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DCP-LETT-2548

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Nov 1859
Source of text:
DAR 98: B17–18
Summary:

Thanks CD for the Origin; AS has read the book "with more pain than pleasure". CD has deserted "the true method of induction" and many of his wide conclusions are "based upon assumptions which can neither be proved nor disproved". His "grand principle – natural selection" is "but a secondary consequence of supposed, or known, primary facts".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-547

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
4 February 1860
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 290
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-564

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
1 August 1860
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 291
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

Herschel2542

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 June 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.451
Summary:

Writes to point out an error in a pamphlet he had written. Discusses plans for upcoming trip to the north.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2543

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 July 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.452
Summary:

Thanks JH for translation of Iliad. AS's health has been poor. Invites the Herschels to Norwich.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2545

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 October 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.454
Summary:

Thanks AS for his letter. Offers congratulations to newly married Maria Herschel. Will be returning to Cambridge to give his 46th course of lectures.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2547

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 March 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.456
Summary:

Eyesight is failing. Discusses William Whewell's death and pays him tribute. Says Professor [W. H.] Thompson will replace Whewell.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2548

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 June 1868]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.457
Summary:

Has printed a Memorial about Norwich. Discusses this pamphlet. Has been ill. Discusses solitude and says almost none of his friends are still living.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-6416

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Oct 1868
Source of text:
DAR 177: 129
Summary:

Congratulates CD on election of his son [George] as a Fellow of Trinity College.

Describes his ill health.

Invites CD to visit Cambridge.

[Letter dated November in error.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

SOMERVILLE599

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
21 Apr 1869
Source of text:
MSS 4 / 53, Dep. c. 372, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

Herschel2549

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 June 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.458
Summary:

Wilberforce Clarke, the nephew of an old friend, has been appointed to a meteorological observatory. He needs a list of useful books and instruments for his job from JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-7209

From:
Adam Sedgwick
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 May 1870
Source of text:
DAR 177: 128
Summary:

Writes of CD’s recent visit to Cambridge and the joy it gave him.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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