From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
23 Apr [1853]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 4)
Summary:
On THH’s paper on cephalous Mollusca [Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 143 (1853) pt 1: 29–66]. Discovery of the type or "idea" (in THH’s sense, not Owen’s or Agassiz’s) is one of the highest ends of natural history.
Discusses anamorphism;
position of heart in Cleodora.
Variability within species;
cementing process in cirripedes.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project