Thanks for CD’s photograph, which recalls the Charles Darwin of olden days.
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Thanks for CD’s photograph, which recalls the Charles Darwin of olden days.
Pros and cons of answering Owen’s letter.
On Artizans’ Dwellings, he approves the object but it is lost money as an investment.
Thanks for copy [of Expression].
Has now read Charles Bell’s book [Anatomy and philosophy of expression, 3d ed. (1844)].
Reports instance of person, blind from birth, frowning, when supposedly the blind cannot control the muscle required.
The reception of Expression has exceeded even JM’s expectations; 5267 copies were sold at the annual sale. CD’s modesty about the work had misled him about its probable sale.
Going on circumnavigation voyage aboard the Garibaldi.
Praise for Expression.
Price of Expression is 12s.
Sends cheque to pay CD his share of profits on Origin [6th ed.].
Is amazed at Expression. Like CD’s former works, it contains the material and principles of a new science.
The Zoological Station is making good progress – now has a fine building. Hopes for a stable income from contributions of various governments.
Many thanks for Expression. AG relates some relevant observations, the significance of which had previously escaped him.
Agrees the rabbit experiment has gone on long enough, but would like one more litter.
Appreciation [of Expression]. ARW will review it in Quarterly Journal of Science [n.s. 3 (1873): 113–18].
The Michelets are ill and dispirited.
Has just read Origin and Descent and wants to know: 1. Has man a soul? 2. Is man morally responsible "to his creative cause or force"? 3. Is there any form of after-life?
Thanks CD for Expression. Disagrees with his views on the genesis of melody; HS gives some reasons for believing it to originate in the natural cadences of emotional speech.
Horns of female reindeer disappear after their calves are dropped [see Descent, 2d ed., p. 503].
Lemmings in Norway.
Agrees to translate Expression into Italian.
Has sent printed reports on his lectures relating to the descent of man [missing].
Discusses his theories on heredity and on the "soul" as the governor of mental and physical development.
Thanks for Louisville Courier Journal.
Quandary caused by Heliotype Company’s failure to deliver enough plates for Expression because of a strike. Murray’s now has 7000 books and only 3000 sets of plates.
Discusses production of plates [for Expression].