A2854    Periodical contribution:     Anon. 1882. [Obituary] Chas. Darwin, F.R.S. The Naturalist, n.s. 7: 168-9.   Text

biology in its widest sense. The theory of gravitation had been guessed at before Newton, but he showed how it was to be proved, and deduced the law of its action. So, also, the theory of evolution had been guessed at before Darwin, but he first detected the lines along which it must be proved by direct experiment, and thereby revolutionised scientific biology. Even those who still oppose the theory of evolution cannot but confess that it explains many things previously inexplicable. and

F3512    Periodical contribution:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. [Letter Origin "which is, I believe, the most important of my works."]. Darwin's kindness of heart. Literary News (July): 219.   Text

Anon. 1882. Darwin's kindness of heart. Literary News (July): 219. [page] 219 DARWIN'S KINDNESS OF HEART.—It is, perhaps, not universally known that the late Dr. Darwin was one of the gentlest and kindest-hearted men. He was always ready to give a helping hand to a poor, struggling student. Last summer an acquaintance of mine, a young man who was writing some popular scientific articles, wrote to the great naturalist, asking some questions relating to the theory of evolution. The letter from

A2944    Periodical contribution:     Anon. [Obituary notice]. 1882. The Graphic (29 April): 414.   Text

the general law of evolution. He himself, the most modest of eminent men, never advanced any such pretension he was, indeed, most scrupulous in acknowledging the services of his predecessors. His title to a lofty position in the history of human intelligence consists in the fact that he suggested a theory by which the process of evolution may be explained, and supported his theory by a vast mass of evidence evidence which is of high value, whether or not his particular way of interpreting it be

A305    Review:     Anon. 1882. Review of The Life of Charles Darwin by G.W. Bacon. Journal of Science, and Annals of Astronomy, Biology, Geology, Industrial Arts, Manufactures, and Technology (3rd series) 4: 549-550.   Text   Image

spirit of patience. Those who assailed him with abuse he left to be dealt with by the numerous and able disciples who alike in this country, in Germany, and in America were gathering round him. The second portion of the little work before us, British Opinion on Evolution, consists of tributes to the greatness of Darwin paid by men and by journals of the most varied parties and sects, yet all uniting in their appreciation of his genius and of his work. Whether the writers of these official

A2821    Periodical contribution:     Leconte, J. L. 1882. [Obituary of Darwin]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 20: 234-5.   Text

recurrence to the old Aryan doctrine of evolution (though in those ancient times promulgated under the guise of inspiration) as preferable, by reasonable demonstration, to the Shemitic views, which have prevailed to within a few years, and are still acceptable to a large number of well-minded but unthinking men. The doctrine of evolution, in its elementary form, means nothing more than that everything that exists has been derived from something that pre-existed; that the former is related to the

A2951    Book:     Bacon, G. W. [1882]. The life of Charles Darwin, with British opinion on evolution. Compiled by G. W. Bacon, F.R.G.S. London: G. W. Bacon & Co.   Text   Image   PDF

progressive evolution, it is still His creative activity, and the really great questions beyond remain untouched. The evolutionary process, supposing it to exist, must have had a beginning: who began it? It must have material to work with: who furnished it? It is itself a law or system of laws: who enacted them? Even supposing that the theory represents absolute truth, and is not merely a provisional way of looking at things incidental to the present stage of knowledge, these great questions are just as

F1416    Book contribution:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. [Extracts from Darwin's draft chapter 10 of Natural selection]. In Romanes, G. J., Animal intelligence. London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co.   Text   Image   PDF

surprises me that more has not been made of this point by writers opposed to the principles of evolution. Of course if the point were raised, the argument in answer would require to be, either that the similar instincts were derived from common and very remote progenitors (in which case the fact would form by far the most remarkable instance of the permanency of instincts among changing species), or more probably, that similar causes operating in the two orders have produced similar effects

F1416    Book contribution:     Darwin, C. R. 1882. [Extracts from Darwin's draft chapter 10 of Natural selection]. In Romanes, G. J., Animal intelligence. London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co.   Text   Image   PDF

ground, which are thus wasted. A third species, the M. precius of North America, has acquired instincts as perfect as those of the cuckoo, for it never lays more than an egg in a foster-nest, so that the young bird is securely reared. Mr. Hudson is a strong disbeliever in evolution, but he appears to have been so much struck by the imperfect instincts of the Melothrus Canariensis that he quotes my words, and asks, 'Must we consider these habits not as especially endowed or created instincts

A2951    Book:     Bacon, G. W. [1882]. The life of Charles Darwin, with British opinion on evolution. Compiled by G. W. Bacon, F.R.G.S. London: G. W. Bacon & Co.   Text   Image   PDF

impartial spirit; and from that day to this it has been steadily gaining ground, until now there are few prominent writers and teachers on the various departments of natural science who are not, in whole or in part, adherents of the Evolution principle. Mr. Darwin himself did not formally take part in the controversy to which his book gave rise; he devoted himself to a more useful task—that of expounding the data on which his conclusions were based, and of testing those conclusions by further

CUL-DAR198.139    Correspondence:   Mengden Nicolai Alexandrovitch (Baron) to Darwin Charles Robert  1882   Mengden Nicolai Alexandrovitch (Baron) to Darwin Charles Robert   Text   Image   PDF

the most friendly towards collectors, I wrote to Charles Darwin and 8 days afterwards was in possession of his autograph. Charles Darwin Down Kent 7 Feb. 1878 A year later religious doubts arose in me through the reading of his writings. And as I had already once had an opportunity of learning Darwin's kindness, I turned to him with the request that he would have the great kindness to write me whether the belief in God was reconcilable with the theory of evolution? A short time after I received