Editing Development of Darwin's theory (section)

===Hooker reads the "Essay"===
Hooker paid frequent visits, and in January 1847 when Darwin was particularly ill Hooker took away a copy of the "Essay".<ref name=Letter1058>{{cite web |url=http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1058.html#back-mark-1058.f5 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121223024920/http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1058.html%23back-mark-1058.f5 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 December 2012 |title=Darwin Correspondence Project – Letter 1058 – Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., 8 (Feb 1847) |access-date=8 March 2009 }}</ref> After some delays he sent a page of notes, giving the calm critical feedback that Darwin needed. He did not go along with Darwin's rejection of continuing Creation, arguing "All allusions to superintending providence unnecessary – The Creator able to make first [organisms] able also to go on directing & [it's] a matter of moonshine to [the] argument whether he does or no."<ref name=Letter1066>{{cite web |url=http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1066.html |title=Darwin Correspondence Project – Letter 1066 – Hooker, J. D. to Darwin, C. R., (c. 4 Mar 1847) |access-date=8 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070915142158/http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1066.html |archive-date=15 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Their debates continued,<ref name=Letter1071>{{cite web |url=http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1071.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121223054259/http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwinletters/calendar/entry-1071.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 December 2012 |title=Darwin Correspondence Project – Letter 1071 – Darwin, C. R. to Hooker, J. D., (14 Mar 1847) |access-date=8 March 2009 }}</ref> sometimes argumentatively, and Darwin felt devastated by Hooker's intention to set off on a survey voyage.