Can give no information. Has never read works of Aristotle, but has unbounded respect for him as observer.
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Can give no information. Has never read works of Aristotle, but has unbounded respect for him as observer.
Send 70th birthday congratulations.
Has just heard that HM has been treated shamefully by his Government. What has happened?
Seventieth birthday greetings.
Seventieth birthday greetings.
Birthday wishes.
HM’s teaching methods and his ideas are under attack in Germany along with the works of Ernst Krause.
Has been asked to contribute to W. K. Clifford memorial fund. Asks JT’s advice on how much the committee hopes to raise. Would like to give handsomely but feels bound "with such a lot of children, not to be extravagant".
Outlines his theory to explain the form of certain Swedish sandhills and puts forward his ideas regarding the geological history of the earth.
Sends thanks to the Masters for congratulations on his birthday, saying "the approbation & sympathy of one’s fellow-workers in the acquisition of knowledge is the highest possible reward which any man ought to desire".
Second request that CD sign a Cambridge memorial [i.e., petition]. The heading has been amended to include graduates who have formerly studied medicine.
Thanks JT for his information. Sends £50 to the W. K. Clifford memorial fund.
Requests testimonial from CD for position of Assistant Keeper, Zoological Dept, British Museum.
Since he was innocent of sending the Botanische Zeitung to CD, he inquired of the editor, who informs him that it is sent every week by post by order of Williams and Norgate.
Thanks for criticisms of Colour-sense.
Clarifies his views that actions desirable for species result in development of nervous organs capable of pleasurable stimulation.
Believes that all "tastes" occurring in nature are explicable with reference to ancestral habits and that none is purely arbitrary.
Circular about the distribution of the overplus of his income and advice on investment.
Is increasing FD’s allowance.
Has begun his chapter on sleep of plants [for Movement in plants].
Encloses a press clipping [missing] of his observations [on stem structure?].
Describes health-related arguments for vegetarianism. Notes arguments that anthropoid apes are vegetarians. Asks whether man is sufficiently adapted to mixed diet so that meat is not harmful?
Has not been able to complete Bohemian edition of Origin because of trip to Africa.
Is collecting zoological evidence for CD’s theory.