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Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence, third edition, Chapter 7: 1834-1837: Aet. 27-30. (search)
even another number until this sale is effected. . . . I shall consider myself more than repaid if I receive, in exchange for the whole collection of drawings, simply what I have expended upon them, provided I may keep those which have yet to be lithographed until that be done. Sir Philip made every effort to effect a sale to the British Museum. He failed at the moment, but the collection was finally purchased and presented to the British Museum by a generous relative of his own, Lord Francis Egerton. In the mean time, Sir Philip and Lord Cole, in order to make it possible for Agassiz to retain the services of Mr. Dinkel, proposed to pay his expenses while he was drawing such specimens from their own collections as were needed for the work. These drawings were, of course, finally to remain their own property. During his sojourn at Bex, Agassiz's intellect and imagination had been deeply stirred by the glacial phenomena. In the winter of 1837, on his return to Neuchatel, he i
Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence, third edition, Chapter 10: 1840-1842: Aet. 33-35. (search)
I was, however, delighted to have some appearance of serious opposition, because it gave me a chance to insist upon the exactness of my observations, and upon the want of solidity in the objections brought against them. Dr. Buckland was truly eloquent. He has now full possession of this subject; is, indeed, completely master of it. I am happy to tell you that everything is definitely arranged with Lord Francis, Apropos of the sale of his original drawings of fossil fishes to Lord Francis Egerton. and that I now feel within myself a courage which doubles my strength. I have just written to thank him. To-morrow I shall devote to the fossils sent me by Lord Enniskillen, a list of which I will forward to you. . . . We append here, a little out of the regular course, a letter from Humboldt, which shows that he too was beginning to look more leniently upon Agassiz's glacial conclusions. Humboldt to Louis Agassiz. Berlin, August 15, 1840. I am the most guilty of mortals,
Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence, third edition, Index. (search)
ea dredgings, 671, 672, 690-704, 715. Deep-sea fauna, 707. De Kay, 436. De la hive, A., invites Agassiz to Geneva, 276. Desor, 282, 287, 300, 317, 320, 324, 332, 442, 446, 448, 450. Dinkel, Joseph, 92, 137, 141, 174, 177, 189, 250, 287. Dinkel, his description of Agassiz, 93. Dollinger, 45, 52, 54, 90, 150. Dravton, 422. Drift-hills, 654. E. Easter fete, 10, 11. Echinarachnius parma, 489. Echinoderms, relation to medusa, 489. Eden Harbor, 745. Egerton, Lord, Francis, buys original drawings, 262. 311. Egerton, Sir, Philip, 232, 249, 251, 262, 562. Elizabeth islands, 718. Embryonic and specific development, 490. Emerson, R. W., 459, 525, 619, 621. Emperor of Brazil, 625, 632, 634, 637, 640. England, first visit to, 248; generosity of naturalists, 250; second visit to, 306. English Narrows, 745. Enniskillen, Lord, 251, 562. Equality of races, 604. Escher von der Linth, 320, 332. Esslingen, 48. Estuaries, 655. Ethno