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  • 22 Aug 2008

    Darwin Letter Friday

    Charles on the American Civil War Darwin writes the great American botanist Asa Gray during a turbulent point in American history. Darwin’s feelings on slavery were very pronounced; ever since his Beagle voyage saw witness to a great deal of slave brutality. The Maryland slaves that he refers to were not freed, since the state […]

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  • 4 Jul 2008

    Darwin Letter Friday

    Happy Independence Day! To celebrate, below is a letter written by Darwin on July 4, 1858 to an American: botanist Asa Gray. Gray pretty much started the botany program at Harvard, and was an immense help with developing Darwin’s carefully wrought theory. Darwin observed peculiarities in Dicentra (Bleeding Heart) flowers that he links to the […]

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