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Herschel8504

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Herbert Spencer
Date:
12 January [1860]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.484 (C: 23.294)
Summary:

[Responding to HS's 1859-12-31,] JH presents additional problems in the nebular hypothesis, critiques in detail HS's views of the distribution of cometary orbits, and argues against HS's theory of sunspot formation.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2680

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Herbert Spencer
Date:
2 Feb [1860]
Source of text:
University of London, Senate House Library (MS.791/47)
Summary:

Has prepared a historical sketch [of writers on origin of species] for foreign editions of Origin. It includes HS. He was too ill to provide it for the 1st ed.

Sorry Murray has not sent HS his copy of Origin, as he was instructed.

Huxley will put CD and E. A. Darwin down for HS’s gigantic [publishing] programme. Suggests Dr Drysdale be approached about it.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3126

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Herbert Spencer
Date:
23 [Feb 1860]
Source of text:
University of London, Senate House Library (MS. 791/51)
Summary:

HS put the case of selection strikingly and clearly in his article [Anonymous, "A theory of population, deduced from the general law of animal fertility", Westminster Rev. 57 (1852): 468–501]. Of CD’s numerous private critics only HS has rendered the philosophy fairly: his argument is an hypothesis that explains groups of facts.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel8513

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Herbert Spencer
Date:
[9 March 1864]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.494 (C: 24.35)
Summary:

In response to HS's query [1864-3-1] about the influence of Auguste Comte on English scientists, JH refers HS to JH's 1845 B.A.A.S. presidential address. States that calculating the motion of a projectile through a resisting medium is extremely difficult.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall2207

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Herbert Spencer
Date:
Wednesday
Source of text:
145.791/334, University of London
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel8852

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Herbert Spencer
Date:
[17 March 1866]
Source of text:
Univ. of London Library (CC: RS:HS 16.489 & C: 23.298)
Summary:

Will subscribe to HS's work as requested [see HS's 1860-3-5], but dissents 'from very large portions' of HS's views. Especially objects to HS's adoption of the 'Shibboleth of the Hegel & Schelling School of German Philosophy—"the Absolute."' [This letter misdated; correct date: 1860-3-17.]

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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WCP2008

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Herbert Spencer
Date:
26 October 1867
Source of text:
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46434 ff. 351-354
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 2. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 25-27]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5717

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Herbert Spencer
Date:
9 Dec [1867]
Source of text:
DAR 147: 485a
Summary:

Thanks for copy of HS’s First principles [? 2d ed. (1867)].

Comments on HS’s Principles of biology [1864, 1867].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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