Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882; Naturalists -- England -- Biography
Bates, H. W., and nature, 12.
_Beagle_, D.’s voyage, 4.
Bell, Thomas, and D., 173.
Bergson, Henri, and evolution, 235.
Bryce, Lord, on D. and Gladstone, 133; on D.’s appearance, 168.
Buckle, H. T., D. on, 143.
Buffon, Comte de, and evolution, 84, 119.
Burbank, Luther, and experiment, 57; and future life, 228.
Butler, Samuel, D.’s controversy, 108; and religion and evolution,
237.
Byron, Lord, and nature, 152.
Candor, D.’s trait, 77-79, 105.
Castle, W. E., on experiment, 57.
Caution, element in scientific spirit, 245. _See also_ Deduction.
Chambers, Robert, and evolution, 84.
Children. _See_ Family.
Civil War, D.’s interest, 134.
Collecting, D. and, 43.
Comparison, D.’s trait, 31.
Conklin, E. G., on natural selection, 125; on evolution and religion,
239.
Conscience, activity of D.’s, 160.
Controversy, over evolution, 6; D.’s attitude, 76, 77, 107.
Conversation, D.’s, 170.
Coolidge, Calvin, on politics and religion, 222.
Copernicus, and orthodoxy, 209.
Coral reefs, D.’s theory, 64-66.
Correspondence, character of D.’s, 78, 145.
Cowper, William, and nature, 149, 150.
Creation, desire, 98.
Criticism, D.’s attitude, 104-17.
Cruelty, D.’s hatred, 135.
Curiosity, element of scientific spirit, 248, 249; Sainte-Beuve and
Goethe and, 268, 270.
Darwin, Charles R., influence, 3; character, 3; birth, 3; ancestry,
3; education, 4, 45; interest in outdoor life and sport, 4, 174-76;
_Beagle_ voyage, 4, 14; marriage, home and children, family life,
4, 196-201; invalidism, patience, 5, 36, 177-83, 193-95; tomb,
6; scientific observation, on it, 6, 14-16; and self-analysis,
16; study of expression, 17-19, 198; promotion of observation by
others, 19, 23; accuracy, 21-24, 59; and detail, 25; industry and
patience, 27-30, 252; system, 30, 31, 183; element of comparison,
31; difficulties and discomforts of outdoor observation, 32-34;
sympathy, and observation, 34-36; effect of physical limitations, 36,
37; and collecting, 43; and observation and deduction, 44-46, 250;
on Spencer, 47, 78; and deduction and induction, 46-48; mental power
and activity, 48; control over theorizing, 51, 54, 55, 115, 124; on
excessive theorizing, 52, 53, 254; and experiment, 56-62; exposition,
style, caution, 62-64, 143-45, 212; on coral reefs, 64-66; on sexual
selection, 66, 67; on pangenesis, 68; and metaphysics, 69; doubt and
self-criticism, 70, 71; and objections and difficulties, 71, 72,
113-15; and revision, 73, 118; and argument, 74-76; and controversy,
76, 107; and mistakes, 77; candor, 77-79, 105; as correspondent, 78,
145; appreciation and tolerance, 79, 80, 262, 263; and ignorance
and deceptive reasoning, 80-82; and motives of achievement, 99-101;
Butler controversy, 108; humility, 110, 258, 260; success of books,
122; fame, 126; atrophy of other interests, 128-30, 272, 275;
and history, 130, 131; and politics, 131-34; and Civil War, 134;
and slavery, 134; and animals, hatred of cruelty, 135, 188; and
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