From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles Babbage
Date:
[Feb 1839 – Aug 1842]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 37191: 298)
Summary:
Asks permission to bring Fanny Allen to CB’s party.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[c. Feb 1839]
Source of text:
DAR 210.8: 14
Summary:
Discusses CD’s religious doubts. Fears his work may lead him to discount what cannot be proved, and advises that there are some things which, "if true are likely to be above our comprehension" and "that there is a danger in giving up revelation".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Francis Beaufort
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
1 February [1839]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.404 (ACC: Hydrographic Office Letter Book)
Summary:
Inquires about appropriate person to add to the Cape Observatory staff, if FB can persuade the Admiralty of the need. Thanks JH for his comments on chloride of silver; were much better than W. H. F. Talbot's.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project