Lincoln and Darwin themes "applied to Lincoln and Darwin "together"", but praised "Lander's lucid, succinct, and up-to-date accounts of the topics that he deploys to illustrate his protagonists' involvement with his three main themes." 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
A Boy Was Born set of variations for string orchestra which he was later to complete as the "Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge". Later he was to compose a set of variations for his Piano Concerto, and his opera "The Turn of the Screw" is extensively based on the variation principle. "A Boy Was Born" was first performed on 23 February 1934 in a BBC radio concert of contemporary music. Leslie Woodgate conducted the Wireless Chorus and choirboys of St Mark's, North Audley Street, London. Sir Edward Elgar died the same day. The work takes about 32 minutes to perform. It was