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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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- … In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the …
- … in plant physiology, he investigated the reactive properties of roots and the effects of different …
- … between science and art, and the intellectual powers of women and men. He fielded repeated requests …
- … is nearly run’ ( letter to Lawson Tait, 13 February 1882 ). His condition worsened in March. …
- … his brother Erasmus had been interred in 1881. But some of his scientific friends quickly organised …
- … In the end, his body was laid to rest in the most famous of Anglican churches, Westminster Abbey. …
- … pleasure. The year opened with an exchange with one of his favourite correspondents, Fritz Müller. …
- … any extra labour’ ( letter to G. J. Romanes, 6 January 1882 ). The finished paper, ‘On new …
- … effects on chlorophyll ( letter to Joseph Fayrer, 30 March 1882 ). He received a specimen of …
- … one plant or animal!’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). He wrote to an American in Kansas …
- … experimentising on them’ ( letter to J. E. Todd, 10 April 1882 ). While enthusiasm drove him, …
- … affects my heart’ ( letter to Henry Groves, 3 April 1882 ). Earthworms and evolution …
- … Murray, carried an anonymous article on the book in January 1882. The reviewer’s assessment was …
- … researches themselves’ ( Quarterly Review , January 1882, p. 179). Darwin commented at length on …
- … about evolution’ ( letter to John Murray, 21 January 1882 ). The author was in fact the clergyman …
- … down the sides’ ( letter from J. F. Simpson, 7 January 1882 ). The agricultural chemist Joseph …
- … me greatly’ ( letter from J. H. Gilbert, 9 January 1882, and letter to J. H. Gilbert, 12 …
- … she is depressed for Father. I am afraid he is a good deal depressed about himself’ (letter from H. …
- … Dr Clark to see him about 3 weeks ago, as he had been a good deal plagued with dull aching in the …
- … were never very violent’ ( letter from Emma Darwin to J. D. Hooker, [20 April 1882] ). In …
Movement in Plants
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The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…
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- … The power of movement in plants , published on 7 November 1880, was the final large …
- … Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin …
- … while he was away from home. Although Darwin lacked a state of the art research institute and …
- … who, like Francis, had come to this centre for the study of physiological botany to learn the latest …
- … Darwin also benefitted from the instrument-building prowess of his youngest son, Horace, who not …
- … first glance, this book seems to fit neatly into the realm of experimental plant physiology, but it …
- … his health was especially bad, Darwin had taken up the study of climbing plants, one of his ‘hobby …
- … too strenuous. His paper, ‘On the movement and habits of climbing plants’, appeared in the Journal …
- … Darwin was not the first naturalist to study the mechanics of climbing, but he was the first to …
- … 28 July 1877] ). ‘ I do not believe I sh d . have ever have noticed the movement had it not been …
- … from morning to night & we have made out a good deal ’, but confiding to Hooker, ‘ We have …
- … was asked to send any spare seeds he might have. ‘ I sh d . like to see how the embryo breaks …
- … photography for scientific accuracy ( letter from J. D. Cooper, 13 December 1878 ). The method …
- … that the method was ‘ all that I can desire, but as I sh d like to give a very large number of …
- … ‘ I am very sorry that Sachs is so sceptical, for I w d . rather convert him than any other half …
- … do not when cauterised bend geotropically & why sh d we say this is owing to injury, when …
- … new points & views. I fear that our views will meet a good deal of opposition in Germany; but we …
- … ). Hooker offered to write to Egypt for the seeds (From J. D. Hooker 29 November 1879; DCP-LETT …
- … at 600 pages, which, Cooke pointed out was ‘a good deal more’ than any of Darwin’s previous works, …
- … without any nervous system! I think that such facts sh d . be kept in mind, when speculating on …
- … Nature the day after his father’s death (F. Darwin 1882). Darwin’s study of plant movement went …
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
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- … – 25 March 2007 – 1 Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray …
- … respect Craig Baxter's right to be identified as the creator of this dramatisation, and that of …
- … to aid public reading. If you want to see the full texts of the letters that have been used here, …
- … There are three actors who predominantly read the words of the following: Actor 1 – Asa Gray …
- … the original text not, necessarily, a pause in the delivery of the line. A forward slash (/) …
- … dinner, though there had seemed some threatening of a cold, but he pronounced himself… GRAY …
- … stairs at noon, the doctor congratulating him on the success of the treatment. There seemed a …
- … of natural selection to his friend, the botanist, Joseph D Hooker GRAY: 3 Charles …
- … to have us a weak and divided people, and would do a good deal to secure it. Darwin passes …
- … and charming women out of the lower ranks. So that a good deal of indirect selection improves the …
- … A GREAT DRAWBACK TO THE PRIVILEGES OF OLD AGE: 1882 In which Darwin dies and is …
- … notoriety… Charles Darwin died on the 19th April [1882], a few months after the completion of …
- … AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, PROCEEDINGS XVII, 1882 4 C DARWIN TO JD HOOKER …
- … TO C DARWIN, 29 NOVEMBER 1879 209 A GRAY, 1882, MEMOIR OF DARWIN 210 A …
- … FUNERAL 211 A GRAY TO JD HOOKER, 21 APR 1882 212 A GRAY TO JD HOOKER, 31 OCT …
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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- … In May 1881, Darwin, one of the best-known celebrities in England if not the world, began writing …
- … again to write on general & difficult points in the theory of Evolution’, he told the …
- … as the sweetest place on this earth’. From the start of the year, Darwin had his demise on his mind. …
- … affairs and began to make provision for the dividing of his wealth after his death. Darwin’s …
- … who lived at Down House, remained a continual source of delight. A second grandchild was born in …
- … Krause countered Butler’s accusations in a review of Unconscious memory in Kosmos and sent …
- … and editor Leslie Stephen. There was ‘a hopeless division of opinion’ within the family, Henrietta …
- … Darwin was enormously relieved. ‘Your note is one of the kindest which I have ever received,’ he …
- … that so good a judge, as Leslie Stephen thinks nothing of the false accusation’. Other friends …
- … Nature , and George Romanes wrote such a savage review of Unconscious memory that Darwin …
- … shunned Butler and ignored his book. Sources of pleasure January also brought the good …
- … he wrote to Darwin, ‘I congratulate you on the success of your undertaking—for yours it is totally …
- … he was that so many scientific men had so good an opinion of the ‘little scientific work’ he had …
- … overdue credit which you have always assigned to him, is one of those bright spots in the history of …
- … made clear the veneration in which he was held. ‘I’d give one year of my life for one hours …
- … vol. 30, letter to C. A. Kennard, 9 January 1882 ). ‘I sometimes receive so many …
- … and had ‘gone much out’ of his mind ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 20 June [1881] ). Feeling ‘awfully …
- … commissioned by the Linnean Society. ‘It tires me a good deal to sit to anyone, but I shd. be the …
- … Nature published the day after Darwin’s death in April 1882. Deaths, gifts and legacies …
