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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
9 July [1857]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 50)
Summary:

Thanks THH for his cautionary response on Brullé, but departs from THH in thinking that Barnéoud, if true, would shed light on Milne-Edwards’ proposition that the wider apart classes of animals are the earlier they depart from common embryonic plan.

Contributor:
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
15 Sept [1857]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 137)
Summary:

Thanks for three last lectures and the account of cirripedes.

Difficulty of classifying the higher groups.

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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
26 Sept [1857]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 54)
Summary:

Agassiz’s superficiality and wretched reasoning powers. But he stirred up Europe on glaciers. Lyell has been working on their effects – testing work of others.

CD believes "Natural Systems" ought to be simply genealogical. "Time will come when we shall have true genealogical trees of each great kingdom of nature."

Contributor:
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
3 Oct [1857]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 139)
Summary:

Thinks naturalists look for something further than Cuvier’s view of classification. Poses a theoretical problem on the classification of the races of man to prove that a genealogical system is best.

Contributor:
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
[before 12 Nov 1857]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 58)
Summary:

Glad THH has taken up aphid question versus Owen ["On the agamic reproduction and morphology of Aphis", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 22 (1858): 193–236].

Fertilisation and inheritance discussed. Speculates that fertilisation may be a mixture rather than a fusion. Can understand in no other way why crossed forms tend to go back to ancestral forms.

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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
16 Dec [1857]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 151); DAR 145: 178
Summary:

THH’s catalogue [THH and R. Etheridge, A catalogue of the collection of fossils in the Museum of Practical Geology (1865), part published in 1857] best résumé he has seen of science of natural history. On classification he is not quite sure that he wholly goes along with THH. Encloses a few criticisms of THH’s preface.[enclosure survives as copy only].

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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
24 Feb [1858]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 107)
Summary:

Congratulations on birth of THH’s daughter [Jessie].

On aboriginal dun colour of horses.

Examples of inaccuracies and perpetuation of errors [on hybrids] by "compilers, of which I am one".

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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
23 Oct [1858]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 243)
Summary:

CD’s reasons for not signing the memorial requesting removal of natural history exhibits from British Museum. Less sure about moving botanical specimens to Kew. His notion of museum organisation.

Contributor:
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
3 Nov [1858]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 248)
Summary:

Hooker has convinced him that move of British Museum by Government is anticipated. He is now willing to sign the memorial. Still fears for library needs, and objects to distant Kensington site. Lyell should be asked to sign.

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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
1 Dec [1858]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 250)
Summary:

Has had some misgivings about the memorial but now thinks his fears were vain and cowardly. Regrets R. I. Murchison was not told in advance. His low opinion of the Government and B. Disraeli.

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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
8 Mar [1859]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 61)
Summary:

Sends THH questions about "serial homologies" and "vegetative repetition" in Mollusca and Radiata.

Abstract volume [Origin] nearly completed.

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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
13 [Mar 1859]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 258)
Summary:

Thanks for THH’s examples of serially modified and homologous parts in Radiata. Cannot understand how he forgot such cases.

Agassiz’s Essay on classification [1859] utterly impracticable rubbish.

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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
2 June [1859]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 65)
Summary:

THH should understand that CD’s hypothesis [natural selection] has as many flaws and holes as sound parts. The question is whether CD’s rag of a hypothesis is worth anything. A poor rag is better than nothing to carry one’s fruit to market.

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From:
Charles Lyell, 1st baronet
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
17 June 1859
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 6: 20)
Summary:

Extended discussion of their respective difficulties with the definition and status of species and with the extent to which the theory of transmutation may be applied.

Has rediscovered S. S. Haldeman’s 1844 paper defending the transmutation theory with great skill.

Asks for reference to Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire’s first enunciation of the progressive development and transmutation theory.

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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
15 Oct [1859]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 70)
Summary:

Origin is finished.

Asks for names of foreign speculative naturalists.

Hopes THH will think he is on right road despite errors.

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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
24 [Nov 1859]
Source of text:
DAR 261.11: 4 (EH 88205939)
Summary:

Murray has sold out Origin; wants a new edition immediately.

Asks THH to check whether Geoffroy de St Hilaire is correct [form of name].

Would be grateful for THH’s impressions on the truth of natural selection.

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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
25 Nov [1859]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 72)
Summary:

THH’s letter about the Origin makes CD feel like a Catholic who has received extreme unction. Can now sing nunc dimittis. Had determined to abide by judgment of Lyell, Hooker, and THH.

Problem of how variations arise at all troubles him also.

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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
25 Nov [1859]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 74)
Summary:

Rejoices over THH’s lecture ["On species and races, and their origin", 10 Feb 1860, Not. Proc. R. Inst. G. B. 3 (1858–62): 195–200] to be given at Royal Institution. Offers pigeon illustrations.

Adam Sedgwick has sent a "slashing" letter [2548] about Origin.

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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
27 Nov [1859]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 76)
Summary:

Sends references for materials useful for THH’s lecture.

Breeding and crossing. Pigeon fanciers.

Responses to Origin: A. C. Ramsay, Charles Kingsley, Quatrefages de Bréau.

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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
[5 Dec 1859]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 78)
Summary:

Thanks for THH’s review of Origin in Macmillan’s Magazine ["Time and life: Mr Darwin’s Origin of Species", 1 (1859–60): 142–8]. Reception of natural selection will depend on whether it explains the recognised laws in the several fields of natural history.

Domestic variation.

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