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DCP-LETT-2515

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Richard Owen
Date:
11 Nov [1859]
Source of text:
Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library
Summary:

Has asked his publisher to send a copy of Origin. Fears it will be "an abomination" in RO’s eyes. Urges him to read it straight through, as it is a condensed abstract and will otherwise be unintelligible.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2521

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Phillips
Date:
11 Nov [1859]
Source of text:
Oxford University Museum of Natural History Archive Collections (John Phillips collection))
Summary:

Sends Origin to JP. Says it is as yet only an abstract. Fears JP will "fulminate anathemas" against it. Asks him to read it all straight through, otherwise it will be unintelligible.

Is not so foolish as to expect to convert anyone. CD remembers how many long years his own conversion took. Hooker "has completely given up species as immutable creatures".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2518

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
François Jules Pictet de la Rive
Date:
11 Nov [1859]
Source of text:
Bibliothèque de Genève (MS. fr. 1651, ff. 4–5)
Summary:

Sending copy of Origin; "it may possibly lead you to reflect further on the side opposed to your view".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2525

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
11 Nov [1859]
Source of text:
Sotheby’s, New York (dealers) (13 December 2018, lot 235)
Summary:

Has told Murray to send AS a copy of Origin. CD’s conclusion is diametrically opposed to that which AS has often advocated, but he assures AS he does not send his book out of a spirit of bravado.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel2392

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Benjamin Collins Brodie [the elder]
Date:
[12 November 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.251
Summary:

Plan of Colonial Office submitted to R.S.L. does not yet have a 'definite or practical shape.' Recommends JH as best person to aid in matter.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2391

From:
Edward Sabine
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 November 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.250
Summary:

Encloses letter from Colonial Office to R.S.L., which was referred to ES because [B. C.] Brodie was out of town. Brodie hopes to see JH when JH comes to London.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel1397

From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 November 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.40
Summary:

Partial repeat of letter of 1859-11-10, together with some considerations about the molecular behavior producing fluorescence.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Tyndall1648

From:
Lyon Playfair
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
12 Nov/59
Source of text:
MS JT/1/P/118; MS JT/TYP/3/988, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

DCP-LETT-2526

From:
Richard Owen
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 Nov 1859
Source of text:
Shrewsbury School, Taylor Library
Summary:

Will welcome CD’s work [Origin] with a "close & continuous perusal".

Believes in the "operation of existing influences or causes in the ordained becoming and incoming of living species" and so could not regard CD’s attempt to demonstrate the nature of such influences as "heterodox".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Tyndall1647

From:
Richard Owen
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Nov. 12. /59
Source of text:
Add MS 63092, ff. 16-227v, BL
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel10432

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Alexander Stewart Herschel
Date:
[12 November 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.286
Summary:

Reports on a meeting of the R.A.S., mostly talking about sun spots.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel3153

From:
Thomas Spencer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[12 November 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.224
Summary:

Explains and encloses abstract of paper on action of magnetic oxides under various conditions. Discusses their purifying influence on water.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2528

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Leonard Jenyns; Leonard Blomefield
Date:
13 Nov [1859]
Source of text:
Scriptorium (dealers) (1981)
Summary:

Invites criticisms of his book [Origin] which is "only an abstract & very much condensed". Knows LJ will not agree with the lengths to which CD goes. It took long years to convert CD, but he cannot persuade himself "that a theory which explains … several large classes of facts, can be wholly wrong".

Hopes to publish his full MS if he ever gets strong enough.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Tyndall1649

From:
John Tyndall
To:
Sarah Tyndall
Date:
13th, November, 1859
Source of text:
MS JT/5/16a, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Herschel2393

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Edward Sabine
Date:
[13 November 1859]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.252 (C: RS:HS 23.287)
Summary:

Reluctant to recommend undertaking major scientific projects in colonies at government expense. Believes situation there will work itself out.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-2529

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
13 Nov 1859
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 46434)
Summary:

A copy of CD’s book [Origin] has been sent to ARW; invites his comments. "God knows what the public will think". Hooker believes Lyell is a convert, but CD does not think so, although he is "deeply interested". If he can convert Huxley, CD will be content.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2531

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Murray
Date:
14 Nov [1859]
Source of text:
National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.54–56)
Summary:

Mme Belloc wishes to translate CD’s book on species into French. Asks JM to communicate with her. CD anxious to have his views known and discussed. Wishes there could be a German translation.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Tyndall1650

From:
Richard Dawes
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Nov. 14th 1859
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/1/319A, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1651

From:
William Fullarton Cumming
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Nov. 15th 1859
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/1/278, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project

Tyndall1653

From:
Auguste Balmat
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
le 16 Novembre 1859
Source of text:
MS JT/1/C/35, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project
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