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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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- … – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as …
- … quotes from the correspondence or published writings of Asa Gray, Charles Darwin, Joseph Dalton …
- … read the words of the following: Actor 1 – Asa Gray Actor 2 – Charles Darwin …
- … day archivist, this actor uses the words of Jane Loring Gray, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Hugh Falconer, …
- … in which the play unfolds and acting as a go-between between Gray and Darwin, and between the …
- … are described by his widow Jane the final days of Professor Asa Gray, Harvard Botanist. A series of …
- … of the Life of Darwin. At this time in his life, Asa Gray is in his late 70s. JANE …
- … he was the most charming of hosts. DARWIN: 6 My life goes on like Clockwork, and …
- … secret and potentially incendiary ideas. A younger Asa Gray (now in his mid 40s) arrives in …
- … you might reasonably expect… Yours most sincerely Asa Gray. DARWIN: 16 My dear …
- … 25 I send enclosed [a letter for you from Asa Gray], received this morning. I send my own, also, …
- … instructive to me. 42 Ever most cordially yours, Asa Gray Darwin, after a short …
- … of the origin of species by variation. GRAY: 60 I fear the variation hypothesis …
- … which he distributes liberally… DARWIN: 63 My dear Gray. I have directed a copy …
- … I should be extremely grateful. HOOKER: 64 Darwin’s book is out and created a …
- … I fear that it will be abominable in your eyes. 67 My dear [Professor Agassiz]…. I …
- … earnestly endeavoured to arrive at the truth. 68 My dear Professor Sedgwick… …
- … run prevail. CERTAIN BENEFICIAL LINES: 1860 Asa Gray presents his argument of Creation …
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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- … animals made him ‘groan’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March [1863] ). Darwin reiterated in a later …
- … old honoured guide & master’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March [1863] ). Nevertheless, Darwin …
- … ( letter from Charles Lyell, 11 March 1863 ). The botanist Asa Gray, Darwin’s friend in the United …
- … Huxley’s book would scare them off ( see letter from Asa Gray, 20 April 1863 ). In May, Darwin …
- … a fitting opportunity’ ( letter to Hugh Falconer, 5 [and 6] January [1863] ). …
- … in the fossil record ( letter to Hugh Falconer, 5 [and 6] January [1863] ). Only until March did …
- … Dana, 20 February [1863] , and letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March [1863] ). In March, after …
- … and letter to Athenæum , 18 April [1863] ). He told Gray: ‘Under the cloak of a fling at …
- … Lyells amended verdict on the Origin’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 20 April [1863] ). Darwin quoted a …
- … 1862 (see Correspondence vol. 10). He sent a copy to Asa Gray to review in an American journal, …
- … January [1863] and 31 January [1863] , and letter to Asa Gray, 31 May [1863] ). Asa Gray …
- … letter from Daniel Oliver, 17 February 1863 , letter to Asa Gray, 20 April [1863] , letter to …
- … was ‘enough to drive the quietest man mad’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). Hooker and Gray …
- … 29 May [1863] , and letter to Hugh Falconer, [25–6 August 1863] ). Sterility and …
- … forms that he had started the previous year ( letter to Asa Gray, 4 August [1863] ). The results …
- … Darwin concluded: ‘It was beautiful’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 20 April [1863] ). Cross …
- … and pistils mature at different times ( see letter to Asa Gray, 11 May [1863] ). The fertility of …
- … [1863] that he had been ‘ordered to do nothing for 6 months’ by his doctors, mentioning that even …
Darwin in letters, 1862: A multiplicity of experiments
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1862 was a particularly productive year for Darwin. This was not only the case in his published output (two botanical papers and a book on the pollination mechanisms of orchids), but more particularly in the extent and breadth of the botanical experiments…
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- … and assistance with experiments. In January, he wrote to Asa Gray thanking him for some ‘new cases …
- … had ‘different functions’. He continued to write to Gray throughout the year about his quest for …
- … time on the problem: ‘the labour is great’, he told Gray ( letter to Asa Gray, 10–20 June [1862] ) …
- … may be said to be generically distinct’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 14 July [1862] ). The case was so …
- … seed. The case clearly excited Darwin, who exclaimed to Gray ( letter to Asa Gray, 9 August [1862] …
- … a paper for the Linnean Society ( letter to J. D. Hooker, 6 October [1862] ). However, it was not …
- … had enjoyed observing the orchids: he described the work to Gray as a ‘hobby-horse’ that had given …
- … of natural selection through the back door ( letter to Asa Gray, 23[–4] July [1862] ). Moreover, …
- … his opposition to the Origin ’ ( letter from Asa Gray, 2–3 July 1862 ). Henry Walter …
- … different translator ( see letter from Edouard Claparède, 6 September 1862 ). In Germany, …
- … ). War abroad. Anxiety at home As usual, Asa Gray took care that Americans should know …
- … & genius you have for these researches’ ( letter from Asa Gray, 18 May 1862 ). In thanking …
- … ‘not a shade of feeling against slavery’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 16 October [1862] ). It was …
- … ‘fearful evil to the whole world’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 16 October [1862] )—appreciated how well …
- … of the human species ( see letter from John Lubbock, 6 January 1862 ). Ramsay’s was not the …
- … of the pot of life’? ( letter from T. H. Huxley, 6 May 1862 ). In his address, Huxley also …
Cross and self fertilisation
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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…
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- … September 1866, Darwin announced to the American botanist Asa Gray, ‘I have just begun a large …
- … the growth of the young plants is highly remarkable’ ( To Asa Gray, 10 September [1866] ). By …
- … 17 March [1867] ). He noted another factor in a letter to Gray, remarking, ‘I am going on with my …
- … visited by insects & so have been rarely crossed’ ( To Asa Gray, 15 April [1867] ). One of …
- … the fertility of the offspring (F. Müller 1868b, p. 629). Darwin urged further experimentation. ‘I …
- … autumn I hope to publish a long Essay, the result of 5 or 6 years work, on the comparative growth, …
- … on cross and self-fertilised plants, as he explained to Gray, ‘I worked last summer hard at Drosera, …
- … the dogs till I finish with this & get it published’ ( To Asa Gray, 11 March [1873] ). …
- … a new set of experiments for the summer, as he informed Gray when asking for seeds of Nesaea …
- … of Lythrum; for the fact seems to me all important.’ ( To Asa Gray, 30 May [1875] ). In earlier …
- … regarding the sex of plants in the 1760s (Kölreuter 1761–6) is heavily annotated. Darwin had …
- … see how the samples differed ( To Edward Frankland, [before 6 June 1876] ). The project proved to …
- … By August 1876, the book had gone to press and Darwin told Gray, ‘This will complete all that I …
- … Comes ( From Hermann Müller, 4 October 1876 ). Gray was impatient for a copy and asked for …
- … your judgment than for that of almost anyone else’ ( To Asa Gray, 28 October 1876 ). Gray …
- … written of, as being as faultless as your temper’ ( From Asa Gray, 12 November 1876 ). The …
- … 27 January 1877 ). Darwin was especially pleased with Gray’s review, and told him, ‘Your abstract …
- … given everything,—you have quite eviscerated it’ ( To Asa Gray, 18 February [1877] ). By mid-March …
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
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On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
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- … out in the United States and in Germany, he expressed to Asa Gray his astonishment at the widespread …
- … thinking that it would be nice easy reading.’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 22 May [1860] ). …
- … were inexplicable by the theory of creation. Asa Gray’s statement in his March review that natural …
- … solely by explaining an ample lot of facts.’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 18 February [1860] ). To those …
- … perfected structure as the eye. As Darwin admitted to Lyell, Gray, and others, imagining how …
- … caused him greater discomfort. As he readily admitted to Gray: ‘The sight of a feather in a peacock …
- … change of form’, namely those of embryology ( letter to Asa Gray, 10 September [1860] ). Only his …
- … distribution of species ( see letter from T. H. Huxley, 6 August 1860 ). But Baer in fact …
- … in letters to his closest confidants Hooker, Lyell, and Gray. Initially he found it curious ‘how …
- … critique of his geological argument, he wrote to Lyell on 6 June [1860] : 'I am beginning to …
- … not thoroughly . . . I must be a very bad explainer.' Asa Gray and design in nature …
- … Origin in America by Louis Agassiz and his followers, Gray’s essays, Darwin believed, could also …
Natural Selection: the trouble with terminology Part I
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Darwin encountered problems with the term ‘natural selection’ even before Origin appeared. Everyone from the Harvard botanist Asa Gray to his own publisher came up with objections. Broadly these divided into concerns either that its meaning simply wasn’t…
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- … confounded ( Charles Darwin to Charles Lyell 6 June [1860 ]) Darwin …
- … Origin appeared. Everyone from the Harvard botanist Asa Gray to his own publisher came up with …
- … outline of his theory written in 1842 , and, as he told Asa Gray in September 1857 , he intended …
- … years, Natural Selection . With that letter to Gray, Darwin enclosed a brilliantly …
- … for the good of each organic being’. It was Gray’s now missing response to that exposition …
- … ” ’. It was the draft of this enclosure to Gray , along with extracts from Darwin’s …
- … under domestication & nature ’, other readers reinforced Gray’s original criticism that …
- … explainer. ( Charles Darwin to Charles Lyell, 6 June [1860]) To Lyell, Darwin …
- … applicable to them! —a reference to John Edward Gray, who Darwin exclaimed understood …
Religion
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Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…
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- … of design. The first is between Darwin and Harvard botanist Asa Gray, taking as their point of …
- … force”. Letter 2855 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 3 July [1860] Darwin writes to …
- … for the attention now given to the subject. He poses Gray a question on design in nature, as he is …
- … an angel. Letter 3342 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 11 Dec [1861] Darwin writes to …
- … white flag than to fire my usual long-range shot”. He asks Gray some questions about design. …
- … theist and evolutionist, giving the examples of Kingsley and Asa Gray. As regards his own views, his …
- … Letter 5003f — Shaw, James to Darwin, C. R., [6--10 Feb 1866] James Shaw transcribes a …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … I feel very old & helpless’ ( letter to B. J. Sulivan, 6 January [1874] ). Darwin mentioned …
- … on the outcome ( enclosure to letter from G. H. Darwin, 6 [August] 1874 ): I think you …
- … & it had been refused’ ( letter from G. H. Darwin, [6 or 7 August 1874] ). When the letter was …
- … ). the man-eating tree of Madagascar Asa Gray publicised Darwin’s work on …
- … it was a hoax till I came to the woman’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 3 June [1874] ). Response to …
- … F. S. B. François de Chaumont, 29 April 1874 ). Asa Gray forwarded a letter from the …
- … seen in bank with enormous tips to his ears ( letter from Asa Gray, 12 May 1874 ). The …
- … to the vomit and ate it ( letter from W. G. Walker, 6 December 1874 ). The Zoological …
- … letter to J. N. Lockyer, 13 May [1874] ), and he wrote to Asa Gray, who provided the essay on him: …
- … bit insane, as we all are occasionally’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 5 June [1874] ). The …
The Lyell–Lubbock dispute
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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…
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- … below, ‘Textual changes made to C. Lyell 1863c’). On 6 February 1863, Antiquity of man (C. Lyell …
- … over the comparative anatomy of human and ape brains. 6 Many of Lyell’s supporters were …
- … the book in correspondence with Joseph Dalton Hooker, Asa Gray, and Huxley but he never spoke out …
- … Lyell, see Bynum 1984 and L. G. Wilson 1996. 6. Owen’s complaints about C. Lyell 1863a …
- … See Correspondence vol. 11, letter to Charles Lyell, 6 March [1863] and n. 7. 9. …
- … T. H. Huxley, 7 June 1865, Imperial College, Huxley papers 6: 110). For more on the X-club, see …
- … to Huxley, 5 June 1865 (Imperial College, Huxley papers 6: 104). 27. Rough draft of a …
- … June 1865, and 8 June 1865 (Imperial College, Huxley papers 6: 108, 111). 30. Letter from …
- … Charles Lyell, 11 June 1865, Imperial College, Huxley papers 6: 116). 34. C. Lyell 1865. …
- … for man. British Journal for the History of Science 6 (1972–3): 261–303. Barton, Ruth. …
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
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- … … poor creature, has won only 2490 games’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876 ). Francis Darwin, …
- … of work’ left in him for ‘new matter’ (letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876). The preparation of the …
- … evidence for the ‘advantages of crossing’ (letter to Asa Gray, 28 January 1876). Revising Orchids …
- … and sympathised with his close friends Joseph Hooker and Asa Gray, whose situations often …
- … you suffer largely in the same way’, Darwin wrote to Gray on 28 January . On 14 November, Hooker …
- … Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [13 September 1876] (DAR 210.6: 144)). Darwin, too, expressed his …
- … Emma Darwin to W. E. Darwin, [13 September 1876] (DAR 210.6: 144)). Darwin knew that something more …
- … my horrid bad style into intelligible English’, he told Asa Gray on 28 October . …
- … are not readable, & the 6 last very dull’, he warned Asa Gray on 28 October , when sending …
- … lively reading for one so poor at figures as I am’, Gray conceded on 12 November , although he …
- … compare size of pollen grains & state of stigma’, he told Gray on 4 December. Darwin also …
- … than the more widely used ‘heterostyle’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 20 December 1876 ). Darwin …
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
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The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
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- … On 6 March 1868, Darwin wrote to the entomologist and accountant John Jenner Weir, …
- … Index-maker’, Darwin wrote to Joseph Dalton Hooker on 6 January . Darwin had sent the manuscript …
- … of me. I feel convinced it is by Owen’. John Edward Gray, a colleague of Richard Owen’s in the …
- … but never fulfilled. He was sent a news clipping on 6 July from the Maryport Weekly Advertiser …
- … House of Commons than any assembly in the world’ (from ?, 6 April 1868). On 21 May , Darwin …
- … The Swiss botanist Alphonse de Candolle described on 6 July the inheritance over eight …
- … is too short for so long a discussion’, he wrote on 6 April . Yet Wallace continued to press him, …
- … you as their leader’ ( letter from Gaston de Saporta, 6 September 1868 ). The support …
- … the theology favoured by some of his supporters, notably Asa Gray, seemed to render natural …
- … lines by God. Of Darwin’s discussion in Variation , Gray wrote on 25 May : ‘I found your … …
- … perfectly, & feel the weight of it.’ Some thought Gray’s position still a strong one. An …
- … that the outing had done nothing for his health ( letter to Asa Gray, 15 August [1868] ), but it …
Scientific Networks
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Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
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- … the networks of others, such as Joseph Dalton Hooker and Asa Gray, who were at leading scientific …
- … contact. His correspondence with Joseph Hooker and Asa Gray illustrates how close personal ties …
- … D. Hooker. The second is between Darwin and Harvard botanist Asa Gray. Darwin and Hooker …
- … species to wide-ranging genera. Darwin and Gray Letter 1674 — Darwin, C. R. …
- … in the USA. Letter 2125 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 20 July [1857] Darwin writes …
- … Letter 1202 — Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 6 Oct [1848] Darwin catches up on personal …
- … Letter 1319 — Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, C. R., 6 & 7 Apr 1850 Hooker apologises for the …
- … Primula . Letter 4611 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 13 Sept [1864] Darwin sends …
List of correspondents
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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…
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- … (2) Appleton, T. G. (6) Arnold, F. S. …
- … (15) Bartlett, Edward (6) Bartlett, R. S. …
- … (1) Boardman, A. F. (6) Boccardo, Gerolamo …
- … (2) Bonham-Carter, E. M. (6) Bonham-Carter, …
- … (1) Browne, Walter (6) Brownen, George …
- … (17) Buckland, William (6) Buckler, William …
- … (2) Child, G. W. (6) Children, J. G. …
- … (1) Clarke, W. B. (b) (6) Claus, C. F. …
- … P. (2) Coe, Henry (6) Coghlan, John …
- … (2) Crüger, Hermann (6) Cuming, Hugh …
- … (1) Darwin, Amy (6) Darwin, Anne Eliza …
- … (47) Darwin, Sara (6) Darwin, V. H. …
- … (2) Davidson, Thomas (6) Davis, J. E. …
- … (1) Dear Friend (6) Delage, Yves (1) …
- … (13) Denny, John (6) Desmarest, Eugène …
- … (3) Elliot, Walter (6) Elliott & Fry …
- … (39) Fabre, Jean-Henri (6) Fairfax, Mary …
- … (9) Galton, E. S. (6) Galton, Erasmus …
Essay: Natural selection & natural theology
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—by Asa Gray NATURAL SELECTION NOT INCONSISTENT WITH NATURAL THEOLOGY. Atlantic Monthly for July, August, and October, 1860, reprinted in 1861. I Novelties are enticing to most people; to us they are simply annoying. We cling to a long-accepted…
Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
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The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
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- … I have not laboured in vain’ ( letter to Hugh Falconer, 6 January [1865] ). Sic transit …
- … & that almost exclusively bread & meat’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 15 August [1865] ). By …
- … on 2 February, and in April Darwin wrote to his friend Asa Gray, a botanist in the United States, …
- … be an unnatural parent, for it is your child’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 19 April 1865 ; Darwin noted …
- … modification of structure’ (G. D. Campbell 1864, pp. 275–6). Campbell argued further that natural …
- … Benjamin Dann Walsh in the Midwestern United States, and Asa Gray wrote a long review of ‘Climbing …
- … observations to high scientific account’ (A. Gray 1865–6, pp. 273-4). Darwin had also written to …
- … to the Anthropologicals?’ ( letter from F. H. Hooker, 6 September [1865] ). Before he returned …
Darwin in letters, 1872: Job done?
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'My career’, Darwin wrote towards the end of 1872, 'is so nearly closed. . . What little more I can do, shall be chiefly new work’, and the tenor of his correspondence throughout the year is one of wistful reminiscence, coupled with a keen eye…
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- … Darwin’s best efforts, set the final price at 7 s. 6 d. ( letter from R. F. Cooke, 12 …
- … intellectual errors’ ( letter from St G. J. Mivart, 6 January 1872 ). Darwin likened the …
- … effect on my mind’ ( letter to Chauncey Wright, 6 April 1872 ). A competing theory on the …
- … in his `Literary Banquet’ (letters from John Murray, 6 November [1872] and 9 November 1872 ). …
- … old subject which formerly interested me,’ Darwin wrote to Asa Gray at the beginning of the year; & …
- … have worked out and published about Drosera & Dionæa’, Gray had replied on hearing of the …
- … the 'nervous system(!?)’ of Drosera ( letter to Asa Gray, 22 October 1872 ). By early …
Interview with Randal Keynes
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Randal Keynes is a great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin, and the author of Annie’s Box (Fourth Estate, 2001), which discusses Darwin’s home life, his relationship with his wife and children, and the ways in which these influenced his feelings about…
New material added to the American edition of Origin
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A ‘revised and augmented’ American edition of Origin came on the market in July 1860, and was the only authorised edition available in the US until 1873. It incorporated many of the changes Darwin made to the second English edition, but still contained…
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- … Origin was published, Darwin received a letter from Asa Gray offering to arrange an American …
- … a share in possible profits. Darwin responded favourably to Gray’s proposal in his letter of 21 …
- … their heads that a species is an entity.—‘ After Gray had contacted the Boston publishing …
- … preparing for distribution. Acting on Darwin’s behalf, Gray duly contacted D. Appleton to inquire …
- … transmitting their response to Darwin (see letters from Asa Gray, [10 January 1860], [17 January …
- … fixed through the process of stereotyping (see letter from Asa Gray, 23 January [1860] and n. 2). …
- … of the transmutation of species; Darwin sent this off to Gray enclosed in his letter of [8 or 9 …
- … to Lyell, 18 [and 19 February 1860]. Darwin suggested to Gray that the title page of the new edition …
- … Second Edition with additional corrections” (letter to Asa Gray, 1 February [1860]). By 1 May …
- … from three separate printings of Origin (see letter to Asa Gray, 22 May [1860] and enclosure) …
- … edition of Origin was available in July 1860 (see [Gray] 1860b, p. 116). It is interesting to …
- … , published in March 1861 (see Freeman 1977, p. 83). As Gray’s biographer A. Hunter Dupree has noted …
- … the sixth English edition of 1872 (Freeman 1977, pp. 85–6). PREFACE …
- … in the nature of the plant. Pages 293 and 294. 6 Omit thirty lines, beginning, ‘‘ On …
- … third edition of Origin ( Origin 3d ed., pp. 363–6). See also letter from John Lubbock, …
Darwin in letters, 1861: Gaining allies
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The year 1861 marked an important change in the direction of Darwin’s work. He had weathered the storm that followed the publication of Origin, and felt cautiously optimistic about the ultimate acceptance of his ideas. The letters from this year provide an…
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- … with natural theology. He made arrangements with his friend Asa Gray to reprint and distribute in …
- … me & Natural Selection, right good service’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 26–7 Februrary [1861] ). …
- … III). However, Darwin himself remained unconvinced by Gray’s suggestion that providence may have …
- … intercrossing between distinct individuals. He told Gray that such cases could perhaps ‘throw some …
- … ‘one long gigantic blunder’ ( letter to Charles Lyell, 6 September [1861] ). The fascinating three …
- … profoundly interesting’, Darwin told the Harvard botanist Asa Gray on 5 June, and added, despite the …
- … or heard a soul who is not with the North’. Darwin and Gray both unreservedly supported the northern …
- … views and sentiments are perfectly satisfactory to me’, Gray wrote to Darwin on 31 December. …
- … greatest curse on Earth Slavery abolished’ ( letter to Asa Gray, 5 June [1861] ): Some …
Climbing Plants
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment A monograph by which to work After the publication of On the Origin of Species, Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, The Descent of Man, and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals in…
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- … was led to take up this subject by reading a short paper by Asa Gray, published in 1858, on the …
- … of Climbing Plants , Chapter 1. Papers Gray, Asa. "Note on the Coiling of …
- … was a wise course of action. Letter 8545 - Asa Gray to Charles Darwin, 6 October …
- … in the plant. The rest of the letter is filled with news of Gray’s trip to the Western United States …
- … old papers on climbing plants. Letter 8656 - Asa Gray to Charles Darwin, 2 December …
- … of experimental information is exchanged between Darwin and Asa Gray? Do you think Darwin was …
- … seconds. Through this experiment the students, just like Asa Gray and Charles Darwin, were able to …
