The development of Darwin's theory : natural history, natural theology, and natural selection, 1838-1859 / Dov Ospovat.

  • Dov Ospovat
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1995, ©1981
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    Notes to pp. go-i oo chapters see also LLD, 1:519-23; LLD, 2:6-7, 57-8, 130-3, 161-2; MLD, 1:144-5, 172-4. 9 Sketch of 1842, p. 7; LLD, 1:473. 10 Darwin, Autobiography, p. 124. 11 Ibid., p. 119: I worked on true Baconian principles, and without any theory collected facts on a wholesale scale, more especially with respect to domesticated productions, by printed enquiries, by conversation with skilful breeders and gardeners, and by extensive reading (see also LLD, 1:411-12). On the role of the breeders, see Chapter 2, n. 4. 12 Natural Selection, bibliography (pp. 587-629). 13 Sandra Herbert, The Place of Man, Part I, pp. 240-5; see also Malcolm J. Kottler, Charles Darwin's Biological Species Concept and Theory of Geographic Speciation, p. 281. 14 Sandra Herbert, The Place of Man, Part II, pp. 156-7. 15 DAR 73:51a; DAR 205.1; MLD, 1:59-61, 415; Rev. Richard Owen, The Life of Richard Owen, 1:108, 188, 209, 292. 16 DAR 205.9 (letters), dated November 11, 1854. 17 DAR 181. 18 DdLTw'm, Autobiography, p. 115. Contrast LLÖ, 1:288. 19 LLD, 1:387-8. 20 This is Darwin's date, but it appears that he went on adding questions to the list for use at later meetings (DAR 206 [inserted in Questions Experiments notebook]). 21 See Frank N. Egerton, Darwin's Method or Methods? pp. 285-6. 22 See В notebook, pp. 227-8. 23 Darwin, Autobiography, pp. 119, 137-8. 24 Ibid., p. 119; LLD, 1:384. 25 Richard Owen, Description of the Cranium of the Toxodon platensis. 26 Charles Darwin, Voyage of the Beagle, p. 83. 27 Origin, pp. 329-33. On Owen's law see Chapter 5, pp. 136-8. 28 Origin, p. 456; LLD, 2:131. 29 See Chapter 1, pp. 19-20. 30 Darwin's Library, Alphonse De Candolle, Géographie Botanique Raisonée, 1:463. 31 DAR 113. 32 Darwin's Library, De Candolle, Géographie Botanique Raisonée, 1:588. I am indebted to Janet Browne for calling my attention to Darwin's extensive annotations in this book. 33 Darwin's Library, Henri Milne Edwards, Introduction à la Zoologie Générale, p. 154. 34 Essay of 1844, p. 133. 35 Origin, p. 312. 36 Essay of 1844, pp. 133, 252-3; see also Origin, pp. 438-9. 37 В notebook, p. 104; LLD, 2:80, 155. 38 Essay of 1844, pp. 134-6. 39 Origin, pp. 312, 416-18, 434-5, 439-43- 40 The best instance of Darwin's testing a hypothesis is perhaps his collecting 252