The Darwin-Wallace collection can be found on the catalogue under the reference DWC and contains letters, manuscripts and associated materials. If one lived merely to see how long one could spin out life, -I should repent my choice. He seems excited, and even faced with the prospect of leaving his friends, family and country behind for years, he can only say, 'I have sealed away about half a chance of life. Darwin had clearly been dashing across the country to get his affairs in order for the journey as he mentions he may have missed letters Whitley has sent his way. In DWC/1/1 he writes to his school friend Charles Whitley, on the prospect of the Beagle voyage. Clearly, he enjoyed being able to share one of his experiences fromīefore he started his family, Darwin had close ties with friends that he regularly corresponded with. Had it for a long time (most likely himself), and some had tried it for theįirst time. He mentions that some of the family had not In the same letter Darwin thanks Lushington for the delivery Lushington introduced the pair, and while Darwin is clearly sorry to be parted with his daughter, he seems pleased with the match. In it, Darwin writes to his long-time friend Vernon Lushington discussing his daughter Henrietta’s upcoming marriage to Richard Buckley Litchfield. Mostly Darwin enjoyed sharing his time with his family and the letter DWC/1/22/1 reflects his fondness for them. However, that is not to say he never considered the topic, more that, as he states in DWC/1/25 (a letter to John Fordyce), he believes that his own spiritual beliefs should be of, 'no consequence to any one except myself.' Meanwhile, Darwin's attentions outside of his work as a naturalist were somewhat less spiritual than Wallace. He was also said to frequently break out into a baritone solo or bugle recital from the pulpit and, according to local lore, once climbed into a glass topped coffin and had himself carried around the church to demonstrate his lack of fear at the prospect of dying. Colley was well-known in the spiritualist community and counted Arthur Conan Doyle among his friends. The trial lasted less than a week and Wallace wrote to congratulate Colley on winning £75 from Maskelyne for the libel case. Not long after, Wallace wrote to Colley himself ( DWC/1/8/2). There as here, it is only the few that study such things, or even begin, dimly to understand them.' Wallace adds some of his own thoughts on the afterlife, 'There is there, as here, an illimitable universe to be studied before it can be understood. Serocold Skeels giving him a definition of a 'medium' to be used as part of his testimony. Mentions this case in two letters in the Society's collections. Wallace was called to testify on behalf of both Colley and Monck and he Maskelyne and Maskelyne counter-claimed for the reward he had never received. But when Colley refused to accept Maskelyne's work as proof of Monk's fraud, Maskelyne made comments on the validity of Colley's status as Archdeacon.Ĭolley took offence and claimed damages for libel against He was taken up on the offer by John Maskelyne, a well-known Illusionist. He offered a £1000 reward to anyone who could recreate Monks' work through illusion. However, in 1906, the Archdeacon Thomas Colley defended Monk. In 1876 a clergyman and spiritual medium named Francis Ward Monck was exposed as a fraud and sentenced to three months in prison.
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