A34    Book:     Judd, J. W. 1910. The coming of evolution: The story of a great revolution in science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.   Text   Image

THE COMING OF EVOLUTION THE STORY OF A GREAT REVOLUTION IN SCIENCE by JOHN W. JUDD C.B., LL.D., F.R.S. Formerly Professor of Geology and Dean of the Royal College of Science Cambridge: at the University Press 1912 [page x

CUL-DAR139.11.1    Printed:    1910--1911   Material concerning H. Festing Jones's Charles Darwin and Samuel Butler: A Step Towards Reconciliation. Reviews, 1910-11, & correspondence, including: H. Festing Jones to F. Darwin; H. E. Lichfield to F. Darwin; W. E. Darwin to F. Darwin; L. Darwin to F. Darwin. Rough draft of a letter to H. Festing Jones from F. Darwin. Typescript of pamphlet by H. Festing Jones. Press-cuttings.   Text   Image

. Dr. Krause recast his article with Evolution Old and New before him, cut out much, and added much, taking certainly one important passage from Evolution Old and New, and apparently a second passage. He wound up with an angry attack on Evolution Old and New leaving the book (i.e. the altered article) as a pistol pointed at my head, but never (in consequence, no doubt, of Charles Darwin's request) mentioning it by name. -- November – Charles Darwin's Erasmus Darwin appeared, with the amended

A34    Book:     Judd, J. W. 1910. The coming of evolution: The story of a great revolution in science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.   Text   Image

Principles, 123; first sketch of 1842, enlarged draft of 1844, commencement of great treatise on Evolution in 1856, interruption by arrival of Wallace's papers, 128, 129; the 'Abstract' or Origin of Species commenced, 130; finished, 131; reception of, 132-139; influence of, 1, 159 OSBORN, H. F., his From the Greeks to Darwin, 16; on Lamarck, 87 PALEY, his influence on Darwin, 108 PHILLIPS, JOHN, his attitude towards Lyell's views, 30, 71 Philosophers, on Evolution, 16, 82 PLAYFAIR, JOHN, his

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CHAPTER V THE REVOLT OF SCROPE AND LYELL AGAINST CATASTROPHISM THE year 1797, in which the illustrious Hutton died, leaving behind him the noble fragments of a monumental work, was signalised by the birth of two men, who were destined to bring about the overthrow of Catastrophism, and to establish, upon the firm foundation of reasoned observation, the despised doctrine of Uniformitarianism or Evolution as outlined by Generelli, Desmarest and Hutton. These two men were George Poulett Thomson

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Lamarck, Darwin expressed something like indignation, and he wrote to their 'mutual friend' Hooker, 'I have grumbled a bit in my answer to him' (Lyell) 'at his always classing my book as a modification of Lamarck's, which it is no more than any author who did not believe in the immutability of species90.' In this case, as is so frequently seen in the writings of Darwin, it is evident that he attaches infinitely less importance to the enunciation of the idea of the evolution of species, than to

CUL-DAR139.11.1    Printed:    1910--1911   Material concerning H. Festing Jones's Charles Darwin and Samuel Butler: A Step Towards Reconciliation. Reviews, 1910-11, & correspondence, including: H. Festing Jones to F. Darwin; H. E. Lichfield to F. Darwin; W. E. Darwin to F. Darwin; L. Darwin to F. Darwin. Rough draft of a letter to H. Festing Jones from F. Darwin. Typescript of pamphlet by H. Festing Jones. Press-cuttings.   Text   Image

18 of the papers sent you would have led you to suspect that Butler was mistaken, but I do not mean to complain if this is not in any degree the case . I understood him to mean mistaken in supposing that Mr. Darwin had undertaken his book Erasmus Darwin because of or with reference to Evolution Old and New. Even in 1879-1880 when the events were proceeding I had suspected that Butler might have been mistaken in this and I therefore told Mr. F. Darwin so. I could not tell him that my suspicion

A34    Book:     Judd, J. W. 1910. The coming of evolution: The story of a great revolution in science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.   Text   Image

help of Darwin, 97, 98, 99; opposition to Evolution, 27, 72 Heredity, early recognition of importance, 9 HERSCHEL, J., belief in Evolution, 12, 71; correspondence with Lyell, 83, 85, 183 HOFF, C. VON, influence of his works on Lyell, 49 HOOKER, J. D., friendship with Lyell's father, 126; voyage to Antarctic with Ross, 126; introduction to Darwin, 126; correspondence with, 127; assistance to Darwin, 126; advice to, 129; on origin of Australian flora, 139; friendship with Lyell, 79, 126 HUTTON

CUL-DAR139.11.1    Printed:    1910--1911   Material concerning H. Festing Jones's Charles Darwin and Samuel Butler: A Step Towards Reconciliation. Reviews, 1910-11, & correspondence, including: H. Festing Jones to F. Darwin; H. E. Lichfield to F. Darwin; W. E. Darwin to F. Darwin; L. Darwin to F. Darwin. Rough draft of a letter to H. Festing Jones from F. Darwin. Typescript of pamphlet by H. Festing Jones. Press-cuttings.   Text   Image

Personally I should avoid too detailed criticism so as to avoid responsibility. Could not you say that you cannot take responsibility, because if you did you would have to allude to what seems to you his almost insane behaviour in starting the quarrel, and also to show that Father (may have) had some ground for annoyance in Butlers book on Evolution Old New, which justified his advising K. not to notice it. I should prefer this to asking him to put in any such sentence as that – suggested on p

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CHAPTER III THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IDEA OF EVOLUTION TO THE INORGANIC WORLD WE have seen in the preceding chapter that, with respect to the origin of plants and animals including man himself two very distinct lines of speculation have arisen; these two lines of thought may be expressed by the terms 'manufacture' literally making by hand, and 'development' or 'evolution,' a gradual unfolding from simpler to more complex forms. Now with respect to the inorganic world two parallel hypotheses of

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present, unless good cause be shown to the contrary; and the fact, that, so far as our knowledge of the past history of life on our globe goes, no such cause can be shown I cannot but believe that Lyell, for others, as for myself, was the chief agent in smoothing the road for Darwin. For consistent uniformitarianism postulates evolution as much in the organic as in the inorganic world. The origin of a new species by other than ordinary agencies would be a vastly greater 'catastrophe' than any