From F. W. Farrar 6 November 1865
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Grateful for CD’s approval of Chapters on language.
Is inclined to believe that the races of man were primordially distinct.
| Author: | Frederic William Farrar |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Nov 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 35 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4933 |
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- … For CD’s favourable view of Farrar 1865 , see letter to F. W. …
- … May 1864] , and this volume, letter from Henry Denny, 23 January 1865 , n. 3. CD did not …
- … Farrar, 2 November [1865] . See letter to F. W. …
- … 1864 and n. 7). See letter to F. W. Farrar, 2 November [1865] and n. 7. Thomas Henry …
- … pp. 121–3). See also letter to T. H. Huxley, 12 July [1865] , n. 8. Some of Farrar’s …
- … 10, Appendix VI). See letter to F. W. Farrar, 11 October [1865] and n. 3. Farrar may …
- … 1865] and n. 6. For CD’s views on the origin and classification of human races, see Correspondence vol. 12, letter …
To F. W. Farrar 2 November [1865]
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Has enjoyed FWF’s volume [Chapters on language]. Had found Max Müller’s theory obscure and weak.
Believes FWF would come to agree with him on species if he studied general questions in natural history. To argue for immutability of species on the basis of geology resembles a wise savage in a nation with no books saying his language has never changed.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frederic William Farrar |
| Date: | 2 Nov [1865] |
| Classmark: | University of Virginia Library, Special Collections (3314 1: 80) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4929 |
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- … of Chapters on language ( Farrar 1865 ; see letter to F. W. Farrar, 11 October [1865] …
- … between this letter and the letter from F. W. Farrar, 6 November 1865 . Farrar had sent …
- … January? 1860] . In a letter to H. E. Darwin, [17 March 1865] (DAR 219.9: 25), Emma …
- … 1865 , p. 132). For CD’s favourable assessment of Wedgwood’s Dictionary , see Correspondence vol. 8, letter …
- … letter to Asa Gray, 6 November [1862] and n. 5). On Max Müller’s theory of language, see Schrempp 1983 , Knoll 1986 , and Radick 2000 . His debate with Farrar is discussed in Alter 1999 , pp. 79–96. His broader project of comparative philology and its bearing on debates over human origins and racial theory are discussed in Stocking 1987 . Farrar argued that human language originated in the imitation of natural sounds, such as animal noises, and instinctual interjections, such as ‘ah’ ( Farrar 1865 , …
From Frederic William Farrar 1 February [1866]
Summary
Is seeking election to the Royal Society.
| Author: | Frederic William Farrar |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 1 Feb [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 36 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4993 |
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- … was also cited. CD praised Farrar 1865 in his letter to Farrar of 2 November [1865] ( …
- … Correspondence vol. 13, letter from F. W. Farrar, 6 November 1865 and n. 8. Farrar …
- … letter to F. W. Farrar, 3 February [1866] . The two works on language were An essay on the origin of language ( Farrar 1860 ) and Chapters on language ( Farrar 1865 ). …
To Frederic William Farrar 11 October [1865]
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Thanks for book on language [Chapters on language (1865)], which he hopes to read soon if his weak health permits.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frederic William Farrar |
| Date: | 11 Oct [1865] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4913 |
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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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- … In 1865, the chief work on Charles Darwin’s mind was the writing of The variation of animals and …
Darwin's notes for his physician, 1865
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On 20 May 1865, Emma Darwin recorded in her diary that John Chapman, a prominent London publisher who had studied medicine in London and Paris in the early 1840s, visited Down to consult with Darwin about his ill health. In 1863 Chapman started to treat…
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Prize possessions: To Henry Denny, 17 January [1865]
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Between 1980 and 2018, I was honorary curator of the Alfred Denny Museum of Zoology in the University of Sheffield. One of our prize possessions was a letter from Darwin to Henry Denny, then curator and assistant secretary of the Literary and Philosophical…
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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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- … In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book …
How to manage it: To J. D. Hooker, [17 June 1865]
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Sometimes, what stands out in a Darwin letter is not what is in it, but what is left out or just implied because the recipient would have known what Darwin was referring to. It is frustrating to spend hours looking but fail to identify something mentioned…
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Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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Darwin's health
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On 28 March 1849, ten years before Origin was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend Joseph Hooker from Great Malvern in Worcestershire, where Dr James Manby Gully ran a fashionable water-cure establishment. Darwin apologised for his delayed reply to…
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- … On 28 March 1849, ten years before Origin was published, Darwin wrote to his good friend …
Inheritance
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It was crucial to Darwin’s theories of species change that naturally occurring variations could be inherited. But at the time when he wrote Origin, he had no explanation for how inheritance worked – it was just obvious that it did. Darwin’s attempt to…
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- … 'Hypotheses may often be of service to science, when they involve a certain portion of …
Referencing women’s work
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Darwin's correspondence shows that women made significant contributions to Darwin's work, but whether and how they were acknowledged in print involved complex considerations of social standing, professional standing, and personal preference.…
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George Busk
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After the Beagle voyage, Darwin’s collection of bryozoans disappears from the records until the material was sent, in 1852, for study by George Busk, one of the foremost workers on the group of his day. In 1863, on the way down to Malvern Wells, Darwin had…
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- … After the Beagle voyage, Darwin’s collection of bryozoans disappears from the records until …
3.10 Ernest Edwards, 'Men of Eminence'
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< Back to Introduction In 1865 Darwin was invited to feature in another series of published photographs, Portraits of Men of Eminence in Literature, Science and Art, with Biographical Memoirs . . . The Photographs from Life by Ernest Edwards, B.A.…
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- … < Back to Introduction In 1865 Darwin was invited to feature in another series of …
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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Fake Darwin: myths and misconceptions
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Many myths have persisted about Darwin's life and work. Here are a few of the more pervasive ones, with full debunking below...
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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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Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870
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This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues around the world; letters by the critics who tried to stamp out his ideas, and by admirers who helped them to spread. It takes up the story of…
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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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Darwin on race and gender
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Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…
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- … Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In …
Scientific Practice
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Specialism|Experiment|Microscopes|Collecting|Theory Letter writing is often seen as a part of scientific communication, rather than as integral to knowledge making. This section shows how correspondence could help to shape the practice of science, from…
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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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Science: A Man’s World?
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Discussion Questions|Letters Darwin's correspondence show that many nineteenth-century women participated in the world of science, be it as experimenters, observers, editors, critics, producers, or consumers. Despite this, much of the…
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