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F1553.2 Book: Litchfield, H. E. ed. 1915. Emma Darwin, A century of family letters, 1702-1896. London: John Murray. Volume 2 Text Image PDF

ought to grieve them, for death at my great age is rest. I have earnestly prayed for it. I particularly wish that none of my relations should be summoned to my bedside. Emma Darwin to her son Leonard in New Zealand. Nov. 8, 1875. F. went to the Vivisection Commission at two. Lord Cardwell came to the door to receive him and he was treated like a Duke. They only wanted him to repeat what he had said in his letter (a sort of confession of faith about the claims of physiology and the duty of

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F1553.2 Book: Litchfield, H. E. ed. 1915. Emma Darwin, A century of family letters, 1702-1896. London: John Murray. Volume 2 Text Image PDF

it is under a glass and very high up, so nobody can see it. Our chief dissipation was going to King's, for which the tram was very handy. F. and I often reflect how well off we are in daughters-in-law and how easily our sons might have married very nice wives that would not have suited us old folks, and above all that would not really have adopted us so affectionately as you have done. I never think without a pang of the third that is gone. Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta Litchfield

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F1553.2 Book: Litchfield, H. E. ed. 1915. Emma Darwin, A century of family letters, 1702-1896. London: John Murray. Volume 2 Text Image PDF

through her desolation alone, and she wished not to be thought about or considered, but to be left to rebuild her life as best she could and to think over her precious past. This wish for obscurity came out in her eager desire to get the first sight of her neighbours over, and then, as she said, they will not think about me any more. Emma Darwin to her son Leonard. Friday. MY DEAREST LEO, It is always easier to write than to speak, and so, though I shall see you so soon, I will tell you that

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F1553.2 Book: Litchfield, H. E. ed. 1915. Emma Darwin, A century of family letters, 1702-1896. London: John Murray. Volume 2 Text Image PDF

I used to go to bed early when he suffered so much from fatigue, and often read some time. Also got up early and read to him early after my breakfast generally found him doing nothing, but the two last mornings he occupied himself for a short time and felt more like recovery. Emma Darwin to her son Leonard. DOWN, Friday. MY DEAR LEO, I have very little to tell you except how beautiful the weather is I feel a sort of wonder that I can in a measure enjoy the beauty of spring. I am trying to get

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F1553.2 Book: Litchfield, H. E. ed. 1915. Emma Darwin, A century of family letters, 1702-1896. London: John Murray. Volume 2 Text Image PDF

and that in the past she had had so much. The only regret I ever heard her express was that she had not told him how much pleased she was at his putting up her photograph by the side of his big chair in his study, so that he saw it as he looked up from his work. Emma Darwin to her son William. DOWN, May 10, 1882. MY DEAREST WILLIAM, Your dear letter was a great happiness to me. I never doubted your affection for an instant, but this has brought such an overflow of it that it makes me feel that

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F1553.2 Book: Litchfield, H. E. ed. 1915. Emma Darwin, A century of family letters, 1702-1896. London: John Murray. Volume 2 Text Image PDF

almost as often as if he still lived with her. Emma Darwin to her son Francis. [1883.] DEAR FRANK, I can always write pros and cons easier than speak them; and I want you and Ellen to consider whether it is not rash of you to take so irrevocable a step as to begin your house at once whether it would not be wiser to wait six months and see what your occupation at Cambridge would eventually be, and whether if something permanent was within your power elsewhere you had not better hold yourself loose

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F1553.2 Book: Litchfield, H. E. ed. 1915. Emma Darwin, A century of family letters, 1702-1896. London: John Murray. Volume 2 Text Image PDF

Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta Litchfield. THE GROVE, 1886. The east wind and bright sun are just what I like, and our old nightingale sang 8 or 9 hours at a stretch yesterday. I wonder whether it is the same he is louder and more tipsy than ever. I am tempted by an Essay of Lady Verney's to read Milman's History of the Jews. Ask R. whether I should like to read it. Frank and Ellen came to dinner and a little whist, after which I succeeded in your patience with only one cheat. I am now

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F1553.2 Book: Litchfield, H. E. ed. 1915. Emma Darwin, A century of family letters, 1702-1896. London: John Murray. Volume 2 Text Image PDF

the week. William laments that he cannot come, also Horace. I always feel how your father would have enjoyed it. Yours, my two dear ones, E. D. Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta Litchfield. July 31st, 1892. We have had great amusement and election talk. Lettington [the old gardener] said to Leonard I don't agree with your politics; but I did not think it was in you to make such a noble speech. The large house at Down could hold more than one family of the grandchildren, and she greatly

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F1553.1 Book: Litchfield, H. E. ed. 1915. Emma Darwin, A century of family letters, 1792-1896. London: John Murray. Volume 1 Text Image PDF

near Etruria Hall, which had been built for Bentley, his father's partner. Etruria was then quite a rural spot. To those who know what it is now with collieries, iron-works, and pottery kilns belching out black smoke, with dying trees in the fields, and blackened workmen's cottages, it is strange to read Emma Allen's description written about 1800: I spent Saturday morning 1 He must have been very indulgent to his wife's wishes, for I have been told that no cows were kept at Maer, as the moaning

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A262 Book contribution: Darwin, Francis. 1916. Memoir of Sir George Darwin. In Scientific Papers by Sir George Howard Darwin. Cambridge vol. 5: ix-xxxiii. Text

George acquired by purchase the house Newnham Grange3, which remained his home to the end of his life. It stands at the southern end of the Backs, within a few yards of the river where it bends eastward in flowing from the upper to the lower of the two Newnham water-mills. I remember forebodings as to dampness, but they proved wrong— even the cellars being remarkably dry. The house is built of faded yellowish bricks with old tiles on the roof, and has a pleasant home-like air. 1 Emma Darwin, A

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A262 Book contribution: Darwin, Francis. 1916. Memoir of Sir George Darwin. In Scientific Papers by Sir George Howard Darwin. Cambridge vol. 5: ix-xxxiii. Text

MEMOIR OF SIR GEORGE DARWIN BY HIS BROTHER SIR FRANCIS DARWIN George Howard, the fifth1 child of Charles and Emma Darwin, was born at Down July 9th, 1845. Why he was christened2 George, I cannot say. It was one of the facts on which we founded a theory that our parents lost their presence of mind at the font and gave us names for which there was neither the excuse of tradition nor of preference on their own part. His second name, however, commemorates his great-grandmother, Mary Howard, the

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F1592.2 Book: Marchant, James ed. 1916. Alfred Russel Wallace letters and reminiscences. London: Cassell. Volume 2. Text Image PDF

meaning of everything which occurs. Emma Darwin, p. 207. [page] 24

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A262 Book contribution: Darwin, Francis. 1916. Memoir of Sir George Darwin. In Scientific Papers by Sir George Howard Darwin. Cambridge vol. 5: ix-xxxiii. Text

friendship, and George's diary shows how much kindness and hospitality he received from Mr Balfour. George had also the 1 Emma Darwin, A Century of Family Letters, vol. ii. p. 186. [page] xi

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A262 Book contribution: Darwin, Francis. 1916. Memoir of Sir George Darwin. In Scientific Papers by Sir George Howard Darwin. Cambridge vol. 5: ix-xxxiii. Text

published. 3 Contemporary Preview, 1874, vol. xxiv. pp. 894-904. 4 Journal of the Statistical Society, 1875, vol. XXXVIII. pt 2, pp. 153-182, also pp. 183-184 and pp. 344-348. 5 Probably he heard informally at the end of October what was not formally determined till November. 6 Emma Darwin, A Century of Family Letters, 1915, vol. ii. p. 233. [page] xv

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A262 Book contribution: Darwin, Francis. 1916. Memoir of Sir George Darwin. In Scientific Papers by Sir George Howard Darwin. Cambridge vol. 5: ix-xxxiii. Text

results were worth the labour they had cost him and whether he would have been better employed in some other way. His nephew Bernard, speaking of George's way of taking pains to be friendly and forthcoming to anyone with whom he came in contact, says: 1 Emma Darwin, A Century of Family Letters, 1915, vol. ii. p. 146. [page] xxxi

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A300 Book: Darwin, Francis. 1917. Rustic sounds and other studies in literature and natural history. London: John Murray. [Darwin family recollections only] Text Image

X SIR GEORGE DARWIN1 George Howard, the fifth2 child of Charles and Emma Darwin, was born at Down, July 9th, 1845. Why he was christened3 George, I cannot say. It was one of the facts on which we founded a theory that our parents lost their presence of mind at the font, and gave us names for which there was neither the excuse of tradition nor of preference on their own part. His second name, however, commemorates his great-grandmother, Mary Howard, the first wife of Erasmus Darwin. It seems

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A300 Book: Darwin, Francis. 1917. Rustic sounds and other studies in literature and natural history. London: John Murray. [Darwin family recollections only] Text Image

in the Senate House at an early hour, 8 a.m. I think. George remained in bed and sent me to bring the news. I remember charging out through the crowd the moment the magnificent Darwin of Trinity had followed the expected Moulton of St. John's. I have a general impression of a cheerful crowd sitting on George's bed and literally almost smothering him with congratulations. He received the following characteristic letter from his father1: 1 Emma Darwin, A Century of Family Letters, 1915. Vol. II

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A300 Book: Darwin, Francis. 1917. Rustic sounds and other studies in literature and natural history. London: John Murray. [Darwin family recollections only] Text Image

years there is evidence that he continued to enjoy the friendship of Lord Rayleigh and of Mr. Balfour. We find in his diary records 1 Emma Darwin, A Century of Family Letters, 1915, Vol. II., p. 233. 2 Nature, December 12, 1912. 3 It was in 1907 that the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press asked George to prepare a reprint of his scientific papers, which were published in five volumes. George was deeply gratified at an honour that placed him in the same class as Lord Kelvin, Stokes

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A300 Book: Darwin, Francis. 1917. Rustic sounds and other studies in literature and natural history. London: John Murray. [Darwin family recollections only] Text Image

shield him from fatigue and anxiety. In this way he was helped and protected in the various semi-public functions in which he took a principal part. Nor was her help valued only on these occasions, for indeed the comfort and happiness of every day was in her charge. There is a charming letter1 from George's mother, dated April 15th, 1884: Maud had to put on her wedding-dress in order to say at the Custom-house in America 1 Emma Darwin, A Century of Family Letters. Privately printed, 1904, Vol. II

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A300 Book: Darwin, Francis. 1917. Rustic sounds and other studies in literature and natural history. London: John Murray. [Darwin family recollections only] Text Image

of his life. It stands at the southern end of the 'Backs,' within a few yards of the river where it bends eastward in flowing from the upper to the lower of the two Newnham water-mills. I remember forebodings as to dampness, 1 Emma Darwin, A Century of Family Letters, 1915, Vol. II., p. 266. 2 At that time it was known simply as Newnham, but as this is the name of the College, and was also in use for a growing region of houses, the Darwins christened it Newnham Grange. The name Newnham is now

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A2094b Book: Hooker, J. D. 1918. [Recollections of Darwin]. In L. Huxley ed., Life and letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker. London: John Murray, vol. 2. Text

Father's two works, i.e. Forms of Flowers and Orchids. I will run it down. Neither Nepenthes nor Drosera are thus. 4. Ampelopsis. January 6, 1905. The Orchid on the medal is Phalaenopsis Schilleriana. 1. Hooker stayed with the Darwins from 10 October 1846 for three days and again on 14 January 1847 for a week or ten days (LL Sir J. D. Hooker, vol. 1: 222). Emma Darwin's diaries for years 1846 and 1847 are missing. Darwin wrote on 6 October 1846 inviting Hooker to come on the Saturday which is 10

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A874 Book: Huxley, Leonard. 1921. Charles Darwin. London: Watts. Text Image PDF

ILLUSTRATIONS CHARLES DARWIN (1881) Frontispiece (By kind permission of Mr. R. B. Litchfield, from the frontispiece to Vol. II of Emma Darwin, after a photograph by Elliott Fry) CHARLES DARWIN AND HIS SISTER CATHERINE (1817) Facing p. 10 (By kind permission of Mr. R. B. Litchfield, from the photogravure in Vol. I of Emma Darwin, reproducing the chalk drawing in the possession of Miss Wedgwood, of Leith Hill Place) CHARLES DARWIN (ABOUT 1854) Facing p. 42 (By kind permission of Sir Francis

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A874 Book: Huxley, Leonard. 1921. Charles Darwin. London: Watts. Text Image PDF

Mrs. Darwin, arranging her own quiet days to sustain him and carry out an indispensable routine, made his life not only possible, but happy and fruitful in its lamed energies. And he knew it. The bond between them grew ever more exquisitely close and responsive, while their sympathies were renewed and repeated in their own family and among their friends. In the second volume of Emma Darwin there are preserved for reverent eyes certain letters that passed between husband and wife, which bring

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A555 Book: Shipley, A. E. [1924]. Charles Darwin (1809-1882). In Cambridge Cameos. London: Jonathan Cape, pp. 118-147. Text Image PDF

cousin Emma Wedgwood, and for nearly four years they kept house in Upper Gower Street. The sustained toil and the discomforts of the ship had injured Darwin's health, and he and his wife led a life of extreme quietness. During this period, he states, I did less scientific work, though I worked as hard as I possibly could, than during any other equal length of time in my life. This was owing to frequently recurring unwellness and to one long and serious illness. His health indeed prevented his

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F2753 Book contribution: Darwin, C. R. 1924. [Correspondence with Francis Galton]. In Karl Pearson ed. The life, letters and labours of Francis Galton. vol. 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 156-202. Text PDF

The following letter to his sister, Miss Emma Galton, is not only of historical interest, but portrays the intense reverence Galton felt for his cousin: 42, RUTLAND GATE, April 22/82. Dearest Emma, I feel at times quite sickened at the loss of Charles Darwin. I owed more to him than to any man living or dead; and I never entered his presence without feeling as a man in the presence of a beloved sovereign. He was so wholly free of petty faults, so royally minded, so helpful and sympathetic. It

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F2753 Book contribution: Darwin, C. R. 1924. [Correspondence with Francis Galton]. In Karl Pearson ed. The life, letters and labours of Francis Galton. vol. 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 156-202. Text PDF

pall-bearer and he (Farrar) entered most cordially into the wishes of the family. He offered to act as a pall-bearer either in or without his robes, as desired. He is to preach next Sunday on Darwin at the Abbey and tells me that he wishes to make such amends as he can for the reception formerly given by the Church party to Darwin's works, and we have talked over some points for the sermon. Reginald Darwin was there and Emma Wilmot and Cameron Galton and H. Bristowe. The family party was so

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F2753 Book contribution: Darwin, C. R. 1924. [Correspondence with Francis Galton]. In Karl Pearson ed. The life, letters and labours of Francis Galton. vol. 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 156-202. Text PDF

might get no other evidence of impure blood than a rare instance of a decidedly mongrel birth. However I leave this quite in your hands, knowing that it means 5 or 6 weeks more trouble with the rabbits. I read and re-read your Expression with infinite instruction and pleasure, and feel sure that its influence will soon be seen at the Royal Academy. Enclosed is a small addition to the note about the family on p. 34. My sister Emma, I am rejoiced to say, is now at the seaside steadily mending in

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F2753 Book contribution: Darwin, C. R. 1924. [Correspondence with Francis Galton]. In Karl Pearson ed. The life, letters and labours of Francis Galton. vol. 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 156-202. Text PDF

accounts for bad handwriting. With kindest remembrances to you all from us both and from my sister Emma who is now with us for a few days, Ever sincerely yours, FRANCIS GALTON. 42, RUTLAND GATE, Monday morning, March 7/81. DEAR DARWIN, About Worms2:—I have waited for an opportunity of verifying what I told you about the effect of heavy soaking rain, when it suddenly succeeds moderate weather, in driving the worms from their holes to the gravel walks, where they crawl for long distances in

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A1096 Periodical contribution: Anon. 1925. Obituary of Francis Darwin. The Times (21 September): 14. Text

SIR FRANCIS DARWIN. BOTANIST AND BIOGRAPHER. We regret to announce that Sir Francis Darwin, the distinguished botanist and the biographer of his great father, died at his residence, 10, Madingley-road, Cambridge, on Saturday after an illness of many weeks. Francis Darwin, the third son of Charles and Emma Darwin, was born at Down in Kent, on August 16, 1848. Ho was first sent to the Clapham Grammar School under Charles Pritchard, who was elected Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford in

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A875 Book: Bradford, Gamaliel. 1926. Darwin. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin. Text Image PDF

EMMA DARWIN AT THIRTY-ONE [page break

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A875 Book: Bradford, Gamaliel. 1926. Darwin. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin. Text Image PDF

FROM A NOTEBOOK OF 1837 88 From Life and Letters THE STUDY AT DOWN 128 From a woodcut in The Century Magazine reproduced in Life and Letters EMMA DARWIN AT THIRTY-ONE 190 From the portrait painted by George Richmond, R.A., reproduced in Emma Darwin CHARLES DARWIN ABOUT 1854 248 Photograph by Maull Fox, reproduced in More Letters [page 2

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A875 Book: Bradford, Gamaliel. 1926. Darwin. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin. Text Image PDF

CHRONOLOGY CHARLES ROBERT DARWIN Born, Shrewsbury, February 12, 1809. At Edinburgh University, 1826. At Cambridge, 1827 1831. Absent with the Beagle, 1831 1836. Married Emma Wedgwood, January 29, 1839. Settled at Down, in Kent, 1842. 'The Origin of Species' published, November 24, 1859. 'The Descent of Man' published, February 24, 1871. Died, Down, April 19, 1882. [page]

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A875 Book: Bradford, Gamaliel. 1926. Darwin. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin. Text Image PDF

that were read to him, and used always to maintain both in books and real life that a touch of affectation was necessary to complete the charm of a pretty woman.'47 The daughter finds it difficult to understand what this means, as her father had such a horror of affectation in general. It seems to me at any rate to mean that he did not take love-making very seriously, and there is certainly no sign that it ever much disturbed his life. Even when he was engaged, his love for Emma Wedgwood does

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A875 Book: Bradford, Gamaliel. 1926. Darwin. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin. Text Image PDF

unattainable, 281 83; ignorance and hope, 283 85. Turner, Sir William, on D. and information, 24. Twain, Mark, effect of evolution on, 243. Vivisection, D.'s attitude, 136. Voltaire, and tolerance, 261; on study, 277. Wallace, A. R., on collecting, 43; and D.'s sexual-selection theory, 66, 67; and presentation of evolutionary theory, 93, 94; relations with D., 94, 95; and spiritualism, 238. Water cure, D.'s subjection to, 181. Wedgwood, Emma, Mrs. Darwin, 4. Weisman, August, on deduction, 70

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A875 Book: Bradford, Gamaliel. 1926. Darwin. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin. Text Image PDF

after his return home, he married his cousin, Emma Wedgwood, a noble and charming woman, and a little later, in 1842, he settled at the small village of Down, in the county of Kent, and made his home there until his death in 1882. He inherited a considerable property, which [page break

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A875 Book: Bradford, Gamaliel. 1926. Darwin. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin. Text Image PDF

BOOKS BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL MOST FREQUENTLY REFERRED TO IN THE NOTES, WITH THE ABBREVIATIONS USED Aristotle, Historia Animalium, translated by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson. Historia Animalium. Castle, W. E., Genetics and Eugenics. Genetics and Eugenics. Conklin, Edwin Grant, The Direction of Human Evolution. Evolution. Darwin, Emma, A Century of Family Letters, two volumes. Family Letters. Darwin, The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, two volumes. Life. De Vries, Hugo, Species and Varieties

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A875 Book: Bradford, Gamaliel. 1926. Darwin. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin. Text Image PDF

quickly turns into the scientific bearing: 'Possibly the sense of sublimity excited by a grand cathedral may have some connection with the vague feelings of terror and superstition in our savage ancestors, when they entered a great cavern or gloomy forest.'25 As regards pictures, his son thinks that he did keep up his 24. Emma Wedgwood to Madame Sismondi, November 15, 1838, Family Letters, vol. II, p. 7. 25. To Gurney, July 8, 1876, Life, vol. II, p. 364. [page] 14

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A875 Book: Bradford, Gamaliel. 1926. Darwin. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin. Text Image PDF

in it. And as he grew older, he abandoned wine almost entirely, so that when she was engaged his future wife could write: 'I don't think it of as much consequence as she does that Charles drinks no wine, but I think it a pleasant thing.'34 He smoked cigarettes more or less, and found them 32. Life, vol. I, p. 96. 33. Diary, 1892-1895, August 6, 1892, vol. I, p. 80. 34. Emma Wedgwood to Madame Sismondi, November 15, 1838, Family Letters, vol. II, p. 7. [page] 18

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A875 Book: Bradford, Gamaliel. 1926. Darwin. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin. Text Image PDF

love of truth, 266. See also Evolution. Darwin, Emma (Wedgwood), 4; and theater, 139; and D.'s religious attitude, 157; D. as fianc , 190 92, and as husband, 192; as wife, and D.'s invalidism, 193 96; and D.'s theories, 218. Darwin, Erasmus, 4; and evolution, 84, 85; controversy over biography, 108. Deduction, observation and, 44 46; and induction, 46 48; D.'s attitude, 46, 47; D.'s power, 48 50, 69; his control over it, 51, 54, 55, 115, 124; D. on excessive, 52, 53; types of thinkers, 53 55

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