son Francis, who assisted in the many …
- … of their behaviour were trustworthy ( letter to Francis Galton, 8 March [1881] ). Although results …
- … July, sending the pages to Germany for further checks by Francis Darwin, who was spending the summer …
- … Ruskin, who lived there. Sending the last two chapters to Francis on 27 May , Darwin wrote, …
- … to begin any new subject requiring much work’, he told Francis Darwin on 30 May . ‘I have been …
- … case.’ An additional motivation may have been to support Francis Darwin’s published research on …
- … Darwin tried a variety of plants and reagents, telling Francis on 17 October , ‘I have wasted …
- … up the job; but I cannot endure to do this’, Darwin told Francis on 9 November , and writing …
- … Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company led Darwin to chide Francis for giving a klinostat designed …
- … supporters, and rejoiced in his election. Promoting Francis’s own botanical research was as …
- … on 27 January for not commending papers presented by Francis at the Linnean Society the previous …
- … realised was ‘incumbent’ upon him), Darwin, certain that Francis had not been offended, stated, ‘I …
- … letter to Asa Gray, 29 January 1881 ). While Francis was working in de Bary’s …
- … him contained not only botanical matters but also news about Francis’s 5-year-old son, Bernard. Just …
- … say “Mr. Dada you must go home at once”’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 20 May 1881 ). Francis tried …
- … be marching if they were put in her pocket’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, 25 May [1881] ). Two days …
- … had different concerns about Bernard’s soul because Francis sent a message saying that she could …
- … also listened and ‘gaped tremendously’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [after 27 May 1881] ). His …
- … book were from those who had received presentation copies. Galton wrote on 9 October , ‘I wish …
- … frantic by the number of letters about worms’, he told Francis Darwin on 9 November , ‘but amidst …
- … the collaborative experimental work he had undertaken with Francis Darwin, to whom he broke the …
- … the careful way Darwin used plural and singular when he told Francis that Wiesner found most of ‘our …
- … before he reached that part of the book ( letter from Francis Darwin, [21 October 1881] ). …
3.1 Antoine Claudet, daguerreotype
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< Back to Introduction This daguerreotype of Darwin with his firstborn child, William, was, according to a label on the glass, taken on 23 August 1842, just before the family moved from London to Down. It is generally attributed to the French…
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- … When it was reproduced in Karl Pearson’s Life of Francis Galton in 1930, its owner was still …
- … the Darwin archive, it was inherited by her son Sir Charles Galton Darwin. It has subsequently …
- … his family. Indeed, with the exception of Albert Goodwin’s 1880 watercolour of the garden at Down …
- … notes on the reverses indicating provenance of the original. Francis Darwin (ed.), The Life and …
- … 58–59. Karl Pearson, The Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton , 4 vols (Cambridge: …
Life of Erasmus Darwin
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The Life of Erasmus Darwin (1879) was a curious departure for Darwin. It was intended as a biographical note to accompany an essay on Erasmus's scientific work by the German writer Ernst Krause. But Darwin became immersed in his grandfather's…
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … about new varieties of sugar cane produced by grafting. In 1880, Darwin had been sent details of …
- … vol. 28, letter from Arthur de Souza Corrêa, 20 October 1880 , and Correspondence vol. 29, …
- … at an early age was encouraged by Darwin. He wrote to Francis: ‘I say nothing about the loss to …
- … a small tribute of respect’ (letter from John Lubbock to Francis Darwin, 20 April 1882 (DAR 215: 10n …
- … of ice dams causing glacial lakes was presented by Thomas Francis Jamieson in a paper to the …
- … Darwin’s views on eugenics, a term coined by his cousin Francis Galton, were mixed, partly owing to …
- … years of Darwin’s life show his increasing attachment to Francis, as father and son worked together …
- … no one to talk to, I scribble this to you’ ( letter to Francis Darwin, [1 August 1878] ). …
- … from Charlotte Papé, 16 July 1875 ). She now addressed Francis, who could best appreciate the …
- … and nothing too small’ (letter from Charlotte Papé to Francis Darwin, 21 April 1882, DAR 215: 7k). …
3.8 Leonard Darwin, interior photo
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< Back to Introduction Leonard Darwin, who created the distinctive image of his father sitting on the verandah at Down House, also portrayed him as a melancholy philosopher. His head, brightly lit from above, emerges from the enveloping darkness; he…
