Arranges to come to Down with R. A. v. Kölliker.
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Arranges to come to Down with R. A. v. Kölliker.
Would like to visit CD at Down.
[Fourth] German edition of Origin will be out in a few weeks.
Regrets he cannot come to Down on day suggested.
Asks CD to look at the "special phylogonies" on pp. 138 and 152 of his book [Forms of animal life (1870)]. His comments are based on reading Haeckel, who is highly speculative and quite wrong.
Italian translation [of Variation] is delayed, but printing should begin soon.
Will send CD one of his writings in which he defends the natural descent of man [Origin dell’uomo, 2d ed. (1870)].
CD’s theory is making great progress in Italy and daily gains supporters.
Is not prepared to express an opinion on man’s origin. On pure anatomical grounds he would form a family of the higher division of the primates, but if man’s intellectual, moral, and religious nature is considered, then "he differs more from an Anthropoid Ape than such an Ape differs from a lump of granite".
Sends insect that carries dead ants, dead leaves, etc., on its back, as protective imitation.
Apologises for saying more than was necessary in his previous letter. Although he feels gratitude and esteem for CD, he execrates those who use natural selection to oppose man’s higher interests and impede his advance. Has seen Huxley’s Man’s place in nature for sale among a crowd of obscenities at most Italian railway stations.
Rabbits still running true; hopes to increase alien blood to 30%.
Is much obliged for information [about rabbits?].
Will send deerhound puppy.
Is critical of Herbert Spencer.
Sends his "Charles Darwin, eine biographische Skizze" [Das Ausland 2 Apr 1870].
About the insertion of a column on marriage of cousins in the census form.
Good news: one little rabbit has a white forefoot.
Answers to CD’s queries on expression; observations on the facial expressions of the insane.
Comments on WP’s biographical article on CD. Asks him to thank O. F. Peschel for his present of the publication [Das Ausland 2 Apr 1870].
On death of his wife. Botany a solace.
Asks CD to review Wallace’s recent book of essays [Natural selection (1870)], particularly the new essay, which questions the applicability of natural selection to man.
Announces CD’s election as Honorary Member of the Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.
Responds to CD’s request for Canna seeds.
Studying dichogamy in Lotus. Describes mechanism that pumps pollen on to a visiting bee. Corrects Axell on Lotus.