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DCP-LETT-1167

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
[1 Apr 1848]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A17
Summary:

Thanks JSH for his address [Address delivered in the Ipswich Museum on 9th March 1848]. Questions a sentence which implies that only the practical use of a scientific discovery makes it worth while. The instinct for truth justifies science without any practical results. Cites his work on cirripedes.

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HENSLOW-332

From:
Fred Calvert
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
11 April 1848
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 58
Summary:

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HENSLOW-333

From:
Joseph George Cumming
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
10 May 1848
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 103
Summary:

No summary available.

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Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1189

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
2 July [1848]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A18–A20
Summary:

Criticises lecturing system in education and emphasis on classics. Has forgotten all his classical knowledge.

Asks JSH’s help in naming cirripedes, on which he is working. Believes he has made "some very curious points".

Expects a sixth child [Francis] in August.

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HENSLOW-334

From:
Bishop of Ely Thomas Turton
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
19 July 1848
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 346
Summary:

No summary available.

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