Lincoln and Darwin Lincoln and Darwin Lincoln and Darwin: Shared Visions of Race, Science, and Religion is a 2010 book by James Lander about the lives and views of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin. Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born on the same day, February 12, 1809. Both lost their mother at a young age and, despite their differences in upbringing, both men saw themselves as autodidacts. Lander argues that they also shared an interest in science and a skeptical approach to religion. Darwin closely followed the events of the American Civil War and wanted Lincoln and the Union to prevail, but
More Letters of Charles Darwin More Letters of Charles Darwin More Letters of Charles Darwin, a sequel to "The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin" of 1887, was a book in two volumes, published in 1903, edited by Francis Darwin and A. C. Seward, containing as the title implies, additional publications of 782 letters from the correspondence of Charles Darwin. "The Times" noted that "the two volumes of "More Letters of Charles Darwin" form a fitting supplement to "The Life and Letters"", which it had in turn described as "one of the best biographies ever written". In the Darwin letters trilogy it was followed by