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==Excluded from scientific community==
 
==Excluded from scientific community==
 
Wallace's advocacy of a Creator, what Wallace called his "little heresy," coupled with his support for spiritualism, dropped Wallace's standing in the scientific community. {{cquote|"Wallace has lost [[caste]] considerably, not only by his adhesion to Spiritualism, but by the fact of his having deliberately and against the whole voice of the committee of his section of the [[British Association]], brought about a discussion of on Spiritualism at one of its sectional meetings. That he is said to have done so in an underhanded manner, and I well remember the indignation it gave rise to in the B.A. Council."
 
Wallace's advocacy of a Creator, what Wallace called his "little heresy," coupled with his support for spiritualism, dropped Wallace's standing in the scientific community. {{cquote|"Wallace has lost [[caste]] considerably, not only by his adhesion to Spiritualism, but by the fact of his having deliberately and against the whole voice of the committee of his section of the [[British Association]], brought about a discussion of on Spiritualism at one of its sectional meetings. That he is said to have done so in an underhanded manner, and I well remember the indignation it gave rise to in the B.A. Council."
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-[[Joseph Hooker]]}} When Wallace's investments went south, Darwin came to his friend's aid, advocating for him, and managed to get a pension for him despite initial opposition from Joseph Hooker and others.<ref>McCalman, Iain (2009). "[http://books.google.com/books?id=MStUydjcTMQC&pg=PA364&lpg=PA364 Darwin's Armada: Four Voyages and the Battle for the Theory of Evolution]." pp. 363-364. ''W.W. Norton & Company''.</ref><ref>Slotten, Wallace A. (2004). "[http://books.google.com/books?id=4GaAKIWEDCIC&pg=PA357&lpg=PA357 The Heretic in Darwin's Court]." pp. 357-358. ''Columbia University Press''.</ref> {{cquote|"Wallace dedicated his book The Malay Archipelago - said to be a favourite of [[Joseph Conrad's]] - to Darwin in 1869 and, when Wallace hit hard times (investments made from the sale of his specimens took a dramatic tumble), Darwin lobbied for him to be awarded a government pension. Wallace was a [[pallbearer]] at Darwin's funeral."
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-[[Joseph Hooker]]}} When Wallace's investments went south, Darwin came to his friend's aid, advocating for him, and managed to get a pension for him despite initial opposition from Joseph Hooker and others.<ref>McCalman, Iain (2009). "[https://books.google.com/books?id=MStUydjcTMQC&pg=PA364&lpg=PA364 Darwin's Armada: Four Voyages and the Battle for the Theory of Evolution]." pp. 363-364. ''W.W. Norton & Company''.</ref><ref>Slotten, Wallace A. (2004). "[https://books.google.com/books?id=4GaAKIWEDCIC&pg=PA357&lpg=PA357 The Heretic in Darwin's Court]." pp. 357-358. ''Columbia University Press''.</ref> {{cquote|"Wallace dedicated his book The Malay Archipelago - said to be a favourite of [[Joseph Conrad's]] - to Darwin in 1869 and, when Wallace hit hard times (investments made from the sale of his specimens took a dramatic tumble), Darwin lobbied for him to be awarded a government pension. Wallace was a [[pallbearer]] at Darwin's funeral."
 
-Ahuja Anjana, The Times<ref>Anjana, Ahuja (2009, February 12). "[http://wallacefund.info/news_and_views?page=8 A Forgotten Hero: Darwin's Co-Discoverer]." ''The Times''.</ref>}}
 
-Ahuja Anjana, The Times<ref>Anjana, Ahuja (2009, February 12). "[http://wallacefund.info/news_and_views?page=8 A Forgotten Hero: Darwin's Co-Discoverer]." ''The Times''.</ref>}}
 
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